Bar Admissions:

• Ohio, 1998
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio

Education:

• Syracuse University, B.A., 1992
• The Ohio State University College of Law, J.D., 1998
  • National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition, Recipient of First Place Overall and Best Brief Award, 1998
  • Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, Chief Managing Editor, 1997-1998

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• American Association for Justice
• Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys
• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Board of Trustees
• Cleveland Bar Association
• Martindale-Hubbell^®
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Ohio Association for Justice
• Ohio State Bar Association
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• William Thomas Inn of Court
• Ohio Association for Justice, Advocates Circle Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys
• Board Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Litigation Committee
• Board Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, 3 R’S Program

Speaking Experience

• NBI: Advanced Issues in Personal Injury Litigation, 2013

2013

• William Thomas Inn of Court
• OAJ: Advocates Circle
• CMBA: Litigation Committee
• CMBA: 3 R’s Program

2014

• CMBA: Board of Trustees

Live on Lakeside – Guest Speaker: Birth Injury FAW (September 2015)

• A woman who suffered from bacterial meningitis causing hydrocephalus after birth later received malfunctioning shunt treatment at an emergency room at the age of 14, which led to herniation of the brain and quadriplegia. Case settled for $3,500,000.
• A worker fell off a roof while working and suffered a burst fracture in a vertebra, which left him with severe bowel and bladder dysfunction and a life-long inability to walk without assistance. Jury verdict for $3,300,000.
• Plaintiff died weeks after childbirth from an undiagnosed infection. Case settled for $3,000,000.
• A 59-year-old truck driver suffered permanent head injuries while assisting to dismantle a crane at a job site in Michigan, resulting in a serious seizure disorder that rendered him unable to work as a truck driver. Jury verdict of $2,800,000.
• Plaintiff died while working on a construction site when a heavy object was dropped on his head. Case settled for $2,200,000.
• A 23-year-old got her wisdom teeth extracted at the dental clinic of a major hospital, and she suffered major swelling days after the operation. Surgery was suggested in which a tube that would become her lifeline was placed in her nose and trachea to assist breathing. The tube became dislodged causing 10 minutes without oxygen and permanent brain damage. Case settled for $2,000,000.
• A child’s delivery was complicated by shoulder dystocia (when one or more of the baby’s shoulders gets stuck in the mother’s pelvis) and excessive pulling and traction applied by the midwife nurse caused nerve ruptures at three levels of the brachial plexus. Jury verdict for $1,400,000.