Personal

• Married Rebecca Smith Stebelton 43 years. Becky is a retired Lancaster City Schools Special Education teacher.

• Two Children: Laura Mason, lives in Pickerington with husband Jeffrey and daughter Caroline; David, lives in Lancaster.

• Member and Elder First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster 33 years.

Education

• Graduate Lancaster High School

• B.S. Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, The Ohio State University
 

• Post Graduate work Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute

• Capital University Law School, Law Degree


Professional Experience

• Aeronautical Engineer/Aerodynamicist 1963-1968

• Contracting Officer 1968-1971
Battelle Memorial Institute
Columbus, Ohio
 

Lead negotiator for Multi-national six man Negotiating Team to Tehran, Iran and Frankfurt, Germany in negotiating economic development research contract with Iranian Plan Organization.

• Assistant Prosecuting Attorney 1971-1972
Adult Felony Trial Division
Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney Office
Columbus, Ohio

• Attorney & Partner 1972-1978
Lantz, Acton & Stebelton
Lancaster, Ohio

• Founder, Senior Shareholder 1978-present
Stebelton, Aranda & Snider
Lancaster, Ohio


Professional Affiliations

• Admitted to practice in Ohio (1970) and the U.S. Supreme Court (1973)

• American Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, Fairfield County Bar Association
(Past President)

• American Trial Lawyers Association and Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers

• Member and Past President – Ohio Chapter, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

• Martindale Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers

• International Association of Primerus Law Firms – Former Midwest Regional Vice President & Director

• Named as Ohio “Super Lawyer” by Cincinnati Magazine 2004, 2005, 2006, & 2007

• Special Counsel Ohio Attorney General


Elected Offices

• Two terms Lancaster, Ohio City Council (1973-1977)

• Two terms Lancaster, Ohio City Board of Education (1983-1991)
(President 3 years)


Community Activities

• Current Chairman Board of Directors of Lancaster -Fairfield County Chamber of Commerce

• Chairman Lancaster High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame Committee (1992 - Present)

• Member Lancaster Sherman Rotary Club (1986-present)

• Past President Capital University Law School Alumni Advisory Board

• Past Campaign Chair & Board Member, Fairfield County United Way

• Central Ohio Heart Association (2005 Fairfield County Campaign Chair)

• Lancaster Heritage District Special Improvement District Committee Board member and
Vice President (2004-2005)

• Citizens Committee for Children Lancaster City School Levy Campaigns (multiple times)


Republican Party

• Member Fairfield County Republican Executive Committee (25 years)

     Past Vice Chairman

• Member and Director Fairfield County Lincoln Republican Club

• Member Republican Club of Northwest Fairfield County

• Past President Fairfield County Young Republicans Club

• Campaign Co-Chair State Senator Nancy Chiles Dix

• Fairfield County Republican Party’s Dr. Lewis Urling Statesmanship Award – 2000

• Fairfield County Republican of the Year – 1998

• Past member Republican Central Committee