Experience

Rating: 10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2012

Rising Star in Appellate Law, Super Lawyers

2011

Rising Star in Appellate Law, Super Lawyers

2009

Rising Star in Appellate Law, Super Lawyers

2009

Distinguished Service Award, Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys

2008

Distinguished Service Award, Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (OACTA)

2007

Distinguished Service Award, Ohio Associaton of Civil Trial Attorneys (OACTA)

2006

Distinguished Service Award, Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (OACTA)

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Work Experience

2011 - Present

Associate Counsel, Liberty Justice Center

2009 - 2011

Appellate & Litigation Lawyer, Huebert Law Office

2008 - 2011

Adjunct Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University College of Law - Faculty Expert - Areas of Expertise: Appellate Advocacy, Credit Cards, Law & Economics, Litigation

2005 - 2009

Litigation Associate, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP

2004 - 2005

Law Clerk for Judge Deborah L. Cook, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

2003 - 2003

Law Clerk, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP (Summer)

2002 - 2003

Law Clerk Extern for Judge John W. Darrah, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

2002 - 2002

Law Clerk, Institute for Justice, Arizona Chapter, Phoenix (Summer)

1999 - 1999

Research Intern, Foundation for Economic Education, New York (Summer)

1998 - 1998

Research Intern, Foundation for Economic Education, New York (Summer)

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Associations

2007 - Present

Defense Research Institute, Appellate Advocacy Committee

Member

2005 - Present

Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (OACTA)

Member and Vice Chair, Appellate Advocacy Committee

2005 - Present

Ohio State Bar Association

Member

2005 - Present

Columbus Bar Association

Member

2004 - Present

American Bar Association

Member

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Sample of Legal Cases

Groch v. General Motors Corp., 117 Ohio St.3d 192 (Ohio 2008).

Court adopted position urged in OACTA amicus brief

Arbino v. Johnson & Johnson, 116 Ohio St.3d 468 (Ohio 2007)

Court adopted position consistent with amicus brief

United States v. Story, 484 F.3d 832 (6th Cir. 2007)

Briefed, argued, won: 25-year sentence vacated

American Family Prepaid Legal Corp. v. Columbus Bar Association,498 F.3 328 (6th Cir. 2007)

Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Affirmed

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Education

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University of Chicago Law School, John M. Olin Student Fellow in Law & Economics

J.D.

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Grove City College, with Honors

B.A.

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Speaking Engagements

2009

Proposed New Credit-Card Regulations

CNBC Television: "Credit-Card Company Crackdown"

2009

Austrian Scholars Conference at the Ludwig von Mises Institute

"Commentary on Regulation and Development"

2008

Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (OACTA) Annual Meeting

"Electronic Filing in the U. S. Sixth Circuit," CLE

2006

Forty-Ninth Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space at Valencia, Spain

"In Defense of Advertising in Space" (transcribed and published in the Proceedings of the Forty-Ninth Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2007, and featured in Advertising Age, October 9, 2006)

2006

Austrian Scholars Conference at the Ludwig von Mises Institute

"Space Environmentalism, Property Rights, and the Law"

2004

Austrian Scholars Conference at the Ludwig von Mises Instutute

"Credit Card Companies as Private Producers of Justice"

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Publications

2012

Daily Caller Only Consumers Should Decide Who Succeeds in Business

2010

Federalist Society Judicial Elections and Their Opponents in Ohio

2009

Columbus Dispatch "Credit-Card Bill Would Cause Harm"

2008

Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (OACTA) Quarterly Journal "Amicus Advocacy Before the Supreme Court of Ohio" (includes personal interviews with justices of the Ohio Supreme Court)

2008

Certworthy, Defense Research Institute Review: Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges, by Antonin Scalia and Bryan Garner

2008

The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty "Downtown Revitalization: City Governments Versus Consumers" (eminent domain abuse)

2008

VIEWPOINT: The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions "Ohio's Taxing and Spending Nothing to Be Proud Of"

2008

Exploring American History; an 11-volume, Library Reference Encyclopedia; Publisher, Marshall Cavendish, London-New York; Amercan Library Association Booklist Award Recipient "Mexico, relations with," including war and peace, treaty law, trade and diplomacy;

2008

Christian Science Monitor "I Exploit Credit Cards. So Should You".(includes audio interview)

2007

Orange County Register "What's wrong with a little judicial activism?"

2007

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat "Donation box or not, Flight 93 Memorial is Wrong" (eminent domain abuse)

2007

Columbus Dispatch "Organ-Donor Shortage Should Trigger Market Forces"

2007

Orange County Register "Chronicling the shredding of our rights since 9/11"

2007

Orange County Register "Justices Not Ready for their Close-Ups" (includes personal interview with U. S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito)

2007

Columbus Dispatch "Free speech shouldn't be limited in commerce"

2007

For the Defense, Defense Research Institute "Check Your Assumptions About Assumption of Risk"

2006

University of Memphis Law Review "Space Environmentalism, Property Rights, and the Law"

2005

The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty "Free-Market Justice Is In the Cards" (alternative dispute resolution)

2002

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review "Murphy's Law" (eminent domain abuse)

1999

The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty "Independent Schools at Risk" (an analysis of Grove City College v. Bell, 465 U.S. 555 (1984) and Title IX issues)

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For The Defense, Defense Research Institute How to Raise New Issues on Appeal

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