- Born in Youngstown, Ohio, July 7, 1961
- Attended Girard City Schools, graduating from Girard High School
- Received a BA from the Ohio State University in 1984
- Received a JD from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1987, cum laude
- Admitted to the Ohio bar in 1987
- Admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
- Member of the Ohio State Bar Association, Small Practice Division
- Member of the Trumbull County Bar Association, Executive Committee
- Member of the Portage County Bar Association
- Active in the Trumbull County YMCA
