Admitted
1981, Ohio; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Law School
Duke University, J.D., with honors, 1981
Law School Graduation Year
1981
College
Wake Forest University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1978
Memberships
Cleveland (Chair, Environmental Law Section, 1997-1998) and Ohio State (Chair, Environmental Law Committee, 1999-2001) Bar Associations.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Fellow, Ohio State Bar Foundation, Class of 2001. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America. Co-Author: A Guide to EPA's Permit Application Requirements for Stormwater Discharges, The Practical Real Estate Lawyer 13 (1991); Superfund Site Apportionment of Liability, Natural Resources and Environment, Vol. 12, American Bar Association, Summer 1997; Ohio Environmental Law, 1992-1993. Author: Negotiating for Protection Against Environmental Risks in Business Transactions, Cleveland Bar Journal, Vol. 68, July/August, 1997. Chapter Author: Ohio's Voluntary Real Estate Reuse and Cleanup Program: Amended Substitute Senate Bill 221, Wiley Environmental Law Update, 1996. Lecturer: Society of Mining Engineers Annual Meeting @ Environmental Compliance Programs, Denver, Colorado, 2000; Legal Co-chair, Ohio EPA Inland Spills Conference, 1999; Ohio State Bar Associations Environmental Law Seminar, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000-2003; Disaster Planning and Crisis Management, The Network of Trial Law Firms, Inc., 1996; Environmental Regulation in Ohio, The Institute of Business Law, 1993-1994; The Chemical Manufacturers Association Toxic Tort Symposium, 1993; Cleveland Bar Association Environmental Law Institutes, 1991-1996, Chair, 1997.