Admitted
1982, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Sixth and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Law School
Ohio State University, J.D., 1982
Law School Graduation Year
1982
College
Ohio State University, B.S.C.E., cum laude, 1978
Memberships
Cincinnati (Member, Intellectual Property Litigation Section), Ohio State (Member, Board of Governors, Intellectual Property Section) and American (Member, Intellectual Property Litigation Section) Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Cincinnati Intellectual Property Law Association (Past President; Vice President; Secretary); Cincinnati Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; Cincinnati Youth Collaborative Tutoring/Mentoring Program; American Intellectual Property Law Cincinnati Hickory Ridge Owners Association (Board Member and President).
Biographical
Author: Patent Protection Acts as an Engine for the U.S. Economy, Cincinnati Business Courier; Are Patents Right for You? Ohio State Bar Association, Understanding the Law column; The Relationship Between In-House and Outside Counsel in Litigating Intellectual Property Matters, Cincinnati Bar Association, IP Litigation Section, June 2002; Head Them Off At The Pass - A Quicker Way To Stop Your Foreign Competition At The Border? Dinsmore & Shohl Client Newsletter, 2002; How Did They Get A Patent On That?! Dinsmore & Shohl Client Newsletter, 2002; Can I Get a Single Patent That Protects Me Throughout The World? Dinsmore & Shohl Client Newsletter, 2003. Speaker, Deal Making in the '90s -- Intellectual Property Due Diligence for Merger and Acquisition Transactions, Ohio State Bar Association, 116th Annual Convention. Seminar Instructor, Overview of Intellectual Property Rights, Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Services and Edison Biotechnology Center, 1997; Alternate Dispute Resolution Strategies and Applicability to Intellectual Property Disputes, University of Dayton School of Law ADR Weekend Program, 2002. Eucharistic Minister, St. Gertrude Men's Fellowship. Former Treasurer and Secretary, Cincinnati Public Schools, Student Tutor and Mentor.