Practice Areas:

Litigation

• Commercial and Insurance
• Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
• Probate, Trust and Will Contests

Education:

• University of Minnesota, J.D., magna cum laude (1992)
• One of four members of the law school’s Moot Court Competition Team, and later served as a director of the program.
• College of Wooster, B.A., Business Economics, with honors (1989)
• Named a member of both the Order of the Coif and Phi Beta Kappa while at Minnesota and Wooster, respectively

Notable Experience:

• Lead counsel in Sheaffer v. Westfield Ins. Co., 110 Ohio St.3d 265, 2006-Ohio-4476.

Bar and Court Admissions/Memberships:

• Admitted to practice before the Supreme Courts of Ohio and Colorado, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Member of the American Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, and the Holmes County Bar Association
• Member of the Ohio Association for Justice

Corporate and Civic Involvement:

• President of the Board of Trustees of the Holmes County District Public Library
• Past President of the Board of Trustees of Every Woman’s House, a domestic violence shelter and counseling agency serving Wayne and Holmes Counties
• Past President and current Board of Trustees Member of Community Crossroads, a non-profit corporation which owns and manages real estate used by other non-profits