Admitted
1973, Ohio; 1975, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, Florida; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1991, U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh
Law School
Capital University, J.D., 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
Miami University; The Ohio State University, B.A., 1965
Memberships
Columbus (Chairman, Criminal Law Committee, 1987-1989; District 7 Delegate, Ohio State Bar Council of Delegates, 1994—; Board of Governors, 1997—; President, 2003-2004) and Ohio State (Member, Criminal Law Section, 1995—; Member, Specialization Committee) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1982-1983); Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (President, 1994-1995); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Biographical
Recipient: Earl F. Morris Professionalism Award, 1995; Capital University Law School Alumni Association Professionalism Award, 1997. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 1989—; Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 1994—. Member: Franklin County Public Defender's Commission, 1984—; Governors Task Force on Indigent Defense, 1992; State of Ohio Public Defender's Commission, 1993-1995. Member, American Inns of Court, Robert M. Duncan Chapter, 1992—. Fellow: Ohio State Bar Foundation; Columbus Bar Foundation; American College of Trial Lawyers. Certified as a Criminal Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.