Education
Juris Doctorate
University of Toledo College of Law
Toledo, Ohio, 1987
Dean´s List; Law Review
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science
Stockton State College
Pomona, New Jersey, 1984
Practice Admissions
- Ohio
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Career Highlights
Recognized for the last eight years as an Ohio Super Lawyer ® by Law and Politics Magazine. Only five percent of lawyers in Ohio earn the designation of Super Lawyer. what is this?
Chief of the Consumer Protection Section of the Ohio Attorney General’s office when the section was named the “National Consumer Protection Agency of the Year.”
Attorney General’s Professionalism Award, 1996
BV® peer review rating at Martindale-Hubbell® what is this?
Has appeared or been featured in national regulatory news stories on ABC News, PrimeTime Live, NBC Nightly News, Dateline NBC, CBS This Morning, NBC, CNN, Inside Edition, Hard Copy, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune and other media outlets.
Professional Memberships and Volunteer Activities
Ohio State Bar Association, Member, Council of Delegates Jury Instructions & Legislative Screening Committee; Women in the Profession Section board member
The University of Toledo School of Law, Advisory Board member
Hondros College, Lecturer
Direct Marketing Association, Ethics Policy Committee, former Teleservices Ethics Committee founding member and Vice Chairperson
Columbus Bar Foundation Fellow
Columbus Bar Association, Judicial Screening Committee, 2008; Homeless Project, volunteer attorney
Bexley City Council, Past President
Ohio Women’s Bar Association, Past President
Better Business Bureau of Central Ohio, Past Board member
Ohio Consumer’s Counsel Governing Board, Past Board member
Capital Area Republican Women, Founding Treasurer
American Inns of Court, Past President
Women Lawyers of Franklin County, Past Board Trustee
Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, volunteer mediator
Franklin County Judicial Salute Committee
Legal Aid Society, LARP volunteer
