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 Areas of Practice: Commercial Litigation
Law School: The Ohio State University, J.D., summa cum laude, 1996
Undergraduate: The University of Dayton, B.S. Economics, 1992
Jeff joined Faruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L. ("FI&C") in September 1997, and became a partner in January 2005. Jeff's areas of practice include breach of contract, antitrust, intellectual property, utility and regulatory, business tort, covenants not to compete, class actions, employment, UCC Article 2, and false advertising. Jeff has practiced before a wide range of courts and tribunals, including: United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; United States District Court, S.D. Ohio, N.D. Ohio, S.D. New York, D. Utah, W.D. Washington, S.D. Florida; Ohio Supreme Court; Ohio Court of Appeals, 2nd District, 3rd District; Ohio Common Pleas Court, Montgomery County, Greene County, Miami County, Hamilton County; Public Utilities Commission of Ohio; and the American Arbitration Association.
Before joining FI&C, Jeff graduated summa cum laude from The Ohio State University College of Law in 1996 (ranked second in his graduating class). At Ohio State, Jeff was a managing editor on The Ohio State College of Law Journal, was a member of the Order of the Coif, earned an academic scholarship, and received a variety of academic awards.
After law school, Jeff worked as a judicial clerk for one year for The Honorable Thomas J. Meskill, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. During that judicial clerkship, Jeff prepared bench memoranda on pending cases and prepared drafts that became published opinions.
Jeff's undergraduate degree in economics has been an invaluable asset in his practice. Many of the cases FI&C works on are complex business disputes, and Jeff is able to quickly and easily understand the nature of the transactions at issue and the financial documents in the case. In addition, many of the cases FI&C works on involve complex damages issues, and Jeff is skilled at developing and critiquing damages theories and working with economic experts.
Jeff is a member of a variety of committees and associations, including the Carl D. Kessler Inn of Court, the American Bar Association (Antitrust Section), the Ohio Bar Association, and the Dayton Bar Association. Jeff is currently on the Board of Trustees for the Dayton branch of the Ronald McDonald House Charities, and is also on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee for the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce. Jeff grew up in the Dayton area, and is a 1985 graduate of Archbishop Alter High School. Jeff and his wife, Michelle, reside in Centerville and have two children, Bryan and Jennie.
Email: Jeffrey Sharkey
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