Contact Info
10 W. Broad St.
Suite 2400
Columbus, Ohio 43215-3441
P: 614.221.8500
F: 614.221.5988
Practice Areas
Business Bankruptcy, Debtor/Creditor Rights, and Workouts
Receiverships
Real Estate & Commercial Leasing
Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution
Notable Accomplishments/Credentials
Member of the Independent Panel of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees, Columbus, OH
Member of the Independent Panel of Chapter 11, Subchapter V Bankruptcy Trustees, Southern District of Ohio
Names as a SuperLawyer for 2022, the first year eligible.
Named as a SuperLawyers Rising Star for 2017 through 2021
Speaker: “Title Issues in Bankruptcy,” Westcor Land Title Insurance Company Seminar 2022
“Receiverships: Another tool for the insolvency attorney,” Credit Education Coalition Winter Seminar 2021.
“Business Law Update: COVID-19 and Small Business Bankruptcy,” Ohio Bar Association, 2020.
“Mortgage Lien Avoidance Update,” Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference, 2019.
“Attorney Advisory Committee – Chapter 11 Subcommittee Update,” Bankruptcy Law Institute, Columbus Bar Association, 2019.
“Interplay Between Bankruptcy and Receivership Laws,”Bankruptcy Law Institute, Columbus Bar Association, 2016.
“Perspectives on Professionalism,” Bankruptcy Law Institute, Columbus Bar Association, 2015.
“Local and National Case Law Update,” Bankruptcy Law Institute, Columbus Bar Association, 2014.
“Unbundling Legal Services in Consumer Cases,” Columbus Bar Association Bankruptcy Committee, 2014.
Keynote Address, Bankruptcy CLE, Legal Aid Society of Columbus, 2013.
“Local Case Law Update,” Bankruptcy Law Institute, Columbus Bar Association, 2013.
“Mortgage Avoidance Update,” Chapter 7 Trustee Training, Southern District of Ohio, 2012.
“Setting a Course to Avoid Liens,” Southern District of Ohio Bankruptcy Bench-Bar Conference, 2012.
“Revisiting Stern v. Marshall,” Eighth Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2012.
“Stern v. Marshall,” Bankruptcy Law Institute, Columbus Bar Association, 2012.
“Local Case Law Update,” Bankruptcy Law Institute, Columbus Bar Association, 2012.
“Burning Down the House: Fallout from Mortgage Avoidance Cases,” Credit Education Coalition Fall Seminar, 2011.
“Stern v. Marshall,” Columbus Bar Association Bankruptcy Committee, 2011.
“Local Case Law Update,” Bankruptcy Law Institute, Columbus Bar Association, 2011.
“Bankruptcy Litigation Procedure and Nuances” & “Adversary Proceedings – Discovery, Evidence, Settlements,” National Business Institute, 2011.
“Basic Finances,” Volunteers of America, Veteran Alumni Employment Program, 2011.
“Local Case Law Update,” Bankruptcy Law Institute, Columbus Bar Association, 2010.
Court Admissions
2007, Ohio
2008, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
2014, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
2008, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Education
Law School:
Capital University Law School, J.D., 2007
Cum Laude, Order of the Curia (National Legal Honor Society)
College:
The Ohio State University, 2004
B.A., Economics
Memberships & Notables
National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
Attorney Advisory Committee – U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio
American Bankruptcy Institute
Ohio State Bar Association
Former Chairman of the Bankruptcy Judicial Liaison Committee
Former Chairman of Columbus Bar Association Bankruptcy Section, Recipient of 2014 President’s Award, Member of 2013 Barrister Leadership Program
Credit Education Coalition Member
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges – Next Generation
