Education

Juris Doctorate
Golden Gate University School of Law
San Francisco, California, 1993

Bachelor of Business Administration
Accounting and Finance
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio, 1989

Practice Focus

Assists clients with governmental relations and national regulatory affairs, including consumer protection legislation and matters involving state attorneys general.

Bar Admissions

- Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio - U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Career Highlights

- BV® peer review rating at Martindale-Hubbell® what is this?
- Selected as an "Ohio Rising Star" by Ohio Super Lawyers Magazine, a publication which recognizes the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state
- Named by Business First as one of the outstanding 40 professionals in Central Ohio under the age of 40 for business and community leadership in 2005
- BV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Ohio Womens Bar Association, Presidents Award (2005)
- Attorney General of Ohio, Professionalism Award (2001)
- Nick Mamias Award, Franklin County Republican Party
- Silver and Bronze Key Awards, American Bar Association, Law Student Division
- Served as senior deputy attorney general and assistant section chief of the consumer protection section of the Ohio attorney general’s office 2001 to 2003
- Former assistant section chief of the crime victims services section of the Ohio attorney general’s office 1997 to 2001
- Public Interest Law Scholar

Professional Memberships and Volunteer Activites

- American Bar Association, Law Student Division, governor (1992-1993)
- Columbus Bar Association, member
- Consumer Product Safety Commission, Ohio attorney general’s designee (2003-2004)
- Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity, charter member (1993)
- Franklin County Republican Judicial Salute, past chair
- Junior Achievement of Central Ohio, New Albany Elementary School Program, instructor
- National White Collar Crimes Center, Ohio attorney general’s designee (2003-2004)
- Ohio Center for Law Related Education, Youth for Justice, board member; Mock Trial Competition, planning committee, past member
- Ohio Elder Abuse Task Force, past member
- Ohio State Bar Association, member
- Village of New Albany, Tax Incentive Review Committee, member

Publications and Presentations

- Consumer Law, Ohio CLE Institute, presented September 2003
- Scam Jam, Dayton Better Business Bureau, expert panelist, September 2003
- Consumer Protection Laws Application to Pharmaceutical Pricing, National Association of Attorneys General, Pharmaceutical Pricing Task Force, presented 2002
- Department of Justice, National Advocacy Center, instructor 2002
- Crime Victims Rights, Ohio Peace Officer’s Training Academy, presented 1999-2001
- The New Crime Victims Compensation Program (Implementing Sub SB 153), presented 2000
- Victims of Crime Compensation, Two Days in May, presented 1999-2001
- Project Management of Statewide Automated Victim Notification Systems, presented 1999
- Drafting the Employee Handbook, Ohio CLE Institute, presented May 1997
- After the Crash; Is Your Data Loss Insured, client seminar, presented October 1996
- The Paper Book, Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity, editor 1992-1995