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September 23 - Cincinnati EDWARD P. AKIN is a partner in the litigation department of Aronoff, Rosen & Hunt and practices in the areas of civil, commercial and construction-related litigation. His clients include builders in construction-related disputes and civil litigation in a wide range of cases, including labor and employment disputes, intellectual property and occasionally personal injury. He was selected to participate in the Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers (CALL), Class XI. Mr. Akin has served as a speaker on rules and procedures for success in the federal courts. He is admitted to practice in the State of Ohio and Commonwealth of Kentucky and is a member of the Cincinnati and Ohio State bar associations. Mr. Akin earned his B.A. degree from Southwestern University, his M.A. degree from the University of Texas at Austin, his Ph.D. from the University of California Los Angeles and his J.D. degree from Notre Dame School of Law. JOSEPH M. LYON is a sole practitioner in Cincinnati. Mr. Lyon's practice includes products liability, pharmaceutical and medical device liability, automobile product liability, medical malpractice, personal injury, commercial litigation and criminal defense. His writings on personal injury and criminal defense practice have appeared in American Association for Justice publications and he has appeared as a guest lecturer on voir dire and small law office management at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Mr. Lyon is a member of the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice and is a member of the AAJ's sections on Criminal Law and Toxic, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Torts. He is also a member of the Cincinnati Bar Association. Mr. Lyon earned his B.A. degree from Loyola College in Maryland and his J.D. degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law. RODGER W. MOORE is an attorney withThe Drew Law Firm LPA in Cincinnati where his practice focuses on business litigation. He has represented clients in matters ranging from simple business disputes to class action and other complex litigation. Mr. Moore is a frequent speaker on, and has written articles involving, issues relating to discovery. He earned his B.S. degree from the University of Arkansas, his J.D. degree from Emory University School of Law and his M.B.A. degree from Tulane University. Mr. Moore is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the Cincinnati Bar Association (member, E-Commerce Committee) and the American Bar Association. MICHAEL R. THOMAS is a partner in the Springboro law firm of Kirby, Thomas, Brandenburg & D'Amico, LPA, where his areas of practice include personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice, insurance law and civil litigation. He is board-certified as a civil trial attorney by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Mr. Thomas served as chair of the Amicus Curiae Committee for the Ohio Association for Justice, and has been a trustee for that organization and served on its executive committee. He earned his B.A. degree from Capital University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from The Ohio State University. Mr. Thomas is a member of the Ohio Association for Justice, the Inner Fellows and the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers. September 30 - Dayton CAROLINE H. GENTRY is a partner in the Dayton office of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP. Ms. Gentry has significant experience in the areas of employment, business, and commercial litigation. Her practice areas include complex commercial litigation, class actions, ERISA litigation, employment litigation, and trade secrets/unfair competition. Ms. Gentry also chairs the firm's Class Action Practice Group. She has been identified as an Ohio "Rising Star" by the publishers of Law & Politics and Super Lawyers every year since 2005. Additionally, Ms. Gentry was honored with the "40 Under 40" award by the Dayton Business Journal in 2008. She is a member of the Defense Research Institute and the Ohio State, Dayton and American bar associations. Ms. Gentry earned her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Kalamazoo College and her J.D. degree from Yale Law School. RACHAEL L. RODMAN is an attorney in the Dayton office of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP. Ms. Rodman is a member of the firm's Litigation Department and concentrates her practice primarily in the areas of business litigation, employment law, and appellate advocacy. She has participated in arbitrations through the American Arbitration Association and the dispute resolution forum of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Ms. Rodman has previously served as an adjunct professor at the University of Dayton School of Law. She is a member of the Defense Research Institute (Appellate Advocacy Committee) and the Ohio State and Dayton bar associations. Ms. Rodman earned her B.A. degree, cum laude, from the University of Cincinnati and her J.D. degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law. BRIAN D. WRIGHT is an attorney at Faruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L. and focuses his practice primarily on commercial litigation matters. Mr. Wright represents publicly traded companies, privately held companies, and individual clients in complex business disputes in both federal and state courts, and alternative dispute resolution proceedings throughout Ohio and the United States. He has successfully represented clients in numerous class actions and individual actions involving securities, privacy, business torts, trademarks, consumer protection, product liability, breach of contract and warranty, trade secrets, restrictive covenants (including covenants not to compete), and other business litigation matters and has worked extensively on several false advertising disputes, including Lanham Act cases in federal court and numerous advertising challenges and compliance actions in the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. Mr. Wright has taught seminars on topics such as civil litigation, data security and privacy, computer forensics, and electronic discovery, and has written several articles on different areas of the law. He has been selected as an "Ohio Rising Star" by the Law & Politics Magazine every year from 2006 to 2010, and was chosen as one of the top 40 business professionals under the age of 40 in the Miami Valley in 2007 by the Dayton Business Journal. He is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Baldwin-Wallace College.
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