Skilled attorney with specialty areas of law including bankruptcy law, consumer law, real estate law, lemon law, family law, elder law, probate law, employment law, personal injury, and business and corporate services. Focuses primarily on the negotiation, drafting, review and amendment of purchase agreements or sale agreements and related documents; leases and related documents; construction agreements and related documents. Performs complex legal work to include such areas as research, policy review, legal compliance issues, contract drafting and reviews, employment, student matters, ethics, copyright, patents, insurance, immigration, study abroad/international education; and/or clinical affairs. Supervises outside staff in litigation, transactional or other matters as assigned. Interacts professionally with all internal and external customers using strong customer service skills. Prior to becoming an attorney, my strongest interests and strengths were in journalism and writing, which was a natural segue into law. A graduate of Cleveland State University, I concentrated on journalism and communications prior to earning a Juris Doctor Degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, being admitted to practice law in the State of Ohio and the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. I am a proud member of the West Shore Bar Association and the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA). Extensive years of business experience, prior to entering the legal profession, having worked for several mid-to-large size Ohio-based corporations, focusing on being an editor of trade magazines and then public and marketing relations for multiple industries, including starting an entrepreneur venture running my own legal marketing business.