Born 1970 in Canton, OH

Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, District of Maryland
Appointed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on June 16, 2017.

Education:
Boston College, B.A., 1992
Ohio State University College of Law, J.D., 1995

Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. William T. Bodoh, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Northern District of Ohio, 1995-1996
Private practice, Cleveland, Ohio, and Chicago, Illinois, 1996-1997, 1998-2006
Private practice, Akron, Ohio, 1997
Assistant professor of law, University of Nebraska College of Law, 2006-2009
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, 2009-2017
     Associate professor of law, 2009-2011
     Co-director, business law program, 2010-2013
     Professor of law, 2011-2016
     Associate dean for academic programs, 2012-2013
     Director, business law program, 2013-2017
     Francis King Carey Professor of Law, 2016-2017
Visiting professor of law, Georgetown University Law Center, 2015