Practice Areas:

Litigation

• Commercial and Insurance
• Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
• Complex/Class Actions
• Health Care
• Product Liability
• Alternate Dispute Resolution

Product Safety

• Risk Management
• Product Recalls
• Regulatory Compliance
• New Product Counseling

Education:

• Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, J.D., cum laude (1982)
• Miami University, B.A. (1978)

Notable Experience:

• Recently selected by worlds’ largest orthopedic prosthetic device and surgical instrument manufacturer to serve on its National Trial Team for one of its surgical instruments which was the subject of pattern product liability litigation claims
• Served Fortune 100 Clients as International and National Coordinating Counsel for market share leading prosthetic devices
• Selected by world’s largest pharmaceutical company to serve as its national counsel for certain commercial and health care litigation claims
• Corporate self-insured clients include pharmaceutical, medical device, motor vehicle, motor vehicle components, chemical, aviation products, bicycle, home appliance, heavy industrial equipment and computer manufacturers and information processing companies
• Partner at major regional law firm in Cleveland, Ohio 1991-2007
• Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Richard M. Markus, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1982-1983

Awards and Honors:

• Ralph Streza Lecture in Palliative Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Palliative Medicine Foundation

Bar and Court Admissions/Memberships:

• Medina County Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA)
• Ohio State Bar Foundation Fellow (OSBF)
• American Bar Association (ABA)
• International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
• Defense Research Institute (DRI)
• Admitted to Ohio Bar and to all Ohio Federal Court Bars including the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
• John Manos American Inns of Court
• Past Member of Product Liability Advisory Council (PLAC)
• Order of Barristers (Life Member)

Corporate and Civic Involvement:

• The Palliative Medicine Foundation Founding President and Principal Incorporator (1999-2006)
• The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Chairman, Palliative Care Program Board of Advisors (1995 2006)
• The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Palliative Care Program Board of Advisors (1991-1995)
• The Optimist Club of Strongsville, Ohio (1987 Present) Past President (1991 International Service Award Winner)
• The Policy Roundtable (1986-1989) Founding Board Member

Publications and Lectures:

• Privacy in the Executive Suite: The Apex Doctrine, IADC Privacy Project Phase III 99 (2007)
• Protection Against Discovery in Civil and Criminal Proceedings in Clergy Sexual Abuse Claims, IADC Privacy Project Phase II 23 (2004)
• Discovery Unplugged: Should Internal E-Mails Be Privileged Confidential Communications, 70 Defense Counsel Journal 36 (Jan. 2003)