Focus Areas
- Litigated environmental enforcement action brought by Ohio Environmental Protection Agency against defense and aerospace manufacturer, resulting in favorable agreed resolution.
- Represented government contractor in contract dispute against the General Services Administration before the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals.
- Negotiated favorable resolution of pre-litigation dispute between defense contractor and consultant arising from CMMC readiness consulting agreement.
- Counseled chief financial officer of defense contractor involved in false claims act investigation, resulting in no action taken against client.
- Routinely manage responses to requests for information, including civil subpoenas, grand jury subpoenas, and civil investigative demands, issued to individuals, government contractors, and other entities.
- Successfully defended Fortune 500 manufacturing company in commercial contract dispute tried to jury verdict.
- Obtained complete dismissal of lawsuit alleging investment fraud claims against private equity firm.
- Successfully defended media buying agency against claims of improper retention of incentives and rebates.
- Obtained complete dismissal of claims in music royalty dispute against digital performance royalty distribution company.
- Represented Fortune 500 energy company in litigation that thwarted local municipality’s attempt to violate Ohio Certified Territories Act.
- Represented elected official investigated for public corruption in connection to Hobbs Act violations. Prosecution declined.
- Represented lobbyist in two-year federal public corruption investigation. Prosecution declined.
- Represented private equity firm in federal securities investigation. Prosecution declined.
- “New Ordinance Impacts Real Estate Around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,” Thompson Hine Real Estate Update, October 2023
- Profiled in University of Toledo College of Law Alumni eNews, December 2022
- Co-author, “Remote Employees With 2 Jobs Pose New Risks to Cos.,” Law360, April 12, 2022
- Co-author, “Mitigating risks in prescribing and dispensing chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19,” Compliance Today, June 2020
- “Federal, state authorities step up efforts to prevent hoarding of chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine,” Medcity News, April 16, 2020
- “DOJ and HHS Launch a National Nursing Home Enforcement Initiative,” Thompson Hine Health Care Update, March 2020
- “The Art of Argument: Using the Pixar Storytelling Formula to Persuade Judges and Jurors,” Litigation Management in a New York Minute Seminar, Network of Trial Law Firms, August 3, 2018
- “Workshop One: Considerations When Forming Your Business and Entering the Government Procurement Market,” Government Contracting Perspectives – Workshop Series, University of Dayton School of Law and Thompson Hine, April 9, 2024
- “Gov Con Law 101 for Companies That Aren’t Government Contractors,” Dayton Bar Association – Corporate Counsel Section, November 30, 2023
- “Protecting Your Business from Common Government Contracting Pitfalls,” Thompson Hine Tackle Tomorrow Today Webinar, October 25, 2023
- “Hot Topics in Health Care Privacy Law,” Thompson Hine Tackle Tomorrow Today Webinar, September 26, 2023
- Government Contractor Briefing, November 15, 2022
- “Get Paid: Collecting Payment on Government Construction Projects,” Dayton Human Relations Council, Subcontractor Meeting, June 29, 2021
- “Product Pricing Pitfalls During a Pandemic: From Sweepstakes and Contests to Discounting, Price Discrimination and Price Gouging,” Thompson Hine Webinar, June 16, 2020
- Received a 2022, 2023 and 2024 Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch recognition for Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense: White-Collar; included in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense: White-Collar (2021)
- Named to Lawyers of Color’s Hot List 2020
- Recipient, Joseph Cinque Award, Black Law Students Association, University of Dayton School of Law, 2019
- Recipient, Thompson Hine Diversity Champion Award, 2019
Professional Associations
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), Fellow, 2024
- Dayton Bar Association, Board of Trustees Treasurer, 2022-present
- Federal Court Local Rules Committee for the Southern District of Ohio, 2021-present
- Greater Dayton Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Legal Roundtable, Founding Member, 2018-present
- Dayton Area Mock Interview Program, Founder, 2018-present
- Dayton Area Diversity Summer Clerkship Program, Co-Founder, 2015-present
- Ohio Supreme Court Board on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, Board of Commissioners, 2018-2021
- Ohio State Bar Association Leadership Academy, Class of 2020
- Dayton Bar Association Leadership Development, Class of 2015
Community Involvement
- AFCEA, Dayton-Wright Chapter, Emerging Leaders Committee, 2023-present
- Wesley Community Center, Board of Trustees, 2017-2021
- UpDayton, Board Member, 2014-2018
- City of Dayton Neighborhood Leadership Institute, Class of 2017
Education
- University of Toledo College of Law, J.D., 2013, magna cum laude,
Order of the Coif
- Bowling Green State University, B.S.Ed., 2009
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
- 04.09.24 – Government Contracting Perspectives – Workshop Series
Workshop One: Considerations When Forming Your Business and Entering the Government Procurement Market
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