Contact Information
The University of Akron School of Law
C. Blake McDowell Law Center
Akron, OH 44325-2901

Office: C. Blake McDowell Law Center 239
Phone: 330-972-5859
Fax: 330-258-2343
newman2@uakron.edu

Education
B.Acct. with special distinction, University of Oklahoma
J.D. with honors, University of Oklahoma, Order of the Coif, Articles Editor, Oklahoma Law Review

Courses Taught
Wills, Trusts and Estates, Accounting and Finance from Lawyer's Perspective; Estate Planning

Bar Admission
Oklahoma

Current and Past Memberships/Activities
Oklahoma Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, American Bar Association,
Academic Fellow of American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Certified Public Accountant, Reporter for the Joint Committee on the Ohio Uniform Trust Code of the Ohio Bankers League and the Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law Section of the Ohio State Bar Association, Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Probate Law Journal of Ohio.

Employment
Judicial Clerk - Honorable Thomas Gibbs Gee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
Shareholder and Director - Hartzog, Conger and Cason-Oklahoma City, Okla.
Visiting Associate Professor - University of South Dakota School of Law
Adjunct Professor - University of Oklahoma College of Law

Research
Wills, Trusts and Estates

Honors
Outstanding Professor of the Year
2007,2001,2000, and 1998