Admitted: 1976, Ohio; 1978, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Law School: Case Western Reserve University, J.D.
Member: Cleveland Metropolitan, Ohio State, Federal (President, Cleveland Chapter, 1987-1988; Delegate to the National Council, 1988-1989) and American Bar Associations Fellow: Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Fellow, Ohio State Bar Foundation.
Biography: Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Independent Special Counsel for Ohio Attorney Generals, 1994-1996. Appointed: U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Ohio by President Ronald Reagan, 1985-1988. U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Ohio by the U.S. District Court, 1984-1985. Chief, Civil Division, Northern District of Ohio, 1982-1984. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Ohio, 1978-1982. Named an Ohio "Super Lawyer" each year since 2004. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America in specialties of Commercial Litigation and White-Collar Criminal Defense; Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business since 2004; The International Who's Who of Business Crime Lawyers since 2004. Judge John M. Manos Inn of Court (Master Bencher; President 2005); American Inns of Court (Elected, Sixth Circuit Trustee, 2008); National Association of Former United States Attorneys (Director, 2006-2009). Editor-in-Chief, Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, 1975-1976; Omicron Delta Kappa. Inductee: Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame Class of 2003; Ohio Military Hall of Fame for Valor Class of 2004.
Born: Monahans, Texas, July 23, 1946
MilitaryService: U.S. Army, 1966-1968; SSG E-6, First Infantry Division, RVN; U.S. Army Reserve, JAG Corps, Major, 1974-1988