• Product Liability
• Insurance Law
• Banking & Commercial Law
• Construction
• Environmental Law

• Expertise in all types of litigation at the trial and appellate levels with emphasis on insurance law, banking and commercial law, product liability, construction and environmental matters.
• Lead counsel in numerous lawsuits with multi-million dollar exposure for leading manufacturers, lenders and insurers.
• Familiar with loan and other forms of transaction documentation.
• Represented major Cleveland banks in work-out restructuring, compromise and litigation.
• Familiar with insurance coverage, claims administration and operations.
• Expertise in coverage questions both in-house and in the courts.
• Experience in dealing with claims administration at the lawsuit and claims levels from policy and operations perspectives.
• Former managing partner of a medium-size law firm.
  

Publications
"Economic Damages," co-editor chapter 9, Expert Evidence, a Practitioner’s Guide to Law, Science, and the FJC Manual, West Group (1997)

“Court Opens Another Avenue of Attack Against Defendants, An Analysis of the Prejudgment Interest Issue,” Ohio Underwriter (September 1994)

“Defective Design, Toward a Better Standard,” Journal of Products Liability, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1977)

Presentations
“Litigation Institute: How to Try a Civil Lawsuit,” Cleveland Bar Association (2000)

“Federal Court Motion Practice,” Ohio CLE Institute Federal Practice and Procedure (1999)

“Liability of a Landlord for Criminal Acts of others against Tenants and Invitees,” Northeast Ohio Apartment Association (1995)

“The History and Present Status of the Law of Product Liability,” Cleveland Area Manufacturers Association (1994)

“The Ohio Law of Prejudgment Interest (And How To Defend Against It),” Cleveland Claims Association (1994)

“Preparing for a Successful Trial,” National Educational Network (1993)

“The Art of Cross-Examination of an Expert Witness,” Cleveland Marshall School of Law (1993)

“Common Underpinnings for Lender Liability,” Bank One (1993)

State of Ohio
State of California
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
U.S. District Court, Central District of California