I focus my practice in the areas of small business and entrepreneurial issues, business advising, alcohol beverage law, municipal law, business/commercial litigation, employment law, and profit recovery.

A craft beer enthusiast, I co-chair the Firm’s Alcohol Beverage Law Practice Group. I currently represent start-up and established breweries and distilleries, as well as liquor permit holders, where I advise clients on matters including business formation, regulations and permitting by the Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) and the Ohio Department of Liquor Control, trademarks, employment practices, workplace safety, liquor permit acquisition and transfer, and litigation avoidance. If circumstances arise necessitating litigation, I have extensive litigation experience in the State and Federal Courts of Ohio.

Additionally, I represent and counsel individuals and businesses (small and large) on employment issues (non-compete/confidentiality agreements, trade secrets, and discrimination claims), consumer and business contractual disputes, real estate disputes (eminent domain, restrictive covenants and easements), close corporation/shareholder disputes (fiduciary duties and shareholder/corporate rights) and quasi-contractual disputes. I also have experience representing municipal corporations in contractual matters, appropriations, employment and discrimination claims, as well as Section 1983 claims.