Jerry became a partner in 1998 and is a member of the Ohio State and Mahoning County Bar Associations, currently serving the local bar on the attorney fee dispute committee. He was an adjunct professor of Business Law and Ethics at Kent State University for ten years, and he is active in many community organizations, including the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley (Board Chair 2016-17), the Youngstown Lions Club, Steel Valley Homes for Youth and the Youngstown Air Reserve Base Community Council. In 2005 he was recognized as one of the top five young professionals in the Mahoning Valley.

Jerry has a broad base of legal experience in all areas of the firm’s practice, concentrating in business and corporate law, creditor’s rights, labor and employment law, as well as probate and trusts.

Practice areas

Awards

• BV® Distinguished™Peer Review Rating^SMby Martindale-Hubbell®

Admitted

• Ohio, 1991
• U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Education

• The Ohio State University, J.D., with honors, 1991
• Youngstown State University, B.A., cum laude, 1988

Memberships

• Mahoning County Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association

Biography

• Born in Youngstown, Ohio, January 5, 1966