Honors and Awards:

• Bill of Rights Award from the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms for service to the preservation of the Second Amendment right
• The Cincinnati Coalition on Domestic Violence Award for outstanding service and dedication in the area of criminal justice
• Human Involvement Project Hipzen Award for promoting youth violence prevention

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Admitted to practice: State of Ohio U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit U.S. Supreme Court

Pro bono/Community Service:

• VLP (Volumteer Lawyers Project) of the Legal Aid Society representing clients in civil litigation since 2005.

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Since 2004, Mr. Gustavson has achieved punitive damage jury verdicts in three cases, including a defamation case with a jury verdict in excess of $1.1 million.

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Panelist discussion with Ohio Supreme Court Justices Andrew Douglas and Herbert Brown concerning public records issues before the Associated Press Society of Ohio
• Local and national television appearances to discuss pit bulls and the constitutionality of pit bull bans
• The successful handling of the appeal of Klein v. Leis in the First District Court of Appeals striking down Ohio's prohibition on the carrying of concealed firearms was chosen by the National Law Journal as the Decision of the Week in the Litigation Week section