Education

• Miami University

  (B.A., 2009)

• Case Western Reserve University School of Law

  (J.D., cum laude, 2012)
  Recipient of Hugo Grotius International Law Scholarship
  Journal of Law, Technology & the Internet, Senior Editor

Admissions

• State of Ohio
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Obtained jury trial defense verdict on behalf of accounting and business advisory firm sued for breach of contract and accounting malpractice by a credit card processing company seeking in excess of $3 million in damages for an alleged failure to identify errors in the plaintiff’s financial statements during an audit.
• Obtained dismissal on behalf of attorney for guardian in lawsuit involving claims by guardian’s former ward for fraud and conversion relating to investments in excess of $1 million. Won case on appeal in Ohio’s Eighth District Court of Appeals.
• Part of litigation team that reached favorable settlements representing a national bank in prosecution of claims against two former bank employees who left the client’s employment to join a competitor. The ex-employees were bound by confidentiality agreements but took hundreds of confidential documents from the client and were actively soliciting customers. The court issued a preliminary injunction against both defendants’ further use of trade secrets, and ordered all data and documents be returned to the client.
• Part of litigation team that reached a favorable settlement in complex litigation involving damage to clients’ property from a landslide during a government sewer project on the clients’ property. The case involved numerous novel legal issues in the realms of eminent domain, government contracts, governmental tort liability, and negligence.
• Part of litigation team that reached a favorable settlement in a complex commercial contract dispute involving the construction of a large, mixed-use real estate project.
• Part of litigation team that reached a favorable settlement in a complex patent and antitrust dispute involving industry leading international companies.
• Successfully opposed motion for summary judgment in construction litigation matter on behalf of general contractor regarding supply and installation of materials resulting in a favorable settlement.

Presentations

• “Attorney-Client Privilege in Joint Representations & Common Interest Scenarios,” Internal Firm Presentation (November 2018)
• “Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA),” Internal Firm Presentation (January 2017)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
• Judge John M. Manos Inn of Court

HONORS

• Named to the Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars list (2020-2023)
• Named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Litigation – Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation (2021-2024)

• Ulmer Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 Report
• Ohio Super Lawyers Recognizes 69 Ulmer Attorneys in 2023 Lists
• Ulmer Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2023 Report
• Ohio Super Lawyers Recognizes Ulmer Attorneys in 2022 Lists
• Ulmer Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2022 Report