Jeffrey E. Kaman

Jeffrey E. Kaman is a partner with Kaman & Cusimano LLC and serves as Chair of the Administration Department and the firm’s Columbus Office. He is based in Columbus, Ohio, where his practice is focused on Community Association Law. Jeff earned his Juris Doctor from Cleveland Marshall College of Law after graduating with honors from Loyola University Chicago with degrees in Honors History and Political Science.

Since joining Kaman & Cusimano, Jeff has worked extensively with condominium associations and homeowner associations throughout Ohio. His work regularly includes advising boards on association operations, responding to day-to-day operational inquiries, drafting and amending governing documents, reviewing and negotiating contracts, and preparing opinion letters for community association clients.

Jeff is actively involved in the Community Association Institute (CAI). He serves as a board member for the CAI Central Ohio Chapter and as Programs Committee Chair for the Ohio Valley Chapter. In addition, Jeff is the national chair of CAI’s case law update summary team, which reviews and summarizes significant community association court decisions from across the country to help inform CAI’s community association attorney members about legal developments affecting condominium and homeowner associations.

Having served for six years on the board of his own condominium association, Jeff brings practical insight to the challenges faced by community association board members and unit owners. He regularly attends association meetings to support clients and their professional property managers and to provide education on Ohio community association law, including topics such as reserves, collections, enforcement, insurance, pending legislation, developer transition issues, elections, governing document amendments, and owner and association responsibilities.

Jeff also focuses on the impact of technology on condominium and homeowner associations. He has played a key role in the development and implementation of ATLAS, the Association Total Legal Assistance System, Kaman & Cusimano’s online resource designed for community association board members and managers. In addition, Jeff frequently contributes articles to the K&C Community Association Law Blog and other online publications addressing issues relevant to Community Association Law in Ohio.

In 2021 and 2022, Jeff was named an Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star, an honor awarded to a limited percentage of attorneys in the state.