Education:

• Steubenville High School - 1967
  
• West Liberty State College - Magna Cum Laude - B.A. 1972
  
• President: Alpha Phi Sigma (small college honor fraternity)
  
• University of Akron School of Law - J.D 1975
  
• Member: National Moot Court Team
  
• Member: Sixth Circuit Moot Court Team
  
• Named to Order of Barristers
  
• Member: Phi Alpha Delta (legal fraternity)
  

• Prosecuting Attorney for Village of Norton Ohio; associated in practice with
  Miller & Morris Co. L.P.A., Akron, Ohio - 1975-76
  
• Prosecuting Attorney for City of Steubenville - 1976-80
  
• Assistant County Prosecutor for Jefferson County Ohio - 1980-82
  
• Created first Victims' Assistance Program for Jefferson County Ohio
  (in conjunction with Jefferson County Mental Health Center) - 1977
  
• Founded first battered Spouse Program in Jefferson County Ohio
  Alternatives to Living in a Violent Environment (A.L.I.V.E.) - 1979
  
• Co-Chairman of United Way Campaign for Jefferson County Ohio - 1983 & 85
  
• Named to Marquis' "Who's Who in American Law" - 1987
  
• Certified by Ohio Supreme Court as qualified to represent defendants
  in death penalty cases. Since certification, has handled death penalty cases
  on a continuing basis - 1988
  
• Associated with law firm of Blake, Hershey & Bednar
  - 1978 to Present
  

• Admitted to Ohio Bar - 1975
  
• Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio - 1975
  
• Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio - 1977
  
• Admitted to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals - 1984
  

• American Bar Association
  
• Ohio Bar association
  
• Jefferson County Bar Association - President: 1992-93
  
• Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers
  
• Ohio Academy of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  

• Criminal Law
  
• Personal Injury and General Trial Litigation
  
• Family Law
  
• Probate and Real estate
  
• Commercial and Retail Collections
  
• Business Litigation
  
• Bankruptcy