• Liability Defense
• Business Litigation
• Risk Management
• Employment and Labor Law

• Extensive experience in general commercial litigation.
• Extensive experience in products liability litigation.
• Extensive experience counseling clients on risk management issues.

AV Rated - Martindale-Hubbell

Named an "Ohio Super Lawyer" in a survey of Ohio lawyers by Law & Politics and Cincinnati magazines (January 2006 and 2007)

Named a “Super Lawyer” in the Super Lawyer, Corporate Counsel Edition (Civil Litigation Defense) (2008)

Named to Best Lawyers in America, Product Liability Litigation, Woodward/White (2007 and 2008)

Presentations
"The Federal Preemption Argument - When is it Effective?," Defense Strategies for
Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation Conference (February 2003)

"Mold/Microbial Contaminants & Meaningful Remediation," 11th Annual Business & Industry's Symposium on Environment, Health & Safety (March 2002)

"Product Liability Considerations in Advertising," National Spa and Pool Institute Annual Meeting

"Risk Management for Homebuilders," (May 1997, May 1998)

"Risk Management for Business and Industry," (December 1996)

Ohio State Bar Association

Kentucky Bar Association

Cincinnati Bar Association (Chairman, Judicial Candidate Rating Committee;
Member, Community Services Committee; Member, Substance Abuse Task Force; Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Committee; Member, Risk Management Committee, Tall Stacks, 1999)

Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers (Member, Steering Committee)