Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy ("NBTA")

Bar/Professional Activity:

• U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1977
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1977
• Ohio, 1977
• U.S. Tax Court, 1979
• Founder and Co-Chair, American Association for Justice Heparin Litigation Group, 2008

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• "Memory Examinations of Events that  Happened Years ago: Attorney's Perspective", 6th Annual Henry L. Harman Forensic Psychiatry Conference, Medical University of Ohio, Office of Continuing Medical Education, November 4, 2005
• "Legal Update", Ohio Annual Conference of Construction Financial Managers Assoc., Toledo, Ohio, October 12, 2005
• Prepared and graded question for National Board of Trial Advocacy Certification Examination, April 2005
• "Vioxx: A Legal Update", Toledo Bar Assoc. / Toledo Medical Association Joint Continuing Education Seminar / Poster Session, April 2005
• "Legal Update", Northwest Ohio Chapter of the Construction Financial Managers Association, February 2005
• "Economic Damages:  Making the Bland Palatable", Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers 2004 Damages Seminar, October 2004
• "Construction Law in Ohio", National Business Institute approved by the Ohio Supreme Court for six credit hours of continuing legal education, August 2003
• "Damages In Ohio Civil Trial Practice", National Business Institute approved by the Ohio Supreme Court for six credit hours of continuing legal education, May 2003
• "Multi-District Litigation and the Small Law Firm:  Leveling the field with Technology", Lucas County Bar Association, October 21, 2002
• "Powerful Evidence", National Business Institute, approved by the Ohio Supreme Court for six credit hours of continuing legal education, February 20, 2002
• Insurance Seminar in Cincinnati, Ohio sponsored by the Ohio State Bar Association, December 21, 2001, Repeat of 12/13/01 Presentation, December 21, 2001
• Power Point for Persuasion at Trials in the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas, as part of the annual Common Pleas Court System Seminar, Toledo Bar Association, December 20, 2001
• Insurance Seminar in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio State Bar Association, December 13, 2001
• "Bad Faith in Ohio", National Business Institute, approved by the Ohio Supreme Court for six credit hours of continuing legal education, November 15, 2001
• Served as Lead Plaintiff’s counsel, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers Regional Seminar, Toledo Ohio, approved by the Ohio Supreme Court for six credit hours of continuing legal education, October 12, 2001
• State as Landowner: "Slips, Trips and Noise – Study of Airport Noise and Nuisance", Ohio Academy of Trial Attorneys Annual Seminar, Cleveland, Ohio, May 3, 2001
• "Personal Injury Settlements in Ohio: Practical Methods for Perfecting Settlement of a Claim", National Business Institute, approved by the Ohio Supreme Court for six credit hours of continuing legal education, October 11, 2000
• "ERISA: A Plaintiff Attorney’s Perspective", Toledo Bar Association, approved by the Ohio Supreme Court for 1 credit hour of continuing legal education, September 13, 2000
• "Using Power Point to Persuade", Lucas County Bar Association, October 18, 1999
• "Insurance Law and Third Party Claims in Ohio", National Business Institute, approved by the Ohio Supreme Court for six credit hours of continuing legal education, March 12, 1999
• "Personal Injury Settlements in Ohio", National Business Institute, approved by the Ohio Supreme Court for six credit hours of continuing legal education, November 12, 1998
• "Medical Malpractice in Ohio", National Business Institute, approved by the Ohio Supreme Court for six credit hours of continuing legal education, May 8, 1998
• Premises Liability in Ohio: Preparation and Trial of a Difficult Case, National Business Institute, approved by the Ohio Supreme Court for six credit hours of continuing legal education, February 17, 1998
• "Civility at Depositions", Lucas County Bar Association, January 12, 1998
• Doing business in Ohio and Michigan, American Arbitration Association on topic of Mediation of Construction Disputes, and participated in panel discussion, March 21, 1997
• Ethos, Pathos & Logos: Three keys to victory in a Sexual Harassment Case, Toledo Bar Association, February 18, 1997
• Seminar on Insurance Law, through Nat’l Bus. Institute, approved by the Ohio Supreme Court for six credit hours of continuing legal education, December 11, 1996
• Ethos, Pathos & Logos, Three keys to victory in a Sexual Harassment Case, Lucas County Bar Association, December 12, 1996
• Seminar on Damages, through Nat’l Bus. Institute, approved by the Ohio Supreme Court for six credit hours of continuing legal education, May 3, 1996
• Seminar on Construction Law, through Nat'l Bus. Institute, approved by the Ohio Supreme Court for six credit hours of continuing legal education, February 29, 1996
• "Trial Advocacy", National Business Institute, approved by the Ohio Supreme Court for six credit hours of continuing legal education, November 29, 1995
• Seminar on Construction Lien Laws, Northwest Ohio Chapter Construction Managers Association
• Seminar on Trade Secrets and Covenants Not to Compete, through Nat’l Bus. Institute, approved by the Ohio Supreme Court for six credit hours of continuing legal education, September 1995
• Ohio Society of CPA’s of Northwest Ohio Luncheon speech, Alternative Dispute Resolution, April 1995
• "Construction Law" National Business Institute, approved by the Ohio Supreme Court for six credit hours of continuing legal education, December 15, 1994
• Arbitration of disputes in Taft-Hartley jointly trusteed employee benefit plans under §302 of the Taft Hartley Act, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Journal, Winter 1994
• "Premises Liability in Ohio: Preparation and Trial of a Difficult Case," National Business Institute, approved by the Ohio Supreme Court for six credit hours of continuing legal education, August 1994
• "Negotiation of Attorney's fees and Contracts" in Building Profits, Journal of the Construction Financial Managers Association, 1997

Representative Clients:

• Village Solicitor Holiday City , Ohio
• Plaintiffs' Committee Sulzer Hip Class Action Multi District Litigation
• Toledo Firefighters Health and Welfare Board of Trustees
• Hammons v. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, Local No. 20, 754 F.2d 177 (6th Cir. 1985)
• Neiswender v. Edinger, 59 Ohio App.2d 25, 392 N.E.2d 580 (Ohio App.6.Dist. 1978)
• Anderson v. Ceccardi, 6 Ohio St.3d 110, 451 N.E.2d 780 (Ohio 1983)
• Goldman v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 33 Ohio St.3d 40, 514 N.E.2d 691 (Ohio 1987)
• Nickloy v. Bryan Motor Speedway, 1992 WL 126092 (Ohio App.6.Dist. 1992)
• In re Petition for Incorporation of the Village of Holiday City, 70 Ohio App.3d 365, 639 N.E.2d 42 (Ohio 1994)
• In re Petition for Incorporation of Holiday City, 106 Ohio App.3d 458, 666 N.E.2d 327 (Ohio App.6.Dist. 1995)
• Fifth Third Bank of W. Ohio v. Freund, 113 Ohio App.3d 164, 680 N.E.2d 682 (Ohio App.6.Dist. 1996)
• Toledo Edison Co. v. Petitioners for Incorporation of Village of Holiday City, 116 Ohio App.3d 482, 688 N.E.2d 571 (Ohio App.6.Dist. 1996)
• Kagy v. Toledo-Lucas Cty. Port Auth., 121 Ohio App.3d 239, 699 N.E.2d 566 (Ohio App.6.Dist. 1997)

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Plaintiff's Liaison Counsel, member of Plaintiffs' Executive Committee and member of Plaintiffs' Steering Committee in In Re: Heparin MDL 1953, pending before Chief Judge James G. Carr in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio., 2008

Educational Background:

• University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1974, B.A.