Practice Areas:
Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law

Admitted:
1981, Ohio
1982, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
1993, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio

Law School:
The Ohio State University, J.D., 1981

College:
Miami University, B.S., 1978

Member:
Columbus (Member, Bankruptcy Section) and Ohio State Bar Associations;
Columbus Bar Foundation;
American Bankruptcy Institute.

Biography:
Listed in: Best Lawyers in America; Ohio Super Lawyers.
Speaker: "What's New in Healthcare Workouts, Restructurings and Bankruptcies," The Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors;
"Revised Article 9," Ohio Bankers Association;
"Planning and the Effect of Bankruptcy on Pending State and Federal Court Litigation," Columbus Bar Association;
"Not Your Ordinary Bankruptcy," Ohio Continuing Legal Education Institute;
"Selected Assumption and Assignment Issues Arising with the Sale of Leases," International Council of Shopping Centers Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky Law Symposium;
"Addressing the Problems of the Financially Distressed Small Business," Ohio Continuing Legal Education Institute.
Speaker and Co-Author: "Foreclosure and Repossession," National Business Institute;
"How to Collect a Judgment: A Primer," Lorman Education Services;
"Protection of Secured Interests in Bankruptcy in Ohio," National Business Institute;
"Basic Bankruptcy in Ohio," National Business Institute.
Speaker and Contributing Author, "Special Problems Affecting Ohio Commercial Real Estate," Professional Educational Systems, Inc.

Born:
Cleveland, Ohio, May 31, 1956