EDUCATION:

CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY, Cleveland, Ohio

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, June, 1970
Juris Doctor (Cum Laude), December, 1974
Editor, Cleveland State Law Review
Admitted to the Ohio Bar, May, 1975

EXPERIENCE:

PRIVATE PRACTICE OF LAW, Elyria, OH
Present

Areas of emphasis: Business litigation; environmental law and litigation; general representation of corporations; labor negotiation; contract negotiation and litigation; personal injury; criminal defense and domestic relations. Substantial courtroom experience at the trial and appellate levels. Since re-entering private practice in 1993 completed cases include over 260 felonies, 150 misdemeanors, and 175 divorces.

 

Specifics:

 

• Counsel for CHEMICAL RECOVERY SYSTEMS, INC., of Ohio in the defense of an action in Federal District Court brought by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and subsequent defense of an action naming the company as a third part defendant (Potentially Responsible Party) in an action originally brought by the USEPA under CERCLA
  
  
• Counsel for the ELYRIA POLICE PATROLMEN'S ASSOCIATION; successful in litigation to gain its recognition as a bargaining unit
  
  
• Representation of the OBERLIN COLLEGE EMPLOYEES' UNION in contract negotiations

FREEMAN ENVIRONMENTAL CORPORATION (FEC), Vermilion, OH
9/87 to 11/92

General Counsel: Duties included responsibility for all corporate legal matters, regulatory compliance and client service. Further responsibility involved participation in all Freeman Environmental Corp. training programs including course design manual preparation and classroom instruction.

 

Accomplishments:

 

• Design and presentation of the first OSHA required hazardous waste site workers' course offered by the Hazardous Materials Management Department of the University of Findlay, in Findlay, Ohio
  
  
• Design and presentation of FEC's Emergency Response Training Course
  
  
• Design and presentation of hazardous materials and waste handling training courses for labor and management personnel at the Ohio Department of Transportation
  
  
• Environmental real estate risk assessments
  
  
• Client regulatory compliance and safety audits
  
  
• RCRA Part B Permit applications
  
  
• On-site hazardous waste removal and remediation management
  
  
• Design of corporate client and job database

PRIVATE PRACTICE OF LAW
9/76 to 1/89

WARNER AND SWASEY CORPORATION, Cleveland, Ohio
4/73 to 9/76

Assistant Patent Attorney (5/75 to 7/76)

Patent infringement evaluation and drafting of patent applications

 

Senior Electrical Engineer (4/73 to 5/75)

Design and evaluation of electronics for numerically controlled turret lathes, design responsibility for meeting OSHA requirements, evaluation and selection of vendor supplied electronics modules and engineering support and personnel training for manufacturing and service departments.

ADDRESSOGRAPH-MULTIGRAPH CORPORATION, Euclid, Ohio
6/70 to 4/73

Electrical Engineer

Responsible for design and acceptance and evaluation of a multi-station data system with optical scanning capabilities. Design and evaluation of an on-line credit authorization terminal.

U.S. NAVAL AVIONICS FACILITY, Indianapolis, Indiana
4/66 to9/67

Student Trainee

Cooperative education assignment, involvement in the development of air-to-ground television guided missiles and environmental testing of electronic components.

 

OTHER SERVICE:

Acting Judge, Avon Lake Municipal Court

 

Impartial Hearing Officer, State of Ohio, for Due Process Hearings for handicapped children.

 

Certified Instructor, Hazardous Materials Management Department and Environmental Resource Training Center, THE UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY, Findlay, OH.

 

Speaker at continuing education seminars, covering environmental areas, for attorneys' and real estate agents' continuing education.

Past member, Lorain County, Ohio, Bar Association Ethics Committee for five years.

PUBLICATIONS:

Ohio Department of Transportation Emergency Response Awareness Level & Trainer Instruction Manual, July, 1991

 

40-Hour Hazardous Waste Site Worker Training Manual, February, 1991

OSHA Voluntary Compliance Training Manual, March, 1993

 

Emergency Response to Hazardous Materials Releases, Student Manual, January, 1991