Areas Of Practice
- Business Law
- Business Litigation
- Commercial Leasing
- Commercial Real Estate
- Construction Law
- Contracts
- Deceptive Trade Practices
- Eminent Domain
- Employment Contracts -- Employee
- Employment Contracts -- Employer
- Formation & Business Planning
- Franchising
- Land Use & Zoning
- Landlord / Tenant
- Limited Liability Companies
- Mortgages & Foreclosures
- Partnerships
- Probate Litigation
- Real Estate
- Residential Real Estate
- Shareholder's Rights
- State Appellate Practice
- State Trial Practice
- Trade Secrets
- Unfair Competition
- Uniform Commercial Code
- Wrongful Termination
Bar Admissions
- Ohio, 1998
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1999
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1999
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2002
Education
- University of Akron School of Law, Akron, Ohio
- J.D. - 1997
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
- B.A.
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
- Major: History
Published Works
- Preventing Franchise Flight: Could Cleveland Have Kept the Browns by Exercising its Eminent Domain Power?, 29 Akron Law Rev. 665, 1996
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Akron Bar Association, Member; Scholarship Cmt Chair; Property Law Cmt., Vice-Chair
- Ohio State Bar Association, Member
- Christian Legal Society, Member
Past Employment Positions
- Hon. Donna J. Carr, Law Clerk, 1996 to 1997
Fraternities/Sororities
- Phi Beta Kappa