Bar/Professional Activity:

• Ohio State Bar Association Board of Governors 2010 - 2013; Past Chair Akron Bar Association Family Law Committee, member since 1984; Past Chair Ohio State Bar Association Family Law Committee, member since 1984, serving on several subcommittees including Legislative Drafting, Rules, UCCJEA, spousal support reform; Served as secretary, vice chair, and chair (2 year terms each); OSBA Council of Delegates since 2001; OSBA Juvenile Committee since 2002 inception; OSBA Family Relations Specialty Board since 2005; OSBA Legal Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee since 2006; OSBA Solo, Small Firms & General Practice Section since 2008; OSBA Special Committee to Review Gender Fairness Task Force Report - Co-chair; OSBA representative for two terms to the Supreme Court Advisory Committee for Children, Families and the Courts and served on several subcommittees (Abuse, Neglect & Dependency; Parenting Subcommittee; Alternative ADR Options; Representation) of that group - January 2003 to December 2007; member Ohio Women's Bar Association; member Stark County Bar Association and Family Law Committee; member Akron Bar Association since 1984, served on several committees including Law Week; member American Bar Association, Family Law section, Solo and General Practice sections; member Federal Bar Association, Northern Ohio.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• American Bar Association Military Pro Bono Project - Provides services to military service members through JAG offices
• Many cases handled at low cost or no cost for qualified lower income individuals with family relations difficulties through volunteer agency.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Author of Chapter 29 "Governmental Retirement Benefits" in Sowald and Morganstern's Ohio Domestic Relations Law, updated annually.  Ohio Contributor to annual ABA Family Law Quarterly "Law in the Fifty States" for several years.
• Article on the new world of social networking websites, such as Facebook or MySpace, and the admissibility of documents downloaded from them in domestic relations court, as well as issues of spoliation if those website pages change after representation begins., Author, Networking Web Sites, Domestic Relations Journal of Ohio, Vol. 22 No. 5, September/October 2010, 2010

Verdicts and Settlements:

• DePiero v. Macedonia - 6th Cir. 180 F.3d 770 - a civil rights suit successfully brought against a municipality holding mayor's court, 1999