He graduated from Bowling Green State University and went on to receive his Juris Doctorate in 1988 from Detroit College of Law. He has been a personal injury defense trial attorney and consultant on Medicare, Medicaid and Insurance secondary payer implications in claims, litigation management, settlement negotiations and agreements, and on navigating the reimbursement and reporting processes. For many years he has been an invited guest speaker on these and many other legal and healthcare industry topics at the local, state, regional, and national levels, and has published multiple monographs and industry articles on healthcare, litigation, and law.