Admitted
1982, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court Northern and Central Districts of California (pro hac vice)
Law School
Cleveland State University, J.D., 1982
Law School Graduation Year
1982
College
Cleveland State University, B.A., cum laude, 1979
Memberships
Cleveland, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Associations; Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biographical
Member, Moot Court, 1981-1982. Featured, Tragedy's Bottom Line, USA Today, January 5, 2000; Reaching for the Sky, Scene Magazine, December 20-26, 2001; Largest Ohio Plane Crash PI Verdict, Ohio Lawyers Weekly, December 22, 1997. Appointed Member, Steering Committee in Mass Disasters including Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crash at Taipei, Taiwan; Alaska Airlines Flight 261 near Los Angeles; Egypt Air Flight 990 Crash near Nantucket, MA; Swissair Flight 111 Crash near Nova Scotia; Valujet Flight 592 crash near Miami; USAir Flight 427 crash near Pittsburgh; USAir Flight 405 crash near New York; City of New Orleans Amtrak crash near Chicago; USAir Flight 1493 crash at Los Angeles; USAir Flight 4743 crash at Beckley, WV; Comair Flight 3272 crash near Detroit; United Airlines Flight 232 at Sioux City, IA; Delta Flight 810 disaster near Los Angeles. Author: Liability of Homeowners and Private Recreational Operators for Swimming Pool Accidents, Cleveland State University, May 1984; Physician Liability for Errors/Omissions in Medical Record Documentation, St. Luke's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, 1992. Lecturer: 36th Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers Award Convention, An Overview of Commercial Aviation Litigation, May 1993; Aviation Law and Contracts - Implications of the Warsaw Convention, Columbus, OH, 1994; Proving Damages in Aviation Cases, Cleveland, Ohio, October 1997.