Partner
Thompson Hine
April Miller Boise has been named the new partner-in-charge of Thompson Hine’s Cleveland office. Ms. Boise is the second African American to lead the firm’s headquarters, and the first woman to lead a major law firm office in Cleveland. Ms. Boise’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, and she chairs the firm’s private equity subgroup. Ms. Boise is the founder and chair of Thompson Hine’s nationally recognized women’s initiative, Spotlight on Women. She serves on the boards of the Cleveland Foodbank, the Cleveland Zoological Society, and the Cuyahoga Community College Foundation. She also helped establish the Minority Board Member Pipeline Initiative, a group of African American professionals who work with Business Volunteers Unlimited on programs that connect emerging minority professionals with service on nonprofit boards.