Tamara focuses her practice on directors and officers liability and insurance, professional liability insurance and insurance coverage litigation.  In her practice, Tamara serves as coverage and claims monitoring counsel for insurance companies providing primary and excess coverage for director and officer liability in a wide array of claims involving professional liability, employment liability, and other commercial issues.  Prior to joining the firm, Tamara was a litigation associate at the Columbus, Ohio law firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP.  In her litigation practice, Tamara successfully defended Fortune 100 and 500 companies, international companies, colleges and universities, small businesses and individuals in the areas of business, securities, employment, tort, civil rights, toxic tort, commercial, contract and class action litigation.  She received her law degree from the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University and her bachelor degree from The Defiance College, where she graduated summa cum laude.

Education

The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D. 2002)

            The Ohio State University Journal of Dispute Resolution, Managing Editor

            Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Trial Team Member

Moritz College of Law, Full Merit Scholarship

The Defiance College (B.S. 1999; Summa Cum Laude)

Practice Areas

Directors and Officers Liability and Insurance

Professional Liability Insurance

Insurance Coverage Litigation

Bar Admissions

Ohio

United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio

Noteworthy Matters/Cases

Claims experience involving directors and officers, fiduciary, professional liability and employment practices liability policies.

District court and appellate briefing in securities litigation.

Researched and wrote briefs for federal court of appeals, federal district court and all levels of state litigation.

Represented several national companies in the defense of silica and asbestos litigation throughout Ohio.

Membership and Community Involvement

Columbus Bar Association

Ohio State Bar Association

Member, Defense Research Institute

Honors/Awards

Baker Hostetler Paul D. White Award