Focus Areas
Lead Trial Counsel in national class action and collective action cases in the following courts:
- United States District Court for the Central District of California (Los Angeles)
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California (Oakland)
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Houston)
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta)
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Fort Lauderdale)
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (Columbus)
- United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Boston)
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (Toledo)
- The Clinton County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas
Chief Ohio counsel to a major pharmaceutical company in the opioid multi-district litigation based in Ohio.
Lead Trial Counsel in nearly 100 employment dispute litigations in state and federal court throughout the country.
Lead Trial Counsel in dozens of business dispute litigations in state and federal court throughout the country.
- Named a Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation, 2015 to 2024
- Received the 2012 Multicultural Leadership Award of Ohio by National Diversity Council
- Included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 to 2024 for Commercial Litigation, and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants; named the Best Lawyers® 2017 “Lawyer of the Year” in Columbus
- Named a Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer, 2023 & 2024
- Selected to the Ohio Super Lawyers list, 2012 to 2019
- Business First, Forty Under 40, Class of 2003
Professional Associations
- Columbus Bar Association
Community Activities
- Young Professional’s Organization, member (2005 to present)
- Big Ten Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition, member
- Recreation Unlimited, volunteer
- Television color commentator for Atlantic 10 Conference basketball games for Spectrum Sports
- Basketball commentator for 610WTVN
Corporate Boards
- Marburn Academy, board member (2015 to 2022)
- United Way of Central Ohio, former board member
- United Way of Central Ohio, former Chair, Safety Vision Council
- United Way of Central Ohio, former Chair, Home Impact Council
- Network of Trial Law Firms, former Chair
- Big Ten Conference Advisory Commission, former member as the representative for The Ohio State University
- The Ohio State University Men’s Varsity O Board, Board of Trustees, former member, past President
- The Ohio State University Alumni Advisory Council, former representative to the Office of the Vice President of Health Services
- The Ohio State University Hospital Board, former citizen member
Education
- Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1993
- The Ohio State University, B.S., 1989
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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