Admitted
1979, Ohio; 1980, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
Law School
The Ohio State University, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; Beloit College, B.A., summa cum laude, 1970; Univers
Memberships
Columbus, Ohio State (Member, 1980—, Secretary, 1985-1988, Vice Chairman, 1988-1990 and Chairman, 1990-1992, Natural Resources Law Committee) and American (Member, Sections of Natural Resources Law; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations; Energy & Mineral Law Foundation (Member, 1983— and Trustee, 1990—, Vice President, Oil and Gas, 1990-1992, Oil & Gas Committee, 1987—); Federal Energy Bar Association.
Biographical
Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Beta Kappa. Associate Editor, Ohio State Law Journal, 1977-1979. Ohio State University Court, 1977-1979 (Chief Justice, 1978-1979). Fellow, American Research Institute in Turkey, 1975. Author: The Royalty Clause: A Guide for the Commoner, Proceedings of Eleventh Annual Institute, Eastern Mineral Law Foundation, 1991; Representing Secured Creditors in Oil and Gas Transactions: From Boom to Bankruptcy, Proceedings of Seventh Annual Institute, Eastern Mineral Law Foundation, 1986. Co-Author: Baldwin's Ohio Practice, Commercial Code (Vol. 3)(with John C. Deal); 1996 Ethics and Legality of Pooling and Unitization: Some Random Thoughts, Eastern Mineral Law Foundation Special Institute, 1983 (with Allen L. Handlan); Pooling and Unitization: Legal and Ethical Considerations, 19 Tulsa Law Journal 309, 1984 (with Allen L. Handlan).