The Ohio State University (B.A., summa cum laude, with honors in the Liberal Arts, 2001) Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi

University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2005) Recipient, International Trial Lawyers Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Art of Advocacy; Moot Court Trial: 2005 American Bar Association Regional Finalist (Chicago, IL), 2004 Association of Trial Lawyers of America Regional Semifinalist (Kansas City, MO).

University of London, Royal Holloway (M.B.A.,International Management, projected graduation date July 2011)

• Business Litigation
• Employment & Labor

• Obtained defense verdicts as lead counsel in trials in Ohio county and municipal courts.
• Successfully argued in three hearings before Ohio county courts for enforcement of arbitration clauses and dismissal of individual and class action cases to arbitration.
• Argued to the Eighth District Court of Appeals, including class action and consumer claims.
• Extensive experience defending claims brought against suppliers under Ohio’s Consumer Sales Practices Act (CSPA).
• Extensive experience defending class action claims, including class claims under the CSPA.
• Extensive experience defending discrimination and other employment claims brought by current and former employees.
• Extensive experience in federal courts, including the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
• Extensive experience arbitrating both business litigation and employment claims in court-sponsored arbitration and arbitrations before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the American Arbitration Association (AAA).
• Represents the state’s largest automobile dealer in both litigation and corporate matters.
• Represents commodities broker in both litigation and corporate matters.
• Represents major regional utility company in liability cases, including defense of cases brought by other utilities and customers.
• Assisted in representation of both companies and individuals in the pursuit of patent and copyright protection.
• Defended automobile dealership against two copyright infringement claims brought by high profile composers and performers.
• Represented and advised documentary film production company from inception through production of the movie.
• Assisted in representation of multinational tech company, national credit card company, national and regional banks, development companies, insurance providers, and others in defense of discrimination and other employment claims.
• Assisted in representation of a national securities firm and members of its regional management team in defense of claims of wrongful discharge, defamation, breach of contract and infliction of emotional distress brought by a former employee seeking compensatory damages in excess of $2.7 million.  After a full evidentiary hearing on the merits, all claims against our clients were dismissed, and our corporate client was awarded the full amount of damages sought on its counterclaim.
• Assisted in representation of NFL players in actions brought against them by a former NFL player who claimed he loaned them money.  Obtained dismissal of each case.
• Represented state agencies in defense of actions brought by former employees seeking workers’ compensation benefits.  Conducted numerous depositions of plaintiffs and experts, leading to dismissal of some cases and favorable settlements in others.
• Litigated numerous asbestos-related claims from inception through resolution as Special Counsel for the Ohio Attorney General representing the Defendant Administrator, Bureau of Workers’ Compensation.
• Represented regional trucking company, scrap metal company, and other manufacturing entities in defense of claims.
• Extensive experience representing companies of all sizes, from individual proprietorships to large, national corporations.
• Participant in legal aid and court-sponsored pro bono programs.

Publications
“Gauging EU And US Investor Confidence Post-Crisis,” Law360 (October 2011)

Presentations
"Managing E-Discovery for the Insured — Costly to Perform and Costly to Perform Incorrectly" and "How to Produce Fully but Control the Costs at the Same Time,"  National FETTI Conference (October 2008)

“Lead Climate and Case Law,” The National Forum for Environmental and Toxic Tort Issues (October 2007)

State of Ohio

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana