• Former Referee, Summit County Domestic Relations Court
• Former Chair and Co-Chair, Family Law Committee, Akron Bar Association
• Former Assistant Ohio Attorney General for Mental Health
• Recipient, 1989 Chief Justice Warren E. Burger "Healer" award,
for "strong advocacy for children's rights in the Ohio courts", National Council for
Children's Rights, Washington, DC
• Recipient of the 1988 "In the Best interest of Children" award,
Fathers for Equal Rights
• Recipient Summit County Legal Aid "Volunteer Attorney of the Year"
• Juris Doctorate, University of Akron School of Law, 1976
• Bachelor of Arts, Secondary Education, University of Akron, 1971
• Presently organizing "The Wise (and Loving) Divorce", consisting
of free or low-cost workshops to
educate individuals considering (or in the process of) Divorce (or Dissolution)
about community resources to preserve the marriage, the divorce process (legal,
emotional and financial), choosing and working with a divorce lawyer, and
alternatives to the traditional litigation process (such as mediation and the
collaborative divorce process)
• Organizing Attorney (Summit County) and Attorney Moderator (4 years) of the
People's Law School, a collaborative venture of the Ohio Academy of Trial
Lawyers and the local educational community to provide adults with a basic
understanding of various areas of the law which impact their daily lives; and
lecturer on family law.
• Charter member, Women's Board of Akron Child Guidance
• Former advisor, University of Akron Clinic for Child Studies and Family
Therapy
• Guest Lecturer in Family Law for the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, the
Akron Bar Association, and the University of Akron
• Author of "Where Are All the Standard Children?", a survey of the standard
visitation orders in Ohio's 88 counties
• Co-founder, with John Guidubaldi, Ph.D. (formerly of Kent State University),
of Guardian Educators, organized to provide educational workshops about child
custody for court personnel dealing with issues of family law and for
professionals in allied fields.
• Volunteer attorney, Summit County Battered Women's Shelter
• Trained "Collaborative Divorce" attorney
• Trained Mediator (Basic and Family Law)
• Writer and Visual Artist
• Auctioneer
• Born Akron, Ohio, 1945
• Single; two children, four grandchildren
• Member, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church; attendee, Akron Friends Meeting