I have been a lawyer for thirty years – all of it in Cincinnati, almost all of it in personal injury cases.

The Supreme Court of Ohio requires every lawyer to attend lectures on law, on ethics and on professionalism. Twenty four hours every two years. I am repeatedly asked – by bar associations, and by educational organizations – to give the presentations other attorneys attend in order to meet this requirement. I teach other lawyers about insurance law, personal injury law, how to try cases, Ethics and Professionalism. I do this because I enjoy it, because it makes all lawyers better, and because it’s a good way for me to keep up with changes in the law. Who would you rather have represent you – me, or one of my students?

I am active in lawyers’ professional organizations. In Ohio, I have been chair of the Ohio State Bar Association’s Insurance Law Committee and the Negligence – or Personal Injury - Law Committee. These are committees of lawyers from across the state, who are asked to comment on new laws and suggest changes for the legislature to pass. When the Ohio Legislature made important changes to personal injury law in 2003 and 2005, the committee of Ohio Judges in charge of writing jury instructions asked me to help them write the instructions that judges were to give to juries under the new law. I worked with the judges for four years writing the instructions that are read to juries in Ohio courtrooms every day. I have been on the Cincinnati Bar Association’s Ethics Committee for over 20 years, serving as Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary at different times. For a month every year, I serve on the committee’s “hot line” – giving free advice to lawyers who call with questions on legal ethics.

I have been representing injured persons as clients for almost thirty years. Unlike most personal injury lawyers, I have been representing – and advising - insurance companies in personal injury lawsuits for just as long. Some people say that this is a good way to learn things that will help try, win, or settle cases. I don’t really know if there are any “secrets” that are that reliable. But I have learned how to avoid mistakes, how to make a bad situation better, and how sometimes you can make a good situation excellent. I have learned how lawyers, judges and insurance adjusters think when they make decisions about a case. More than anything, I have learned that nothing is as successful as courage, hard work, and enthusiasm. My goal is to give you this kind of representation, and to do it in a courteous, friendly and professional way.

I would like to help you. Give me a call, or send me an e-mail.