Areas of Emphasis
  • Product Liability
  • Appellate Advocacy
Distinctions
  • Leadership Forum, Memphis Bar Association, Class of 2010-11
Education & Honors
  • University of Houston, J.D., summa cum laude, 2000
  • Order of the Coif
  • Chief Notes and Comments Editor,University of Houston Law Review
  • Ohio State University, B.A., Political Science, with honors, 1993
  • Judicial Clerkship, Hon. David Hittner, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division 2000-02
Associations
  • Tennessee Bar Association
    • Appellate Section
  • Memphis Bar Association
Bar Admissions
  • Ohio, 2003
  • U.S. District Courts
    • Ohio: Northern District
    • Texas: Northern and Southern Districts
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 6th Circuit
    • 9th Circuit
Legal Experience
  • Sandusky Dock Corp. v. Jones,(2005), 106 Ohio St. 3d 276, 2005-Ohio-4982 (unanimous Ohio Supreme Court decision holding that the Ohio EPA must strike a balance between its air pollution regulation and encouragement of business).
  • Rulong v. Rulong (Ohio App. 2004), 2004-Ohio-6919 (protecting Cleveland Clinic’s licensed social worker from disclosing confidential treatment records of minor patient).
Papers, Presentations & Publications
  • ”What’s In, What’s Out, What’s Next for Pharmaceutical Marketing” Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 4 No. 4, 16-23 (November 2011).
  • "Proof of Knowledge Not Required," Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 4 No. 2, (May 2011).
  • Avenues of Assistance for the Federal District Courts: Certifying Questions of Law in the Ohio Supreme Court or Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 77 CLEV. B.J. 9 (July/August 2006)
  • Escaping from Your Own Appeal in the Sixth Circuit: The Hirsch Remand, 76 CLEV. B.J. 9 (July/August 2005)
  • A Conciliatory Approach to Workplace Harassment: Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth and Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 36 HOUS. L. REV. 1315 (1999)
  • Federal District Court Attorney Admissions Workshop (Houston, Texas) (2000-02)
  • A Saturday Morning in Court—Practice in Federal District Court CLE (Houston, Texas) (2000-02)
  • *Licensed to Practice in Ohio only.

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