CERTIFICATION
OSBA Certified Specialist
Administrative Agency Law
Only 9 attorneys in Ohio have attained OSBA Specialty
Certification in Administrative Agency Law.
EDUCATION
LL.M. (Securities Law)
University of Pennsylvania College of Law
1978
Resident Fellow
University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Study of
Financial Institutions
1972 – 1973
J.D.
Ohio State University College of Law
1971
Bachelor of Arts – History
Ohio State University
1968
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Admissions: Ohio Supreme Court
Federal District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Member
– Administrative Law Committee – Ohio Bar Association
Member
– Ohio State Bar Association’s Administrative Agency Law
Certification Board
Legislative Counsel
– Ohio Senate and House of Representatives
Insurance and Financial Institutions Committees
Ohio Superintendent of Savings and Loan Associations
Tenured Law Professor
– University of Akron College of Law
Impartial Hearing Officer (IHO)
– Ohio Department of Education
Hearing Examiner – Ohio Department of Commerce and Ohio Casino Control Commission
FINRA Arbitrator
Hearing Referee – Proposed Teacher Termination
– Ohio Department of Education
Arbitrator
– Summit County Court of Common Pleas and AAA Northeast Ohio Mini-Steel Panel
Mediator Training
– Ohio Department of Education