Admitted:
1980, Ohio; 1981, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court, 1991
Law School:
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, J.D., Class of 1980, Dean's List Member, National Moot Court Team. Best Brief Award
Member:
Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations; Cuyahoga County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; (Chairman, Legislative Committee, Drafter of Organization's Model Rule 16, 1995); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Biography:
Lecturer: Plea Bargaining, Cleveland Marshall College of Law, 2008; Cross-Examination, Cleveland Marshall College of Law, 2005; Cuyahoga County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Exculpatory Evidence, 2002; DUI Trial Seminar, Cleveland Marshall College of Law, 1996; Cuyahoga County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Discovery, 1995; "Criminal Motion Practice," Academy of Continuing Legal Education, 1991; Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Forensic Clinic, "Insanity Defense," 1988.
Born:
Cleveland, Ohio, June 28, 1952
Cases:
United States v. Abdelqader, 2011, Case No. 1:05 CR 252, Northern District of Ohio, writ of coram nobis granted based on Padilla v. Kentucky, 130 S.Ct. 1473 (2010); State BMV v. Raus, 2011-Ohio-4937; City of Strongsville/State of Ohio v. Troutman, 2007-Ohio-1310; United States v. Montanez, 442 F.3d 485 (6th Cir. 2006); United States v. Ellis, 414 F. Supp.2d 780 (N.D. Ohio, 2005), reversed 497 F.3d 606 (2007); State v. Durham, 2006-Ohio-5015; State v. Trikilis, 2005-Ohio-4266; Hunter v. United States, 160 F.3d 1109 (6th Cir. 1998); State v. Dempsey, 83 Ohio St.3d 107 (1998), habeas corpus granted, Dempsey v. Tate, N.D. Ohio, 1:01 CV 02443; United States v. Tandon, 111 F.3d 482 (6th Cir. 1997); Paluf v. Feneli, 100 App.3d 461 (Cuyahoga County, 1995); Paluf v. Feneli, 69 Ohio St.3d 138 (1994); State v. Hawk, 81 Ohio App.3d 296 (Summit County, 1992); United States v. Kotoch, 954 F.2d 340 (6th Cir. 1992); State v. Victor, 76 Ohio App.3d 372 (Cuyahoga County, 1991); State v. May, 64 Ohio App.3d 456 (Medina County, 1989); State v. Jurek, 55 Ohio App.3d 70 (Cuyahoga County, 1989); State v. Jurek, 52 Ohio App.3d 30 (Cuyahoga County, 1989); Jurek v. McFaul, 39 Ohio St.3d 42 (1988); United States v. Korfant, 771 F.2d 660 (2nd Cir. 1985); State v. Pauley, 8 Ohio App.3d 466 (Cuyahoga County, 1982).