Areas of Emphasis:
Criminal Defense
White Collar, Fraud and Drug DefenseBar Admissions:
Supreme Court of Ohio, 1987
U.S. District Court, Southern District, 1991
U.S. District Court, Northern District, 2006
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1991
Education:
Capital University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1987
Ohio State University, 1981
Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating
Janet Kravitz graduated from the Ohio State
University with a degree in accounting. After passing the
CPA exam, she entered Capital University Law School where
she graduated magna cum laude. Janet was an editor of the
Capital University Law Review. Janet subsequently taught Tax
Research and Communication in the Capital University Law
School L.L.M. tax program. She also taught International
Criminal Law at the University of Passau in Germany during
the summer of 2005.
Janet Kravitz is a founding member of Kravitz, Brown &
Dortch, LLC, and is its managing member. She practices in
the area of criminal defense, with an emphasis on white
collar crime, fraud, and Controlled Substances Act
violations.
Janet Kravitz has defended clients in Ohio and across the
United States. She has authored articles on federal
forfeiture. Recently, she appeared as trial counsel in the
case, United States v. Happ, the largest private securities
fraud case ever to be brought in the United States. Mr. Happ
was found not guilty on all charges.
Janet Kravitz is a Life Member of the National
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Honorary Fellow of
the American Board of Criminal Lawyers, and a member of the
Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, American Bar
Association, Federal Bar Association, Ohio State Bar
Association, and Columbus Bar Association. |