Position: Member

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Admitted:  1984, California; 1989, Ohio; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; U.S. District Court, Central District of California; U.S. District Court, Southern District of California

Law School: McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, J.D., with distinction, 1983

College: College of Wooster, B.A., 1981; University of Cambridge, 1985

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Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Complex Litigation; Class Actions; Commercial Litigation; Multi-District Litigation

Additional Information:  Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award, Civil Procedure. Traynor Moot Court Competition Team. Traynor Honor Society. Research Attorney to Presiding Justice Robert K. Puglia, California Court of Appeals, Third Appellate District, 1984-1985; to Associate Justice Frances N. Carr, California Court of Appeals, Third Appellate District, 1986. Secretary: Collaborative Law Center; Grievance Committee of The Cincinnati Bar Association, 1994-2007; Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Supreme Court of Ohio, 2008—; Ohio Justice and Policy Center; Cincinnati Citizens Police Review Panel, 1999-2002.

Firm Members: Stanley Chesley

Firm Members: Jerome Skinner

Firm Members: Jean Geoppinger

Firm Members: Paul DeMarco