Areas of Practice

• Formation of Profit and Non-Profit Legal Entities
• Purchase and Sale of Business Entities
• Buy/Sell Agreements
• Business and Succession Planning
• General Business Counsel
• Tort Defense, Insured and Self-insured
• Personal Injury, Plaintiff and Defendant
• Contract Litigation
• Construction Litigation
• Contract Collections
• Wills
• Powers of Attorney
• Living Wills
• Trust Documents
• Probate and Administration of Estates
• Representation of Cities, Boards and Commissions
• Municipal and Government Contracts
• Purchase Contracts and related closing matters
• Leases, residential and commercial
• Condominium and HOA formation and representation
• Land Development

Bar Admissions

• Kentucky, 1985
• Ohio, 1986
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 1985
• United States District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 1987
• United States 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1988
• United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 1989

Education

• Chase College of Law/Northern Kentucky University, JD, December 1984; magna cum laude, Order of the Curia.

Biography

• Adjunct Law Professor, Chase College of Law/Northern Kentucky University, 1988 to 2003; Land Use Planning, Municipal Corporations.
• Frequent Speaker at Legal Seminars and Conventions; Land Use & Zoning, Municipal Law, Real Estate, Construction.
• City Attorney, Planning Commission Attorney, City of Alexandria, Kentucky - 1991 to present.
• City Attorney, City of Warsaw, Kentucky - 2001 to present.
• Planning Commission Attorney, City of Warsaw, Kentucky - 1996 to 2003.
• City Attorney, City of Villa Hills, Kentucky - 2001 to present.
• Legal Counsel to Boards of Adjustment: City of Crescent Springs, KY - 1987 to present; City of Warsaw, Kentucky - 1996 to present; City of Alexandria, Kentucky - 1991 to present; City of Villa Hills, Kentucky - 2001 to present.
• Legal Counsel to Home Builders Association of Northern Kentucky, 1985 to 2002.
• Assistant General Counsel/Litigation Defense Counsel, Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky 1985 to present.
• Frequent representation of developers, landowners, purchasers, sellers, contractors, and property owners associations in various real estate transactions, construction projects, zoning cases and land developments.
• Past Member and Chair - Saint Paul Parish Council.
• Past Member, Treasurer and Chair - Northern Kentucky Adult Reading Council.
• Past Member and Treasurer - Boone County Businessmen\\\\\\\'s Association.
• Current Board Member (1994 to present), and past multi-term Chair - Boone County Ethics Board.
• Past Board Member and President (2003) Woodson Bend Property Owners Association
• Past multi-term Chair - Local government Law Section, Northern Kentucky Bar Association.
• Past Board Member and President (1996) Northern Kentucky Bar Association.