MEMBERS
D. Wesley Newhouse (Member) born Dayton, Ohio, February 8, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Ohio. Education: Ohio Northern University (B.A., 1980); The Ohio State University (J.D., 1983). Member: Ohio State and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination; Business Litigation; Business Law; Environmental Law.Email: D. Wesley Newhouse
William H. Prophater, Jr. (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, March 5, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Providence College (B.S., 1990); University of Dayton (J.D., 1993). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Labor Law. Member: Columbus and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Law; Administrative Law; Litigation; Workers' Compensation Defense.Email: William H. Prophater, Jr.
Barbara K. Letcher (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 14, 1957; admitted to bar, 1990, Ohio, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: The Ohio State University (B.S., 1979); Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University (J.D., 1990). Member: Columbus, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. (Certified Specialist in Labor and Employment Law, Ohio State Bar Association). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Litigation.Email: Barbara K. Letcher
ASSOCIATES
Michael S. Kolman (Associate) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 9, 1953; admitted to bar, 1981, Ohio; 1982, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1975); South Connecticut State University (M.A., 1977); The Ohio State University (J.D., 1981). Practice Areas: Employment Law.
Amy E. Kuhlman (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio. Education: Ohio Dominican University (B.A.); Capital University Law School (J.D.). Member: Columbus Bar Association.
OF COUNSEL
Philip R. Moots (Of Counsel) born Bellefontaine, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1965, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., cum laude, 1962); Harvard University (J.D., 1965); West Virginia Wesleyan College (LL.D., honorary, 1978). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Theta. Named, Best Lawyers in America, 2006. Executive Assistant to the Governor of Ohio, 1972-1975. Adjunct Professor, The Ohio State University College of Law, 1972-1977. Director, 1977-1981 and Chair, Advisory Board, 1981-1985, Center for Constitutional Studies, University of Notre Dame Law School. Chair: Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Community Mutual Insurance Company, 1981-1992; Legal Services Review Panel, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, 1990; Board of Directors, The Ohio State University Managed Health Care Systems, Inc., 2004. President Elect, Board of Directors, Legal Aid Society of Columbus, 2002. Member: Columbus (Agency Board, 1997; Chair, 2006); Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: College and University Law; Labor and Employment Law; Mediation.
Wanda L. Carter (Of Counsel) born Dayton, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1982, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Bowling Green State University (B.S., 1970); The Ohio State University (M.S., 1977; J.D., summa cum laude, 1982). Order of the Coif. Named, Best Lawyers in America, 2006. Associate Editor, Ohio State University Law Journal, 1980-1982. Judicial Clerk to the Honorable John D. Holschuh, United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 1982-1984. Member, Ohio Higher Education Facilities Commission, 2005. Member: Ohio State Bar Association (Member, Board of Governors, Labor and Employment Law Section). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; College and University Law; Township and Annexation Law; Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice; Mediation.Email: Wanda L. Carter