Admitted
1989, Florida; 1990, Ohio; 1992, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 2001, Washington
Law School
University of Dayton, J.D., 1987
Law School Graduation Year
1987
College
University of Cincinnati, B.A., magna cum laude, with high honors in psychology, 1980
Memberships
Cincinnati and Ohio State Bar Associations.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. University of Dayton Law Review, 1986-1987. Recipient: University of Dayton School of Law Award for Outstanding Writing Achievement. Law Clerk to the Honorable Walter A. Porter, Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, Dayton, Ohio, 1986-1988. Author: Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Psychology of the Battered Child, 11 L. & Psychology Rev. 103, 1987, relied upon by the Supreme Court of Washington in The State of Washington v. Andrew G. Janes, 121 Wash. 2d 220, 850 P.2d 495, 5 A.L.R. 2213 (Wash. 1993); also cited in The State of New Jersey v. Sharon Moorman, 286 N.J. Super. 648, 670 A.2d 81 (N.J. Super Ct. App. Div. 1996); The State of Ohio v. Nemeth, 82 Ohio St. 3d. 202, 694 N.E.2d 1332 (Ohio 1998); The State of West Virginia v. Penny Gail Miller, 1998 W.Va. LEXIS 250 (W. Va. 1998). Trustee, Board of Trustees, Social Eyes Nonprofit for the Assistance of the Elderly.
Military
With U.S. Navy, 1972-1976