JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

• Judge, Tenth District Court of Appeals 1986-87; 1991-2003; and 2007 to present
• Presiding Judge in 1997
• Administrative Judge in 1996 & 2001
• Has served as a Visiting Judge with the Ohio Supreme Court 1991-1997
• Has authored two Ohio Supreme Court opinions
• Has served as a Visiting Judge with the Second, Fifth, Eighth, and Twelfth Ohio Appellate Districts

MEMBERSHIPS, HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

• Member of the Columbus Bar Association
• Member of the Court of Appeals Committee and the Workers' Compensation Committee
• Member of the Ohio State Bar Association
• Criminal Justice Committee Chair 1997-1998
• Former member of the Board of Editors, Ohio Lawyer
• Member of the Council of Delegates, District 7, 1995-1999
• Member of the American Bar Association
• Member of the Criminal Justice Section and Judicial Administration Division
• Member of the Ohio Judicial Conference
• Publications Committee, 1991-1996; Member of the Executive Committee, 1992-1994, Chair for the Record Committee, 1992-1994, Criminal Law Committee 1994-1996, Judicial Welfare Committee, 1999-Present, Administration and Court Reform Committee 2001-Present
• Past Member of the Franklin Trial Lawyer Association
• President 1988-1989
• Past Member of the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers 
• Head of the Criminal Law Section 1983-1986
• Member of the Worthington Area Chamber of Commerce 1987-1990
• Member of the Overbrook Presbyterian Church 1958-1992
• Church Treasurer 1990, President, Board of Trustees 1991, and Chair, Finance Committee 1990
• Has participated with the "Friends of the Homeless"
• Board of Trustees 1990-1997, Vice President 1991-1992 and 1995-1996, President 1992-1994
• Involved with the United Cerebral Palsy of Central Ohio
• Board of Trustees 1989-1998, 1999-Present; President 1995-1997, Vice President 1993-1994
• Involved with Neighborhood House 
• Board of Trustees 1990-1996, 1998-Present; President 1992-1993, 2000-Present
• Involved with Maryhaven, Inc. 
• Board of Trustees, 1979-1989
• Member of the Worthington United Methodist Church
• Church and Society Committee 1992-1995, Adult Education Facilitator "Aids and the Church," Sunday School Teacher 1994-Present
• Mock Trial Judge with the Ohio Center for Law Related Education 1992-1997, 2000-Present
• Moot Court Judge
• Capital University Law School 1993-1994
• University of Cincinnati College of Law 1993-1994, 1997
• The Ohio State University College of Law 1993-1996
• Ohio State University, College of Law-Herman Competition 1992-1996
• United Way of Columbus and Franklin County Housing Vision Council 1996-present
• Community Housing Network, Board of Trustees 1997-present, secretary / treasurer 2000

EDUCATION

• 2000 Masters of Theological Studies, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
• 1974 Juris Doctorate, Ohio State University, College of Law, Columbus, Ohio. Graduated with Honors
• Received the Topper Award for excellence in trial practice
• 1971-1972 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. Graduate work in Mathematics
• 1968 Bachelor of Arts, College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio. Religion and Math double major
• Phi Beta Kappa: Galpin Award for general excellence in college work; candidate for Rhodes Scholarship; Eta Sigma Phi
• 1964 Valedictorian, Whetstone High School, Columbus, Ohio

PREVIOUS NON-JUDICIAL WORK EXPERIENCE

• 1975-1986, 1987-1991 Private Practice of Law
• 1992-Present Faculty Member of Ohio Judicial College
• 1992 Adjunct professor, Capital University Law School
• Admitted to the practice of law in Ohio by the Supreme Court of Ohio in 1975; the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio in 1975; the United States Court of Appeals for the sixth District in 1977; and the United States Supreme Courts in 1980

STAFF MEMBERS

Attorneys:

• Marianne Neal
• Joseph Bahgat

Judicial Secretary:

• Lori Harrison