December 16, 2016
By E-Mail and Regular Mail
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: | William Dorton | |
Staff Attorney | ||
Re: | United Community Financial Corp. (“UCFC”) | |
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) | ||
Registration File No. 333-214763 |
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to Rule 461 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, UCFC (the “Registrant”) hereby request that the effectiveness of the Registration Statement be accelerated to 10:00 a.m. on December 19, 2016, or as soon thereafter as is practical.
The Registrant requests that it be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Mr. Robert Loesch, of Tucker Ellis LLP, at (216) 696-5916.
Very truly yours,
UNITED COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CORP.
By: | /s/ Jude J. Nohra | |
Jude J. Nohra | ||
General Counsel | ||
Executive Vice President and Secretary |
cc: | Robert M. Loesch, Tucker Ellis | |
Jason L. Hodges, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP |