Mr. Ingram is a partner in the Vorys Columbus office and a member of the litigation group. He practices in the area of commercial and business litigation with a special emphasis on real property, eminent domain, zoning and construction litigation.

Career highlights include:

• In the real property area, representing national and central-Ohio based homebuilders, developers, owners and commercial contractors
• Appearing frequently on behalf of builders and developers before boards of county commissioners, boards of zoning appeals, boards of township trustees, planning commissions and city councils
• Wide experience in litigating citizen-backed initiatives and referendums
• Frequently litigating land use regulation issues in state and federal courts
• In the eminent domain area, representing landowners throughout Ohio, in negotiation and in trial, who have been subjected to eminent domain and inverse condemnation actions
• Appointment by the Speaker of the House to the Eminent Domain Task Force, which made recommendations in 2006 to the General Assembly for changes to the state eminent domain law
• Advising various associations on legislative issues, including advising state and local building industry associations during the General Assembly’s consideration of the new annexation statute passed in 2001
• Litigating and arbitrating numerous construction disputes for both owners and contractors

Mr. Ingram is a member of the American Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, and the Columbus Bar Association.

Mr. Ingram has spoken to bar associations and civic groups on eminent domain, zoning and other land issues. He has been interviewed on a number of radio programs and has spoken at a Columbus Bar Association’s seminar regarding eminent domain.

Mr. Ingram received his J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School and his B.A. summa cum laude from The Ohio State University where he was Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi.

Publications

• "Bill Seeks Way to Pay Landowners Hamstrung by Zoning Limitations," Columbus Business First, June 1, 2007
• "After Kelo: Putting The ‘Just’ Back in Just Compensation," Ohio Matters, September/October 2005
• Bruce L. Ingram & Duke W. Thomas, "Ohio Supreme Court Ruling Puts Property Rights in Perspective," Business First of Columbus, February 26, 1999

Professional and Community Activities

• The Salvation Army, Columbus, Ohio, Advisory Board, 1995-2006; President, 2000

Honors and Awards

• Ohio Super Lawyers, Land Use/Zoning, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008

News

• 67 Vorys Attorneys Recognized as 2008 Ohio Super Lawyers