Admitted
1979, Ohio; 2000, New York; 1980, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1990, District of Columbia and U.S. Supreme Court; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Claims; 19
Law School
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
Baldwin-Wallace College, Cleveland State University, B.A., 1975; Case Western Reserve University, Ph
Memberships
Cleveland Bar Association (Member: Criminal Law Section, 1979—, Chairman, 1984-1985; Federal Court Committee, 1982—); Cuyahoga County Bar Association; New York State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Ohio State Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Biographical
Delta Theta Phi. Recipient: U.S. Attorney General's Special Achievement Award, 1986. Judge, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, 1998. Assistant U. S. Attorney, 1982-1987. Instructor, U.S. Attorney General's Advocacy Institute, 1987. Congressional Staff Aide to Congressman William E. Minshall, 1973-1975. Assistant Law Director, 1993-1994 and Law Director, 1994-1995, City of Westlake, Ohio. Law Director, Village of Grafton, Ohio, 1994-1998, 1999—. Counsel to the Board of Public Affairs, Village of LaGrange, Ohio, 1994-1996. Assistant Law Director/Assistant Prosecutor, City of Lakewood, Ohio, 1991-1992. Adjunct Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University, School of Law, 2002—. Adjunct Professor of Law, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, 1991-2000. Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Cleveland State University, 1991. (Board Certified Trial Advocate, (Criminal Law), National Board of Trial Advocacy)