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ominic J. Potts earned his Doctorate in Jurisprudence
at Ohio State College of Law and Akron University College of
Law. During his undergraduate and pre-law studies he won the
Political Science Honors, the University Seminar
Honors, and the Annual Faculty Election to the
Clarence E. Gould Honorary Society. During his legal studies
he won the Annual Awards for Oral Argument, Appellate Brief
Writing and Annual Award for Civil Procedure, and was
selected to argue the Annual “Law Day” Honor Case before
the Ohio Supreme Court after winning competitive
arguments.
After receiving his Juris Doctorate he was awarded a
doctoral fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh,
where he did doctoral studies in Classical Rhetoric,
Dialectics, and Forensics, and Public Address in the
Graduate Department of Speech. At Pitt he also did post
graduate studies in dialectics and forensics, and took special
graduate courses in Law and Medicine and Law and
Psychiatry. He was appointed Assistant Coach of the
William Pitt Debate Team, where he introduced rhetorical,
forensic, and dialectical techniques to the collegiate debate
process.
In the course of his law practice he was honored to be appointed
by the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers to organize and
structure the first Community Law School in the county
and privileged to be the first Attorney/Moderator of this
landmark program. He was bestowed the Outstanding Community
Service Award in the Legal Profession, in recognition of
"outstanding service to the community in the legal profession."
He received the Award of Recognition from the Community
Action Council for creating the first Legal Aid Program
in the county, the Outstanding Community Service Award
from the United Cerebral Palsy, and the Martin Luther King
Award for assisting the education of disadvantaged children.
He was distinguished to be nominated for the CAVALLO
FOUNDATION PRIZE (Cambridge, Massachusetts), created "to
recognize acts of moral courage to protect the public interest,
promote social justice, and prevent public harm." This
nomination was in recognition of his personal and professional
experience in defeating a mafia landfill enterprise from Bergan
County, New Jersey. Thereafter, he was honored to be invited by
the CONGRESSIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE IMPACT OF DEREGULATION
AND ECOLOGY, to give testimony to Congress on "the adverse
impact upon the environment ad ecology in Ohio from dumping of
out-of-state waste.
During his law practice he negotiated precedent settlements
and won precedent jury awards for his clients, and was invited
to testify before a Congressional
Subcommittee in recognition of his defeating an organized
crime landfill in Jefferson County, Ohio.
He retired from the active practice of law to become an expert
medical-legal consultant to attorneys and physicians in major
medical-legal cases, and an expert consultant to speakers and
writers. He has written and lectured extensively to
professional groups, organizations, and associations over the
years on topics. ranging from medical-legal topics to improving
speech, writing, and communication skills. He has written
training materials and lectured before both professionals and
lay persons, and is an active member of The Society of
Literary Scholars and Critics, The National Scholars
Association, and The Forum for Classical Rhetoric,
Dialectics and Forensics.
He is currently working on a variety of professional
publications and self help projects dealing with "Negotiational
Strategies for All Occasions;" "Cultivating Persuasive Personal
Communications Skills;" and "Effectualizing Impactful
Self Expression," among others, all of which will become
available in the near future-- You are invited to inquire
further.
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