Admitted
1995, Ohio; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Law School
University of Cincinnati, J.D., 1995
Law School Graduation Year
1995
College
United States Military Academy, B.S., 1985
Memberships
Cincinnati Bar Association (Chair, Court of Appeals Committee, Member, Professionalism Committee), Ohio State Bar Association (Member, Court of Appeals Subcommittee to the Litigation Section) and American Bar Association.
Biographical
Recipient: Mulligan-Moeller Negotiations Award; American Jurisprudence Prizes in Appellate Practice and Corporations. Member, University of Cincinnati Law Review, 1994-1995. Law Clerk to the Honorable Mark P. Painter, Ohio Court of Appeals, First Appellate District, 1995-1997. Co-Authored a re-write of the Ohio Appellate Practice Handbook with Judge Mark P. Painter for West Publishing. Author, Framing the Assignment of Error on Civil Appeals, appearing in the September 2000 issue of the Cincinnati Bar Association report; Participation on Social Events Breeds Civility, appearing in the November 2000 issue of the Cincinnati Bar Association report; Delivering a Knockout Punch-Oral Argument in Civil Appeals, appearing in the February 2001 issue of the Cincinnati Bar Association report; No Just Reason for Delay-Ohio Civil Rule 54(B), appearing in the May 2001 issue of the Cincinnati Bar Association report; Effective Appellate Argument Construction, appearing in the July 2001 issue of the Cincinnati Bar Association report; Preserving Error for Civil Appeals in Ohio, appearing in the December 2001 issue of the Cincinnati Bar Association report; Avoid the Kitchen Sink Approach, (with Judge Mark P. Painter) appearing in the March 25, 2002 Ohio Lawyers Weekly at 5 O.L.W. 191; Some Basics for Getting Cases Before the Supreme Court of Ohio, appearing in the May 2002 issue of the Cincinnati Bar Association report; New Citation Rules in Ohio appearing in the August 2002 issue of the Cincinnati Bar Association report; What Impact Will Health Care Reform Have on Vaccine and Drug Makers? Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 165-176, April 1995.
Military
Captain, Armored Cavalry, U.S. Army, 1985-1990.