Recruiting Committee, former Member

• Ohio, 2006

• University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D., 2006, magna cum laude
• • University of Cincinnati Law Review
  • • Notes and Comments Editor, 2005-2006
    • Associate Member 2004-2005
  • Student Bar Association
  • • Section Representative, 2003-2004
  • Phi Alpha Delta Member, 2003-2006
• University of Virginia, B.A., 2002

Ali is a senior associate in the litigation department. He represents and advises clients in a wide range of litigation areas with a focus on business litigation.  He is admitted to practice in the State of Ohio and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Since joining Frost Brown Todd LLC in 2006, Ali has been actively involved in a variety of business litigation matters, including the areas of real estate, land use, construction, zoning, UCC, transportation, and complex commercial litigation.  Ali has also tried numerous cases and successfully argued various motions at both the state and federal levels before Judges and Magistrates in Hamilton, Warren, Butler, Clermont, Greene, and Franklin Counties, Ohio.  Additionally, Ali has drafted briefs for the First District Court of Appeals as well as the Supreme Court of Ohio.

• Selected for inclusion in Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars®  2009, 2011, 2012

• Ohio State Bar Association
• Cincinnati Bar Association
• American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Commercial and Business Litigation Committee, Sixth Circuit Chair
• Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce, Change Leadership Class, 2010
• Defense Research Institute, Young Lawyers Section

• Sixth Circuit Avoids Bank's Lien Interest In Manufactured Home
• Bankruptcy Court Awards Debtors Actual Attorney's Fees As Sanction Against Attorney For Violating Court's Discharge Injunction
• Sixth Circuit Denies Claim To Avoid Mortgage Based On Allegedly Defective Certificates Of Acknowledgement
• Kentucky Supreme Court Clarifies Question On Timing Of Perfection Of Motor Vehicle Liens
• Sixth Circuit Affirms District Court’s Finding of Waiver of Right to Enforce Arbitration
• Supreme Court Allows Suit Against Debt Collectors For Mistakes Of Law Under The FDCPA
• Ohio Supreme Court Denies Claim Against Third-Party Insurer Arising From Assignment of Prospective Settlement Proceeds
• Ohio Supreme Court Affirms Denial of Property Owner’s Regulatory-Takings Claim
• Phase One of Credit Card Act of 2009 Goes Into Effect
• House Passes Bill Imposing Harsher Restrictions on Credit Card Practices

Legal Publications

"Self-Dealing: When a Fiduciary Relationship Arises in the Lending Context", ABA Business Torts Journal, Summer 2007

Hill v. Lockheed Martin Logistics Management, Inc.: "Substantially Influencing" the Fourth Circuit to Change its Standard for Imputing Employer Liability for the Biases of a Non-Decisionmaker, 73 U. Cin. L. Rev. 1709 (2005).

Dominguez-Cota v. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.: A Convenient Forum for Addressing Subject Matter Jurisdiction, 74 U. Cin. L. Rev. 689 (2005).

Sixth Circuit Case Notes

Hall v. Spencer County, Kentucky, No. 08-6455, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 22848 (6th Cir. Oct. 20, 2009)

Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. UMG, Inc., No. 07-5596, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 24141 (6th Cir. Nov. 4, 2009)

Williams v. Redflex Traffic Systems, No. 08-5545, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 21637 (6th Cir. Oct. 2, 2009)

Bryant v. Comm’r of Social Security, Nos. 08-6375/6378, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 18964 (6th Cir. Aug. 24, 2009)

Rice v. Jefferson Pilot Financial Ins. Co., No. 08-4180, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 18962 (6th Cir. Aug. 24, 2009)