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Admitted: 1977, Ohio; 1978, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court Law School: The Ohio State University, J.D. Member: Columbus (Member: Board of Governors, 1986-1989; Committee on: Family Law) and Ohio State Bar Associations. Biography: Member, Editorial Staff, 1975-1976 and Associate Editor, 1976-1977, Ohio State Law Journal. President, Ohio State University College of Law Alumni Association, 1990-1991. Listed in Best Lawyers In America, 1995. Member, National Council of the Ohio State University College of Law, 1983-1998. Member, Board of Trustees, Columbus Bar Foundation, 1991-1998. Born: Rushsylvania, Ohio, November 15, 1951
I am a long-time resident of the Hilliard/Dublin, Ohio area, having graduated from Hilliard High School in 1970. I received my B.A. Degree, Summa Cum Laude, from The Ohio State University in 1974, and my J.D. Degree, Cum Laude, also from The Ohio State University, in 1977. From 1977 to 1984, I was associated with an established law firm, located in downtown Columbus, which handled diverse and often high profile cases. In 1984, I established my own law office, practicing in the areas of family law, probate/estate planning, and franchise law. I have been listed in the Best Lawyers in American from 1995 to the present, and I have an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell (which is the highest possible rating). Both Best Lawyers and Martindale-Hubbell ratings are based on lawyers' evaluations of my legal ability and ethics. I was also recently included in the November, 2003 issue of Columbus Monthly Magazine in an article on the Top Lawyers in Columbus, as I was in 1997 when the Columbus Monthly did a similar article. Beginning in 2004 to the current time, I have also been named and appear in Ohio Super Lawyers, which is a listing of the top 5% of attorneys in Ohio as voted by attorneys in Ohio.
I was one of the founding members of the Collaborative Family Law Council of Central Ohio. I am also a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Columbus Bar Association. I previously served on the Columbus Bar's Board of Governors, as well as on numerous committees that include the Long Range Planning Committee, Admissions Committee, Professional Ethics & Grievance Committee, and Family Law. I also have served as a Trustee of the Columbus Bar Foundation.
While an undergraduate at Ohio state, I received the Phi Beta Kappa Scholarship for my senior year. Honors and awards during law school included membership on The Ohio State Law Journal, The Joseph M. Harter Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy and the American Jurisprudence Award for Estate Plan
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