Member of the Akron, Ohio and American Bar Associations; Fellow of the Akron Bar Association, vice chair of the Business Litigation Committee of the Torts and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association.

Bachelor’s degree in biology from Kenyon College in 1979; law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1983.

Chancellor for the Anglican Mission in the Americas; At-large member of Hudson City Council.

Member of the Society of the Cincinnati, avid cyclist, guitarist with the Jillettes and the Reunion Band.

Born in Wiesbaden, Germany and is married with three daughters.