Career & Education 

• President of the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association (2004)
• Elected by the voters of Cuyahoga County for three (3) four-year terms as Cuyahoga County Prosecutor (November 2000, 2004, 2008)
• Appointed Cuyahoga County Prosecutor by the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Central Committee (January 1999)
• Elected Chief Prosecutor & Law Director of Parma, Ohio (1993-1999)
• Elected to Parma City Council (1992)
• Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office (1987-1992)
• Graduate, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (1986)
• Graduate, Kent State University (1982)

Committees

• Chairman, Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC)  
• Chairman, Great Lakes Regional Energy Development Task Force
• Chairman, Agency Council for Cuyahoga County
                  Criminal Justice System Reform

Family 

• Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1959
• Raised in Parma, Ohio
• One of sixteen children
• Father of four children
• Member, St. Anthony's Church
• Member, Parma Area Chamber of Commerce