After over 50 years of practice, I am now concentrating my practice in the defense of negligence claims against attorneys and law firms. I am gratified that I continue to be recognized by my peers as a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and to be the recipient of honors such as inclusion among the Best Lawyers of the Year - Professional Malpractice 2013, Defendants, Best Lawyers in America 2013, 2014, and Ohio Super Lawyers - Professional Liability, Defense 2013, 2014. I am also a Martindale-Hubbell "A-V" peer-rated designation (legal ability "Very High to Preeminent" and general ethical reputation "Very High") and recipient of the Columbus Bar Association’s 2005 Professionalism Award, the Excellence in Advocacy Award by the Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys 2011, and the Ohio Chapter of American Board of Trial Advocacy’s 2015 Professionalism Award.
Honors
- 2013 Best Lawyers of the Year - Professional Malpractice, Defendants
- 2013, 2014 - Best Lawyers in America
- Earned the Martindale-Hubbell "A-V" peer-rated designation (legal ability "Very High to Preeminent" and general ethical reputation "Very High")
- 2013-2021 - Ohio Super Lawyers - Professional Liability, Defense
- Columbus Bar Association 2005 Professionalism Award
- Excellence in Advocacy Award by the Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, 2011
- Ohio Chapter of American Board of Trial Advocacy 2015 Professionalism Award
Education
- The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1959
- The Ohio State University, B.A., cum laude, 1958
Order of the Coif
Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
- Ohio, 1960
- United States District Court of Ohio, Eastern Division, Southern District
- United States Supreme Court
Professional Affiliations
- Columbus Bar Association
- Ohio State Bar Association
- Fellow, The American College of Trial Lawyers
- American Board of Trial Advocates Member
- Teaching Faculty, Capital University Law School Certified legal Assistant Program, 1982-1988
- Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys
- Defense Research Institute
