Bio

Natalie Terumi Crampton is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Law Practice Groups. Ms. Crampton represents corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and individuals in a variety of commercial matters. Ms. Crampton was selected to the 2012 Illinois Super Lawyers-Rising Star list. Each year no more than 2.5% of Illinois lawyers are selected by the Super Lawyers research team to receive this honor. Her primary area of practice is securities and corporate finance. Ms. Crampton is a graduate of Northwestern University (B.A., cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2002) and The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007), where she served as an editor on the Journal of Criminal Law and as President of the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association. She also studied corporate and international law in Tokyo, Japan at Temple University Law School. Ms. Crampton was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 2007 and to the Illinois State Bar in 2008. She is a member of the Ohio, Illinois and American Bar Associations and is proficient in the Japanese language. Prior to joining Patzik, Frank & Samotny Ltd., she was an associate at Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn Co., LPA in Columbus, Ohio.