Experience & Credentials


Practice Areas  Appellate Practice (Appeals), Civil Rights, Criminal Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law (Delinquency), Police Liability

Peer Review Rating BV Rated.

Education University of Toledo, J.D., 1992, Wright State University, B.A., 1988

Admitted 1992, Ohio; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit


Memberships Wood County and Ohio State Bar Associations.

Born Dayton, Ohio, November 12, 1962

Biography Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Toledo, 1999 to present; United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2004 to present.

Reported Cases Davis v. United States, 499 F.3d 590 (2007); State v. Williams, 57 Ohio St.3d 24 (1991); Nickel v. Carter, 104 Ohio St. 3d 542 (2004); In re: Carlos O., 96 Ohio App.3d 252 (1994); State v. Davis, 133 Ohio App.3d 114 (1999); State v. Lyons, 138 Ohio App.3d 614 (2000); State ex rel. Wayne Cty. Child Support Enforcement Agency v. Tanner, 146 Ohio App.3d 765 (2001); State v. Perry, 147 Ohio App.3d 164 (2002); State v. Lamb, 156 Ohio App.3d 128 (2004); State v. Tyren, 91 Ohio Misc.2d 67 (1998).

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