Focus Areas
- “Risk Mitigation in Supply Chain Contracts: Critical Vendor, Reclamation and Pipeline Claims,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, May 2020
 - “Risk Mitigation in Supply Chain Contracts: Termination, Credit and Insurance Terms,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, May 2020
 - “Risk Mitigation in Supply Chain Contracts: Protections for Failure to Perform,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, May 2020
 
- Listed as a Recommended Lawyer in the inaugural edition of The Legal 500 City Elite – Ohio for Bankruptcy, 2025
 - Selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Ohio, 2006-2025
 - Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® more than 30 years for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Litigation-Bankruptcy; named the Best Lawyers® 2018 Litigation-Bankruptcy “Lawyer of the Year” in Cincinnati
 - Selected to the Ohio Super Lawyers list, 2004-2016
 - Listed in Legal 500 in Mergers and Acquisitions, 2014
 - Selected to Top 50: Cincinnati Super Lawyers List, 2004
 - Named a Cincy Leading Lawyer by Cincy Magazine
 - AV® Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
 
Professional Associations
- Ohio State Bar Association
 - Cincinnati Bar Association
 - Corporate and Securities Law Committee
 - Bankruptcy Committee
 - Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, chair 2006 to 2008
 
Community Activities
- St. Ursula Villa School, past vice chairman and secretary
 
Professional Activities
- Tri-State Association for Corporate Renewal
 - Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, Arbitration Panel, chairman
 
Education
- University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D., 1976, 
executive editor, University of Cincinnati Law Review, 1975-1976
 - Wright State University, B.A., 1973, summa cum laude
 
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
 
- Risk Mitigation in Supply Chain Contracts: Critical Vendor, Reclamation and Pipeline Claims, 
COVID-19 Update
, May 26, 2020 - Risk Mitigation in Supply Chain Contracts: Consigned Goods, 
COVID-19 Update
, May 20, 2020 - Risk Mitigation in Supply Chain Contracts: Termination, Credit and Insurance Terms, 
COVID-19 Update
, May 13, 2020 - Risk Mitigation in Supply Chain Contracts: Protections for Failure to Perform, 
COVID-19 Update
, May 11, 2020 

