Education

• University of Minnesota

  (B.A., 1999)

• Cornell University

  (M.A., 2003)

• University of Pennsylvania Law School

  (J.D., 2008)
  Executive Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review

Admissions

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

• Obtained a dismissal in favor of the operator of an electronic trading
  platform in a lawsuit brought by investors in an allegedly fraudulent hedge fund asserting claims under the Ohio Securities Act for aiding in the sale of unlawful securities.
• Successfully defended a merchant payment processor in affirming an award of case-terminating sanctions against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for abuses of the discovery process in connection with a civil fraud action.
• Successfully defended a blood plasma broker in a pricing dispute arising from a blood plasma supply agreement with a blood center. Obtained a full defense verdict after coming in as new counsel only a month before bench trial and prevailed in an appeal before the Florida District Courts of Appeal.
• Defended a board member in an arbitration proceeding involving the dissolution of an insolvent medical device company and a challenge to the client’s successful purchase of the company’s assets in a public sale.
• Represented a plaintiff medical practice in a lawsuit involving breaches of restrictive covenants and misappropriation of trade secrets obtained during due diligence by a company in negotiations to acquire the practice, and negotiated a successful settlement of the dispute.
• Represented a tenant-automotive dealer in a landlord/tenant dispute following a change of ownership after a secured party took possession of the assets.
• Assisted a client in withdrawing from a two-person partnership that owned a downtown Cleveland office building through obtaining a sale of the building.
• Obtained dismissals of individual defendants and summary judgment in favor of a defendant entity in a lawsuit alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, tortious interference, and civil conspiracy.
• Obtained a temporary restraining order and favorable settlement on behalf of a chemical manufacturer in a lawsuit to enforce non-competition agreements and protect against misappropriation of trade secrets.
• Represented a distressed company in challenging a secured party sale of the company’s assets.
• Represented a former member of an investment banking firm in a dispute involving the member’s withdrawal and alleged breaches of restrictive covenants and misappropriations of corporate opportunities.

Publications

• “Bargaining for Downside Protection Under Ohio’s New LLC Act,” Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Bar Journal (November 2022)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Shaker Youth Soccer Association (Board of Directors, 2021-2022)
• Les Délices (Board of Directors, 2014-2019)

HONORS

• Named to the Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars list (2017-2019)

• Bloomberg Law, June 12, 2023, “CFPB Violated Depositions Order, Eleventh Circuit Affirms“

• Ulmer Partner Nicholas B. Wille Appointed to Shaker Youth Soccer Association Board of Directors
• Ulmer Elects Four Attorneys to Firm Partnership