Admitted
1960, Ohio; 1978, Kentucky
Law School
University of Cincinnati Law School, LL.B., 1960
Law School Graduation Year
1960
College
Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati; University of Cincinnati, B.A., 1958
Memberships
Cincinnati, Ohio State, Kentucky, West Virginia, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; State Bar of Nevada; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Ohio State Committeeman, 1969-1972; Sustaining Member, 1970—; Ohio Chairman, Environmental Law Section, 1970—; Chairman, Tort Section, 1973-1974; National Program Chairman, 1973-1974); Maritime Law Association of the United States; Melvin M. Belli Society; Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Ohio Supreme Court.
Biographical
Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Lead Counsel Committee, Beverly Hills Fire Litigation, 1978. Member, Lead Counsel Committee, MGM Grand Hotel Fire Litigation, 1980. Co-Chairman, Plaintiffs' Legal Committee, MGM Grand Hotel Fire Litigation, 1981. Member, Lead Counsel Committee, Bendectin Litigation, 1982. Member, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee Pan Am Air Disaster, 1982. Lead Counsel, Zimmer Nuclear Power Plant, Cincinnati Gas & Electric, 1982. Member, Agent Orange Plaintiff Committee, 1982. Co-Chairman, Executive Committee, Union Carbide Gas Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1985. Plaintiffs' Lead Counsel Committee, Arrow Air Aircrash, 1986. Lead Counsel, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Northwest Air Crash Litigation, 1987. Co-Lead Counsel, ChoiceCare Insurance Litigation, 1987. Plaintiffs' Lead Counsel Committee, Chubb Insurance Co., 1988. Member Plaintiffs' Lead Counsel Committee Fernald Nuclear Power Plant. Member Plaintiffs' Lead Counsel Committee Miamisburg Train Derailment Litigation. Member Plaintiffs' Lead Counsel Committee Pan Am Flight #103, Lockerbie Scotland. Worldwide Class Counsel Bjork Shiley C/C Heart Valve Litigation. Co-Chair Plaintiffs' Steering Committee In Re: Breast Implant Litigation, Fen Phen Litigation. Listed in Best Lawyers in America and the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers