Admitted
1988, Ohio; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, U.S. Claims Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th, 10th, Federal and District of Columbia Circuits; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Capital University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1988
Law School Graduation Year
1988
College
Northwestern University, B.A., 1958
Memberships
Columbus (Member, Board of Governors, 1992-1996; Chair, Professionalism Committee, 1996-1998), Ohio State (Council of Delegates, 1994—; Vice-Chair, Media Law Committee, 1998—) and American Bar Associations; American Inns of Court; Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, (Supreme Court of Ohio Committee on Lawyer Referral and Information Services 1999—) ; Central Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (President, 2000-2001).
Biographical
Member, National Moot Court Team (Winner, A.B.A. National Appellate Advocacy Competition, 1987). Member, Capital University Law Review, 1987-1988. Recipient, Justice Harry Blackmun Bill of Rights Award of Columbus Bar Association, 1993. Author: Separation Anxiety: Free Exercise Versus Equal Protection, 47 Ohio St. L.J. 453 (1986); Verbal Sexual Harassment on the Job as Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, 17 Cap. U.L.R. 245 (1988); Multi-person Psychotherapy Privilege, 36 Ohio Psychologist (March and April 1990). Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, 1969-1986. Judicial Clerk to the Honorable George C. Smith, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of Ohio, 1988-1989. Special Master and Mediator, U.S. District Court. Magistrate, Mayor's Court, Hillard Ohio.