As Strategic Business Counsel

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• Directed complex international due diligence investigations and led anti-money laundering compliance for a multi-national consulting firm

• Led the due diligence and legal strategy for the acquisition of a publicly traded company in furtherance of a proposed $210 million credit facility and potential future leveraged buyout and take-private transaction valued at approximately $250 million

• Facilitated the asset sale of a technology financial management consulting firm for six times annual revenue; served as the company’s fractional general counsel for five years

• Lead transactional attorney for an international commodity trading firm that sourced and supplied personal protective equipment during the pandemic

• Discovered and stopped a $50 million commodities transaction after conducting due diligence on the seller shortly before the buyer wired funds to secure the product

 

As Trial Attorney

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• Obtained dismissal of alleged fraud and contract claims filed against a corporation’s CEO arising from a $160 million international financial transaction

• Defended a closely held corporation and its CEO in an SEC investigation concerning alleged misconduct by a purported joint venture partner

• Defended the CEO of a publicly traded company in a federal criminal securities case alleging a $240 million fraud conspiracy

• Defended the former general counsel of a closely held company in commercial arbitration involving fiduciary duty and fraud claims.

• Obtained a multi-million-dollar settlement in a shareholder dispute involving alleged financial impropriety and misappropriation of intellectual property

• Served as co-counsel in a $30-million commercial contract arbitration involving the construction of a shale oil well and the alleged misappropriation of geological surveys

• Defended the CFO of a large insurance company in a federal criminal tax and insurance fraud prosecution that originally alleged a loss of more than $50 million but ultimately resulted in a plea agreement to one count of the superseding indictment, a loss calculation of less than $300,000, and a significantly reduced term of imprisonment

• Negotiated resolution of multi-million-dollar litigation in Delaware Chancery Court between joint venture partners in a technology start-up involving alleged claims of trade secret misappropriation, breaches of contract and fiduciary duty, and fraud

• Represented a group shareholders in litigation filed against a closely held company and its board of directors involving the alleged intentional devaluation of company shares and a punitive forced buy-out at below fair value

• Recovered more than $400 million for the State of Ohio pension funds and other agencies

• Directed litigation related to a $75-million fraud perpetrated on the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation, resulting in more than $12 million (of approximately $20 million in remaining unrecovered funds) being returned to the State of Ohio in a 10-month period

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​​Education

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The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business – Columbus, OH

Master of Business Administration

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Case Western Reserve University School of Law – Cleveland, OH

Juris Doctor

 

University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Communications (LS&A Honors College)

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