Walter
(Walt) Chidester is a graduate of Heidelberg College in
Tiffin, Ohio, and received his law degree from Drake University
in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1978. He began his law practice with Legal
Services Organization of Indiana, Inc., and was the Managing Attorney
of the Whitewater Valley Office of Legal Services. He joined the
law firm of Reller, Mendenhall, Kleinknecht & Milligan in 1981
and remained there until the formation of the law firm of Boston
Bever Klinge Cross & Chidester in 1998. Walt has practiced law
for more than twenty-eight years, with concentration and interests
in domestic relations, wills and trust, estate planning, School
law and Municipal law. He is currently City Attorney for the City
of Richmond. He was attorney for the Wayne County Welfare Department
for 10 years and has also served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
in the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office. Walt has been active
with several agencies in the Richmond-Wayne County area, including
Achieva Resources Corporation, Inc., where he served over 15 years
on the Board of Directors, including 2 years as President. He has
previously served on the Board of Directors of the United Way, the
Wayne County Sheriff’s Merit Board, and the YWCA’s Friends
of the Battered Advisory Board. |
