Practice Areas:

Corporate/Business

• Company Formation and Business Planning
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Taxation

Estate Planning and Administration

• Estate Planning
• Wills and Trusts
• Probate

Real Estate

• Development and Land Use
• Residential, Commercial and Closings

Education:

• University of Akron School of Law, J.D. (1994)
• University of Akron College of Business, Master of Taxation (1994)
• University of Akron College of Business, B.S., Accounting (1991)

Notable Experience:

• Representing buyers and sellers in transactions varying from $1 million to several hundred million dollars

Awards and Honors:

• 2007 Statewide Recipient of the Ohio State Bar Foundation Community Service Award for Lawyers 40 and Under (District 10 Community Service Award Recipient)
• Finalist for Medina County Economic Development Corporation Individual Award 2007

Bar and Court Admissions/Memberships:

• Medina County Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association

Corporate and Civic Involvement:

• Greater Medina Chamber of Commerce Trustee (2010 – current)
• United Way of Medina County Trustee (2003-2009; chair 2008-2009; current committee member)
• Leadership Medina County- Graduate of Class of 2001 (former trustee and current committee member)
• Medina City School Foundation Trustee (2003-2009; Treasurer 2007-2009)
• Medina City School Technology School Board member (2007-2009)
• Volunteer attorney for Leave A Legacy/Write a Will Week (2004-2006)
• Medina County Estate Planning Council
• Medina County Economic Development Corporation Member (2010 – current)

Publications and Lectures:

• Medina Chamber of Commerce Business Growth Conference (Fall 2007)
• Non Profit Board symposium on fundraising (Spring 2007)
• Women in Business/Medina Chamber of Commerce (Fall 2006)
• Leave a Legacy (Summer 2009)