Born July 25, 1954, Royal Oak, MI; Married (1985), no children
Legal Education and Experience:
J.D., summa cum laude, Order of the Coif (7th in class), Case Western Reserve
University, 1985
1985-86 Law Clerk for the Hon. Nathaniel R. Jones, Judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Cincinnati, OH
1986-89 Associate, Smith & Schnacke, Dayton, OH
1989-93 Associate, Faruki, Gilliam & Ireland, Dayton, OH
1993-95 Partner, Faruki, Gilliam & Ireland
1995-03 Of Counsel, Killworth, Gottman, Hagan & Schaeff, L.L.P., Dayton, OH
2003-06 Of Counsel, Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP, Dayton, Ohio
(merger with KGH&S)
Author, Infringement of Hardware Patents by Software-Controlled Devices: A Study
of Equivalences, The Journal of Proprietary Rights 8 (August 1996).
Co-Wrote as research assistant, Zagrans, “Under Color of” What Law: A
Reconstructed Model of Section 1983 Liability, 71 Va. L. Rev. 499 (1985).
