American Legal

About American Legal

We are a codification leader with a reputation for industry innovation and exceptional customer service.

Expert Codification. Exceptional Quality and Service.

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Our Team

Dedicated

American Legal’s team of attorneys and editors are codification experts dedicated to providing you exceptional quality, service and support. We’ve built a reputation of excellence and innovation in codification services to fit local governments' needs. Large or small, basic to complex Codes of Ordinances; we can advise you on the most cost-efficient way to best serve your citizens.

Meet Our Team of Experts

We have more than 100 years combined experience working with municipal governments, sales, and codification.

Management

Ray G. Bollhauer, Esq.

President
  • 30 years with American Legal
  • Past President and Trustee of local community Council
  • Federal Bar member

Todd P. Myers, Esq.

Vice President, Major Client Services
  • 29 years with American Legal

Joe McDonough

Director of Sales
  • 30 years with American Legal
  • Extensive experience working with local governments

Aimee Choi

Editor and Director of New Code Projects
  • 25 years with American Legal

Amy Oaks

Supplement Editing Director
  • 25 years with American Legal

Sarah Bauer

Director of Electronic Publishing
  • 19 years with American Legal

Laura Moser, Esq.

Sterling Supplement Editing Director
  • 12 years with American Legal

Codification Consultants

Our codification consultants have offices in Ohio, Kentucky, Texas and California. All have vast experience working with local governments. Put our experience with other local communities to work for you. We can show you ways to save time and money and deliver quality to your community.

Josh Morgan

Josh Morgan

Codification Consultant
  • 15 years of sales experience
  • Experience working with local governments

Joseph McDonough

Joseph McDonough

Sales and Marketing Director
  • Over 32 years with American Legal and working with local governments
  • Territory: IN
Ross Heupel

Ross Heupel

Codification Consultant
  • 5 years with American Legal Publishing
  • Over 20 years in local government sales
  • Frequent presenter at municipal conferences
  • Served on municipal high tech committee
  • Territory: AR, CO, ID, IA, MO, MT, NM, ND, OK, SD, TX, WY
Nils Herdelin, Esq.

Nils Herdelin, Esq.

Codification Consultant
  • 8 years with American Legal
  • Ohio Bar member
  • Territory: KS
Rich Frommeyer

Rich Frommeyer

Codification Consultant
  • More than 27 years with American Legal Publishing
  • Territory: FL, GA, IL, KY, MI, NC, OH, SC, WV
Colleen Engle

Colleen Engle

Codification Consultant
  • 7 years with American Legal Publishing
  • 18 years with Cycom Data Systems, Inc; Vice President Client Services
  • 15 years with City of Anaheim; Information Technology Manager
  • Territory: AZ, CA, HI, NE, NM, NV, OR and UT
Ray Bollhauer

Ray Bollhauer

President
  • Past President and Trustee of local community Council
  • 27 years with American Legal
  • Federal Bar member

Client Relations

Lenette Beasley

lbeasley@amlegal.com

Accounting Clerk

Shilo Newby

snewby@amlegal.com

Client services for Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia

Nils Herdelin

nherdelin@amlegal.com

Client services for Connecticut, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wyoming

Paul Jones

pjones@amlegal.com

Client services for Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Tennessee, Wisconsin

Regina Moss

rmoss@amlegal.com

Subscriber services and order fulfillment

Technical Support

techsupport@amlegal.com

Use this email address to contact tech support

Our History

American Legal’s team of attorneys and editors are codification experts dedicated to providing you exceptional quality, service and support. We’ve built a reputation of excellence and innovation in codification services and are the trusted codification service provider for thousands of municipalities and local governments nationwide.

We began as the codification division of the Anderson Publishing Company in Cincinnati in 1934.  We became a separate corporation in 1979, and then employee-owned in 2006. In 2023, American Legal became a proud member of the International Code Council Family of Solutions.

With more attorneys on staff than any other codification publisher;  you’ll always have experienced professionals working on your codes and answering your questions.

Our professional knowledge and strong partnerships made us the choice for the Walter H. Drane Company and Sterling Codifiers to join the American Legal Publishing Group, in 2017 and 2019, respectively.

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