Experience

Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Attorney, Housing and Community Economic Development Practice Group

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  Advocate and provide support for community development and entrepreneurship, offer transactional legal services and legal technical assistance to low-income and minority residents and small business owners. Engage in community lawyering to empower Dayton residents, cooperative and social enterprise incubators, and neighborhoods. Advocate and provide support for community development and entrepreneurship, offer transactional legal services and legal technical assistance to low-income and minority residents and small business owners. Engage in community lawyering to empower Dayton residents, cooperative and social enterprise incubators, and neighborhoods.



Delaware Law School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Aug 2020 - Jun 2021

  Taught Legal Methods I (school’s first semester legal research and writing course) to evening students and Legal Methods III (school’s third semester legal research and writing course) to day students. Used Zoom and a learning management system solely to teach courses. Taught Legal Methods I (school’s first semester legal research and writing course) to evening students and Legal Methods III (school’s third semester legal research and writing course) to day students. Used Zoom and a learning management system solely to teach courses.



Atlanta's John Marshall Law School

• Visiting Professor

  • Aug 2015 - Jun 2021

  Taught Legal Writing, Research, & Analysis I, II, & III, Wills, Trusts, & Estates, & Professional Responsibility courses. Helped develop new legal methods and writing course for entering first year students. Taught remotely over Canvas and Zoom during fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters. Taught Legal Writing, Research, & Analysis I, II, & III, Wills, Trusts, & Estates, & Professional Responsibility courses. Helped develop new legal methods and writing course for entering first year students. Taught remotely over Canvas and Zoom during fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters.



Appalachian School of Law

• Professor of Law

  • Aug 2004 - Jun 2014

  • Taught Legal Process I and II courses instructing first year law students on legal writing, critical thinking, research, and public speaking skills.• Taught Professional Responsibility course covering all aspects of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, including confidentiality and attorney-client privilege, and prepared students to pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE), which is required for a law license.• Used a learning management system to deliver asynchronous online learning, assess student work product, and report outcomes. • Faculty Advisor to Appalachian Journal of Law 2006 – 2011.• Coached moot court teams in national competitions 2012 – 2013.• Member, Legal Writing Institute (“LWI”); Member, Association of Legal Writing Directors (“ALWD”).• Member, ALWD Website Committee 2008 – 2011; Member, ALWD Publications Committee 2012 – 2013; Member, ALWD Scholars Workshop and Visiting Scholars Committee 2013 – 2014.• Chair, Accreditation Self-Study Committee 2013-2014.• Recipient of 2009 Appalachian School of Law Faculty Scholarship Award.Director of Legal Process Program August 2007 – June 2014• Strategically standardized legal writing program curricula, courses, and policies to comply with American Bar Association accreditation regulations and ensure that all first year law students received a consistent experience.• Managed staff with an annual institutional cost of $280,000.• Conducted workshops and created training materials for 9 novice Legal Process professors on techniques for classroom management, enhancing student performance, and adult learning theory.• Led periodic meetings of Legal Process professors to exchange teaching ideas, explore common problems that students were experiencing, and coordinate instruction and writing assignments.• Conducted class visits of Legal Process professors.



University of Dayton

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Professor of Lawyering Skills

  • Aug 1998 - Jun 2004

  • Taught Legal Profession I and II courses—Instructed first year law students on legal writing, critical thinking, research, and public speaking skills.• Researched and drafted 2000 Carl A. Stickel National Cybercrimes Moot Court Competition problem.• Created trademark law trial practice simulation, Taco Primero v. Primero Pizzeria.• Faculty Advisor, University of Dayton Inmate Assistance Program 2001 – 2002.• Member, LWI Plagiarism Committee 2002 – 2004.• Member, LWI. • Taught Legal Profession I and II courses—Instructed first year law students on legal writing, critical thinking, research, and public speaking skills.• Researched and drafted 2000 Carl A. Stickel National Cybercrimes Moot Court Competition problem.• Created trademark law trial practice simulation, Taco Primero v. Primero Pizzeria.• Faculty Advisor, University of Dayton Inmate Assistance Program 2001 – 2002.• Member, LWI Plagiarism Committee 2002 – 2004.• Member, LWI.



Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Attorney, Litigation Department

  • Aug 1994 - Jul 1998

  • Dealt with cases involving all aspects of general commercial litigation, including Contract, Wrongful Death, Intellectual Property, Insurance, Probate, Trusts and Estates, and Landlord-Tenant Law.• Briefed cases in the Ohio Court of Appeals, Ohio Court of Common Pleas, Federal District Court, and Federal Court of Appeals; conducted bench trials.• Responsible for substantial client contact, dispositive and discovery motion practice, discovery, and extensive research in numerous complex litigation matters.



Honorable Robert M. Brown,

• Law Clerk

  • May 1992 - Jul 1992

  • Researched legal issues presented by pre-trial motions and drafted decisions for review by Judge Brown. • Researched legal issues presented by pre-trial motions and drafted decisions for review by Judge Brown.