• Business Litigation
• Securities/Broker-Dealer Defense
• Trade Secrets/Unfair Competition
• Contract Disputes
• Health Care
• White Collar Criminal Defense
• Antitrust Matters
• Fraud
• SEC, NASD and NYSE Investigations
• Income Tax
• Health Care
• Aviation Matters

• Representation of a national securities broker-dealer in defense of a lawsuit brought by an Ohio county in an attempt to recover $115 million in investment losses sustained by large pooled public investment fund.
• Twelve years with the United States Department of Justice focusing on the investigation and prosecution of organized crime and complex fraud cases.
• Successfully defended several national securities firms and their brokers in an arbitration hearing against claims of unsuitable investments.
• Successfully defended a medical group from claims brought against it by a physician who was a former employee.
• Successfully represented licensed professional in investigations and hearings by state licensing and regulatory agencies.
• Successfully defended brokers and securities firms against claims for theft of trade secrets and breach of non-solicitation agreements in court and in arbitrations.
• Successfully defended a major manufacturer of medical devices from claims which involved the death of a patient during surgery.
  

Publications
“Applying the Federal Sentencing Guidelines to Sherman Act Prosecutions,” Co-author, Antitrust, the magazine of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association (Spring 1990)

Contributor, Handbook on Antitrust Grand Jury Investigations, Second Edition prepared by the Criminal Practice and Procedure Committee of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association

Presentations
“E-Discovery – New Rules-New Responsibilities Dealing with Our Clients, Opposing Counsel and the Courts,” Federal Bench Bar Conference (2007)

"E-Discovery - What You Need to Know," Federal Bar Association, Northern District of Ohio, Advanced Federal Practice Seminar (2006)

"Electronic Discovery - Not Just For the Million Dollar Case," Ohio State Bar Association, Digital Technology Law Committee Seminar (2006)

"Keeping The Rein on Trade Secrets," Price Waterhouse General Counsel Forum (1996)

American Bar Association (Litigation, Criminal Justice and Antitrust Sections; Former Vice Chair, Criminal Practice and Procedure Committee, Section of Antitrust Law; Former Vice Chair, Aviation Litigation Committee, Section of Litigation)

Ohio State Bar Association (Member, Council of Delegates; Former Member, Board of Governors; Former Chair, Board of Governors Government Affairs Committee; Member, Antitrust Section Board of Governors; Former Member, Antitrust Section Board of Governors; Federal Courts Committee; Former Member, Special Committee to Review the Report of the Ohio Futures Commission)

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (Former Ex-officio Member, Board of Trustees; Former Member, Ad Hoc Long Range Planning Committee; Former Chairman, Federal Courts Committee, Certified Grievance Committee; Former Chairman, Federal Court Committee)

Federal Bar Association, Northern District of Ohio Chapter (Member, Board of Directors)

Securities Industries Association (Compliance & Legal Division)

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association

Judicial Conference of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Life Member)

Judicial Conference of the Eighth Judicial District (Life Member)

Appointed in 2003 by U.S. District Court Judge David A. Katz to serve on the Merit Selection Panel to Assist in the Selection of Replacement Magistrate Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio

National Council of The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (Member)

The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Alumni Society (President)

Private Pilot

The Park Synagogue (Member, Executive Committee; Former Member, Board of Trustees; Chair, Legal Committee; Former Chair, Membership Committee; Former Vice President; Former Treasurer)

Jewish Community Federation (Member, Government Relations Committee; Former Member, Heights Area Council Executive Committee; Former Member, Board of Trustees; Former Member Task Force on Jewish Continuity)

Gross Schechter Day School (Member, Board of Trustees; Vice President 2007-present)

Visiting Nurse Association (Medical-Legal Representative to the Professional Advisory Committee)

Alzheimer’s Association - Cleveland Area Chapter (Former Member, Advisory Council; Former Vice President and Board Member)

Alzheimer’s Association - Ohio Council (Former President)

The Federation of Jewish Mens Clubs (Former President and Vice President, Great Lakes Region; Former President, The Park Synagogue Mens Club)

Jewish Education Center of Cleveland (Former President; Life Member of Board of Trustees; Former Treasurer)

State of Ohio
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia