Darius focuses his practice on directors and officers liability and insurance, fiduciary liability and insurance, employment liability and insurance, and other related lines of insurance coverage.  He has represented insurers as coverage counsel in a wide-array of corporate claims and has litigated, arbitrated, and mediated cases on behalf of insurers throughout the country.  Darius is a graduate of the Ohio State University College of Law and a former Assistant Attorney General in the Business & Government Regulation Section of the Ohio Attorney General's office.   

Education

The Ohio State University Law School (J.D., 1996; with honors)

                Ohio State University Law Journal

                American Bar Association Moot Court Team

Bowling Green State University (B.A., 1993; cum laude)

Practice Areas

Directors and Officers Liability and Insurance

Fiduciary Liability and Insurance

Employment Practices Liability and Insurance

Insurance Coverage Litigation

Bar Admissions

Ohio

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Memberships and Community Involvement

Board of Trustees, OperaColumbus

Alumni Steering Committee, Public Interest Law Foundation

Member, Professional Liability Underwriting Society

Member, Ohio and Columbus Bar Associations

Volunteer, Meals on Wheels

Articles and Publications

Co-Author, The Supreme Court's Decision in LaRue: ERISA Litigation and Insurance Implications (2008)

Contributing Author, Directors' Liability and Indemnification: A Global Guide (Globe Law and Business, 2007)

Co-Author, Directors' and Officers' Liability Exposures (IRMI, Fall 2006)

Co-Author, ERISA Stock Drop Litigation More Than a Mere Tagalong (Fall 2006)

Contributing Author, Liability of Corporate Officers and Directors (Seventh Edition, LexisNexis Matthew Bender Publishing, 2002 and annual supplements)