Admitted
1993, Ohio; 2000 Pennsylvania
Law School
University of Pittsburgh, J.D., cum laude, 1993
Law School Graduation Year
1993
College
Allegheny College, B.A., cum laude, in Political Science, 1990
Memberships
Cleveland (Member, Environmental Law Section), Ohio State (Member, Environmental Law Committee) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations.
Biographical
Author: Corporate Social Responsibility - New Pressures In A Sustainable Environment; Cleveland Bar Association; April 2003; USEPA and Ohio Compromise on Audit Privilege Law; OSBA Corporate News; Spring 1999; Preventing a Toxic Tort Suit; Environmental Manager's Compliance Advisor; May 18, 1998; EPA to Clean Up Audit Privileges; Crain's Cleveland Business; January 12, 1998; Lawyer Advises Caution With Ohio Audit Privilege; Environmental Manager's Compliance Advisor; February 16, 1998; Audit Law Amended to Suit U.S. EPA; Crain's Cleveland Business; August 17, 1998; Co-Authored with Heidi Goldstein, Complex Regs Keeping Many From Cleaning Up Brownfields, Crain's Cleveland Business; April 2001. Lecturer: Environmental Issues in Commercial Transactions: Diligence and Insurance, OSBA/CLE, September 23, 2003; Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions, National Business Institute's Advanced Commercial Real Estate Seminar; July 24, 2003; Indemnification Panel: Doing the Deal, Bridging the Gap with Environmental Insurance, Cleveland Bar Association, November 14, 2001; Buying and Selling a Business in Ohio: Bridging the Gap with Environmental Insurance, Ohio Bar Association's Environmental Law Seminar, April 29, 2001; The Innocent Purchaser Defense in Commercial Real Estate Transactions, Inland Spills Conference, September 22, 1999; Environmental Considerations in Commercial Real Estate Transactions, Ohio CLE Institute, July 27, 2001 and October 22, 1998; Preparing for an Environmental Catastrophe, Planner and Moderator of Columbus Bar Association CLE, December 9, 1999; Corporate Management of Citizens' Suits, Air and Waste Management Association, April 22, 1998; Environmental Law Expert, University for Young Americans. Chairperson, Cleveland Great Strides Walkathon, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Executive Committee, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Member, Fundraising Committee, Cleveland Works. Chair, Southminster Nursery School Board of Directors; Chair of Finance Committee and Member of Al