Honors and Awards:

• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Member, American Board of Trial Advocates; Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Fellow, Ohio State Bar Foundation. Past President, Dayton Bar Association; Past President, Dayton Chapter, Federal Bar Association.

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Chairman of the Board, United States Air Force Museum Foundation; Chair, Advisory Council, University of Dayton School of Law;  former President, Dayton Bar Association; former President, Dayton Chapter, Federal Bar Association; former President, Dayton Bar Association Foundation; former Adjunct Professor, University of Dayton School of Law: former Chair, Bar Examination Committee for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio; former Chair, Continuing Legal Education Commission of the Supreme Court of Ohio; former Chair, Federal Courts and Practice Committee, Ohio State Bar Association; Chair, Antitrust Section, Ohio State Bar Association.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• appointed special settlement master, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
• Appointed by federal court to handle prisoner class actions.

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Lawdragon, one of 500 Leading Litigators in America; Best Lawyers in America, 1987-present; Dayton Business Journal, Best of the Bar; Dayton Business Journal, Dayton's Most Powerful list; Peacekeeper Award, Artemis Center for Alternatives to Domestic Violence; Greater Dayton Volunteer Project Award; former member, Board of Directors, Gosiger, Inc.

Educational Background:

• B.A., summa cum laude, University of Cincinnati, 1971; J.D., cum laude, Ohio State University, 1973.