2007 & 2008 Attorney for Howard Township (Knox County, Ohio) in litigation trying to enforce their zoning laws and board decision to disallow aggregate mineral mining in conservation areas along the Kokosing River in Knox County. Court of Common Pleas and 5th District Court of Appeals refuse to observe law and facts and illegally overruled the administrative zoning body's denial of mining permit. Ohio Supremes deny cert. 2008 Letter to Ohio Supreme Court going on "inactive" status as attorney, ceasing practice of law, refusing to be enabler of corrupt court systems in Knox County 1999 – current: Fiction writing, 3 novels in the works, including one novel weaving in anecdotes from Knox & Coshocton County Native American historical lore
1975 Kenyon College, B.A.
1981 Urban Law Institute of the Antioch School of Law, J.D.
1979- 80 First legal case (as law student intern in the law school Indian Law Clinic): federal court challenge to Arizona gerrymander attempt to consolidate Navajo Nation into one county to limit their representation in state government. Federal court struck down the illegal gerrymander attempts
1981 Sworn in to the Ohio Bar, 1981
1983 Sworn in to the Federal Bar
1981 – 1983 Cooperating Counsel: Ohio ACLU participating in several appeals
1982 – 1992 Ohio State Legal Services Association – CORE IV Project, computer assisted legal research and litigation consultation for legal aid programs in Ohio and 8 other states, DC, and Puerto Rico
1983 – 1990 - Founding Director of the non-profit Columbus Housing Law Project, Inc.: tenants' rights litigation and Landlord–Tenant law free clinics
1985 - Representation in (Ohio) of Oklahoma reservation-based Absentee Shawnee; service as the tribe's Statutory Agent in Ohio; incorporator of Shawnee non-profit educational entity in Ohio
1993–94 academic year: Capital Law School: visiting professor of Clinical Studies
1995-96 - Columbus Bar Association – Director Continuing Legal Education
1998 - Research Analyst: helped create social services division under auspices of City of Columbus Dept. of Development
1999 – 2005: CEO, KnoHoCoAshland Community Action Commission. poverty services including seniors programs, low income housing, homeless shelters, women's health clinics, dental clinics, Head Start, weatherization and various other other state and federal poverty program throughout 4-county central Ohio area