Cleveland, OH – Matthew T. Viola, an associate at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of S.U.C.C.E.S.S. for Autism, an Ohio non-profit corporation. The purpose is to raise awareness of autism and related disorders.

Viola, a resident of Bay Village, is a member of the firm’s Real Property Practice Group in which he handles the acquisition and development of commercial and residential property, financing arrangements and the draft and review of all types of contracts and commercial leases. Viola has a general business practice including the formation and selection of proper entities, dissolutions, negotiations, mergers and acquisitions. He also is a member of the firm’s Family Business Planning and Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Groups.

Viola received his undergraduate degree from Miami University and his law degree from Cleveland Marshall College of Law where he served as managing editor of the Cleveland State University Law Review.

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has offices in Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton and Northern Kentucky. The firm provides a broad range of legal services to businesses and individuals, including litigation, corporate and business law, securities and municipal financing, tax and estate planning, labor and employment law, real estate and environmental, health care, intellectual property and unfair competition and antitrust law.