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Experience
• Defense of property damage and personal injury lawsuits in jury trials in Ohio and Kentucky.
• Defense of nationwide, class action advertising litigation.
• Negotiation and resolution of multi-state attorney general litigation.
• Defense of class action involving a hazardous materials spill in a railroad derailment.
• Recovery of funds misappropriated by fraud.
• Representation of a national home builder in construction defect mold claims in class action.
• National coordinating counsel for product liability/fire claims involving a household product.
• Subrogation recoveries in cases in Ohio and Kentucky.
• Presentation of continuing education and risk management seminars to client groups.
• Lecturer on legal ethics.
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
• Selected and listed as one of Best Lawyers in Southwest Ohio (2019)
• Selected as Lawyer of the Year – Product Liability Litigation – Cincinnati (2019)
• Selected and listed as one of the Best Lawyers In America (2010-2024)
• Selected and listed as one of Ohio’s Super Lawyers (2004-2006, 2013-2018)
• Recognized as Best Lawyer for Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (2014-2016)
• Top Rated Lawyers – Mass Tort Litigation, The American Lawyer (2012)
• Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers
• Ohio Supreme Court Lawyer-to-Lawyer Mentor
Admissions
• State of Ohio
• Commonwealth of Kentucky
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Professional Affiliations
• Cincinnati Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Kentucky Bar Association
• Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel; Ohio State Representative (2017)
• Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, Regional Chair (2014-2021), State of Ohio Chair (2011-2013)
• Defense Research Institute
Community Involvement
• YMCA of Greater Cincinnati Volunteer of the Year (2013)
• St. Thomas Housing Corporation, Board Member (Present)
• Thomaston Woods Senior Housing Corporation (Board Member)
• St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Junior Warden
• U.C. College of Law Alumni Association Board of Trustees (Past Member)
• USA Swimming (Referee)
• Southwest Cluster YMCA Swim League (Executive Committee, Championship Meet Director)
• Regional Officials Coordinator, YMCA National Swimming
Presentations
• ”Business Ethics,” Visiting Lecturer at Miami University (on-going)
• ”Avoiding and Defending Bad Faith – Best Claims and Litigation Strategies,” Claims & Litigation Management Alliance Education Series (March 2015)
• “Construction Based Litigation that Impacted Operations or Produced Personal Injury Claims from Patients”, Greater Cincinnati Health Council (2013)
• “Legal Ethics” Cincinnati Insurance Council (2013)
• “Ethics and Ale,” CLM Cincinnati Chapter (2013)
• “Bad Faith,” Client Seminar (2012)
•”Use of Experts in Federal Courts,” CLM Education Series, Buffalo, NY (2012)
• “Mold and Its Legal Implications”, Building Environmental Council of Ohio (2011)
• Unravel the Insurance Implications of Mold Claims, National Business Institute (2006)
• Understanding Mold, Client Seminar (2005)
• National Business Institute, The Mold Challenge in Ohio (2004)
• Sterling Educational Services, Solving Mold Contamination and Water Intrusion Claims (2004)
• Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, Insurance Coverage Issues in Mold Litigation (2003)
• Ohio State Bar Association Annual Convention, Mold – Black Gold? Trends in Mold Litigation in Ohio (2003)
• Design Green Cincinnati, Mold Remediation (2003)
• Sterling Educational Services, Water Intrusion & Toxic Mold Claims in Ohio (2003)
• Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, Understanding Mold (2002)
Publications
• Ohio Law Summary (2012, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2022)
• Kentucky Law Summary (2012, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2022)
• “It’s Not Blue Cheese: Insurance Coverage Issues in Mold Litigation”, 38 OACTA Quarterly 3 (2003)
• “Understanding Mold”, 38 OACTA Quarterly 39 (2002)
Education
• University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 1989)
• Miami University (B.S., 1986)
