Greg Victoroff opened his own firm, Greg Victoroff & Associates, in Los Angeles, Calif.
Hon. Ralph Perk, Jr. was elected chief justice of the Delta Theta Phi International Law Fraternity at its biennial. Judge Perk, retired from the Cleveland Municipal Court, has served as a national officer of the fraternity since 2001. Paul J. Schumacher is a shareholder and litigator at the Cleveland office of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, where he represents companies and individuals in cases involving various product liability claims, industrial accidents, construction claims, chemical exposures, fire losses, OSHA workplace investigations and high-value business disputes.
1980 Gregory F. Clifford, Cleveland Municipal Court Chief Magistrate, was honored at Cleveland-Marshall’s Black Law Students Association Scholarship and Awards Banquet.
Marilyn Tobocman received the Crain’s 2013 In-house & General Counsel Award in the area of in-house government. Stephen E. Walters, a partner in the Cleveland office of Reminger Co. LPA, was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.
William Hawal, a Spangenberg Shibley & Liber partner, was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. Hawal has also been granted a fellowship in the American College of Trial Lawyers and was named a founding member of the Summit Counsel, a group of today’s top civil justice lawyers in the United States. Howard D. Mishkind, the president and founder of Mishkind Law Firm Co., LPA, was selected for the 2014 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his work in the practice area of plaintiff medical malpractice law.
1984 Richard H. Nemeth is the first recipient of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys’ (NACBA) prestigious Hammes-Shulman Award. Given in recognition of the leadership and commitment, the award honors significant legislative and advocacy contributions made by an NACBA member.
1981 Dennis Lansdowne, a partner with Spangenberg Shibley & Liber in Cleveland, was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2013.
Hon. David A. Schroeder was appointed by Governor John Kasich as a judge for the Ashtabula County Court Western District. Judge Schroeder previously served as the Conneaut Law Director. Frederick N. Widen, a partner in the Cleveland office of Ulmer & Berne, was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.
R. Russell O’Rourke joined the firm of Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis as a partner and chair of the construction law group. Carter E. Strang, a partner in the firm of Tucker Ellis LLP, has won the 2013 DRI Lifetime Community Service Award, nominated by the Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys. Strang also received the 2013 Federal Bar Association’s Elaine “Boots” Fisher Award.
1985 Charles P. Alusheff (deceased), an attorney in the Cleveland office of Reminger Co. LPA, was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2014. Barbara A. Belovich is a consultant in the employee benefits division of Oswald Companies in Cleveland.
1982 Albert N. Salvatore, a partner in the Cleveland office of Roetzel & Andress, was named among The Best Lawyers in America 2014 in the area of corporate law practice.
Diana Marie Thimmig, a partner in the Cleveland office of Roetzel & Andress, was named among The Best Lawyers in America 2014, in the areas of bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights and insolvency and reorganization law.
Russell D. Kornblut is forming a new multi-functional legal department at Cross Country Mortgage, Inc. in Brecksville. Mary Forbes Lovett, a partner in the Cleveland office of Ulmer & Berne, was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2014. Hon. Cheryl L. Waite was elected secretary/treasurer of the Ohio Courts of Appeals Judges Association.
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1983
Edward H. Kraus joined the litigation department at McDonald Hopkins in Cleveland.
Kathleen M. Kahoe was appointed acting United States attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Clifford C. Masch, an attorney in the Cleveland office of Reminger Co. LPA, was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2014. Russell J. Meraglio, Jr., an attorney in the Cleveland office of Reminger Co. LPA, was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
1987 Eric M. Simon, a partner in the Cleveland office of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.
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