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Experience
• General Counsel for the Academy of Model Aeronautics
• Numerous reported decisions for Insurance and Employment Law issues
Honors/Distinctions
• Received AV peer rating by Martindale-Hubbell – a reflection of having achieved the highest level of professional skill and integrity a lawyer can earn
• Ohio State Bar Association Certified Specialist in Labor and Employment Law
• Selected and listed as one of Ohio’s Super Lawyers (2006-2009)
• Selected and listed as one of Ohio’s Corporate Counsel Super Lawyers for Employment & Labor Law (2008, 2010)
Admissions
• State of Ohio
• Commonwealth of Kentucky
• State of Colorado
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court
Professional Affiliations
• Cincinnati Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Kentucky Bar Association
• Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference (Life Member)
• Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference (Delegate: 1999, 1997, 1995, 1990-1993)
• Miami Township Board of Zoning Appeals (Past Member)
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio (Mediator, 1991 – 2005)
• Common Pleas Arbitration Panels Member in Hamilton and Clermont Counties
• Southern District of Ohio (Rules Committee, 1990 – 2003)
• Potter Stewart Inn of Court (Barrister, 1989-1990)
Presentations
• “The Legal Implications of Telecommuting as a Reasonable Accommodation Under The Americans With Disabilities Act,” Ohio Society of CPAs Fall Accounting Show (September 2015)
• “Telecommuting as a Reasonable Accommodation under the Americans With Disabilities Act,” a SEBS Series Event sponsored by Strategic Employee Benefits Services (April 2015)
• “NLRB Update – Continued Action & Expansion Coming Soon to a Workplace Near You,” Rendigs fall client seminar (November 2014)
• “Hot Topics in Employment Law: Independent Contractor or Employee? and Severance Agreements and Internal Revenue Code Section 409 (A),” Rendigs Spring Employment Seminar (May 2013)
• “Social Media, Employer Policies and Developments in Employment Law”, Ohio Association of Independent Schools Conference (October 2012)
• “You Say Goodbye And I Say Hello: Managing The Revolving Door of Employee Workplace Leave,” Rendigs Spring client seminar (May 2012), reprised for Strategic Employee Benefits Services client seminar (October 2012)
• “You Say Goodbye And I Say Hello: Managing The Revolving Door of Employee Workplace Leave,” Rendigs Spring client seminar (May 2012)
• “Tales from The Employment Law Crypt,” Rendigs client seminar (November 2011)
• “Common Costly Mistakes When Dealing With Employees,” a SEBS Series Event sponsored by Strategic Employee Benefits Services (September 2011)
• “Common Costly Mistakes When Dealing With Employees,” Rendigs client seminar (May 2011 & October 2010)
• “The Do’s and Don’ts of Hiring and Firing”, Client Seminar hosted at Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis, LLP (April, 2005)
Education
• University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 1980)
• Miami University (B.A., 1977)
