At a Glance
Jeff chairs the firm’s Product Liability Group. His areas of practice concentration include liability defense, business litigation, risk management and employment and labor law. Practicing for more than 20 years, he has extensive experience in general commercial litigation as well as products liability litigation. Jeff also has extensive experience counseling clients on risk management issues.
Practices/Industries
Litigation
Complex Business
Mass Tort/Occupational Exposure
Product Liability

Real Estate
Construction

Life Science
Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Mass Tort Litigation
Risk Management

Areas of Concentration
  • Liability Defense
  • Business Litigation
  • Risk Management
  • Employment and Labor Law
Education
Miami University (B.A., 1979)

University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 1982) Order of the Barristers
Representative Experience
  • Extensive experience in general commercial litigation.
  • Extensive experience in products liability litigation.
  • Extensive experience counseling clients on risk management issues.
Honors & Distinctions

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)

Publications & Presentations

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)

Professional Affiliations

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)

Admissions
State of Ohio
Commonwealth of Kentucky
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio