He graduated from The Catholic University of America School of Law with an interdisciplinary concentration in law and religion and a specialized program of study certificate from the Comparative and International Law Institute. He studied international business and trade Law at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, earned an MA in U.S. Studies (Politics and History) from the University of London's School of Advanced Study, and is an undergraduate alumnus of his home-state's Ashland University.