PRACTICE AREA AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE

• Practice focuses primarily on construction and labor & employment law.
• Over 25 years’ experience in construction law, including drafting construction contracts and representing contractors and owners on virtually every type of constuction matter or dispute 
• Represents public authorities throughout Northeastern Ohio, including public school districts.
• Extensive labor relations experience in the construction industry, including negotiation of collective bargaining agreements, defending union organization campaigns, strike management and union decertification
• Defends contractors in Prevailing Wage and Fair Labor Standards Act cases
• Past President of Builders Exchange of East Central Ohio.
• Listed: The Best Lawyers in America®.

EDUCATION

The Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., 1982)
Ohio University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1979)

PRESENTATIONS

"What to Do When Construction Projects Go Bad," Lorman Education Services, (2006, 2008)
"Prevailing Wage Law Update," Builders Exchange of East Central Ohio (2009)        "Ohio Mechanics' Lien Law and Surety Claims," Builders Exchange of East Central Ohio (2006) 

COURTS AND BAR ASSOCIATIONS

Ohio Bar (1982)
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Member: American Bar Association
Member: Ohio State Bar Association
Member: Stark County Bar Association

PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS

Member: Ohio Contractors Association
Member: Builder’s Exchange of East Central Ohio, Board of Trustees
Former Member, Board of Directors: Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority
Former Member, Board of Directors: Canton Urban League
Former Member: SARTA Board of Directors                                           
Member: St. Stephen Martyr Lutheran Church, Canton, Ohio