No political experience information on file.

Chair, Racial Fairness Implementation Task Force, 2000-2001

Chief Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2019-present

Instructor, Harvard University Law School, 1999-present

Adjunct Professor, The Ohio State University College of Law, 1998-present

Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 1997-2019

Adjunct Professor, Capital University of Law, 1996-2005

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, October 27, 1997

Nominated by President William J. Clinton, Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, July 31, 1997

Partner, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, 1991-1997

Associate, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, 1986-1991

Lecturer, Northeastern Illinois University, 1984-1986

Assistant Regional Attorney, United States Department of Health and Human Services, 1980-1986

Associate, Montgomery and Holland, Chicago, Illinois, 1979-1981

Secretary Board of Trustees, Children’s Hospital, Incorporated/Children’s Hospital, 2005- present

Board of Advisors, The John Glenn School of Public Affairs, 2008-present

Member Board of Trustees, The Ohio State University, 2007-present

Chair, Board of Directors Knowledge is Power Program, Columbus Charter School, 2006-present

Member, American Bar Association, present

Member Board of Trustees, Children’s Hospital, Incorporated/Children’s Hospital, 2003-present

Member, Columbus Bar Association, present

Member, John Mercer Langston Law Club, present

Member, National Bar Association, present

Member Board of Trustees, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing and Cultural Arts Complex, 2004-2008

Member Board of Directors, African-American Leadership Academy, 2004-2007

Member, University of North Carolina Board of Visitors, 2003-2007

Member Board of Trustees, Saint Philip Episcopal Church, 2002-2005

President, Board of Directors, Salesians Boys and Girls Club, 1995-1997

Member Board of Directors, Salesians Boys and Girls Club, 1991-1997