The Middle Market Musings tour bus rolls into southwestern Ohio for a discussion with Ashley Hess, Partner-in-Charge of Baker Hostetler’s Cincinnati office.  Ashley draws vivid stories out of a succession of stops in his journey:  Western Virginia boyhood, school at UVA and Washington & Lee, marriage and life as a young connector in the Cincinnati community and, finally, a demanding and varied corporate law practice.  Ashley’s clients include multi-national firms like Toyota and buyers/sellers in the middle market deal space.  He talks with equal verve about trends in the automotive industry and his enthusiasm for blues music.  One of the MMM hosts springs to life at the chance to talk about the blues, while the other struggles awkwardly for on-point references.