Professional Experience

My practice focuses in the areas of insolvency, debtors’ and creditors’ rights, bankruptcy reorganizations general out-of-court workouts and financial and organizational corporate restructurings. I represent debtors(corporate and individuals) secured lenders, credit unions, trustees and unsecured creditors in proceedings under chapters 7, 13 and 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code and in insolvency-related litigation. I routinely represent creditors in preferential transfer and fraudulent conveyance actions. I also have extensive experience in representing purchasers and sellers of assets in §363 transactions. I have appeared and argued extensively in different federal courts throughout the United States on a wide range of issues including appellate related litigation.

In addition, I practice in the area of general corporate law with a focus on entrepreneurs and start-up businesses.   Essential to such representation is to provide proactive legal advice relating to corporate law and litigation avoidance to clients’ senior management.  I negotiate and draft complex contracts, loan documents and settlement agreements and also negotiate operational and supply contracts for manufacturing concerns.  Upon many occasions I have assists in mergers and acquisitions and franchise issues. In rounding out my practice, I assist clients in estate planning and health care planning. I am a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) which gives me hands- on insight to business issues. 

Bar Admissions

Ohio, 1999
Kentucky, 2001

U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky
U.S. Tax Court

Education

J.D., Salmon P. Chase College of Law, magna cum laude, 1999
B.A., University of Cincinnati, 1995

Presentations/Articles

“Overview of Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code – Cross Border Insolvencies”, Published May 2009

Professional Associations

Cincinnati Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
American Bar Association

Community Service

Leadership Northern Kentucky Foundation (class of 2008)

Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels

Healthpoint Foundation, Board Member

Hopebox Derby Legal Chairperson

Human Rights Campaign

Cincinnati Fine Arts Fund      

Habitat for Humanity

United Way