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Induction Celebration

Friday, October 26, 2018 Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

2018 HONOREES: Teresa Metcalf Beasley ’92 Professor Emerita Susan J. Becker ’83 Michael L. Climaco ’72 Carol G. Emerling ’55 Anthony J. Garofoli ’61 * Terry H. Gilbert ’73 Larry H. James ’77 Dennis R. Lansdowne ’81 Kenneth B. Liffman ’79 Howard D. Mishkind ’80 Dean Lizabeth A. Moody Sandra M. Natran

Judge Donald C. Nugent ’74 Richard W. Pogue Richard T. Reminger, Sr. ’57 Kenneth C. Ricci ’86 Professor Emeritus Alan Miles Ruben Judge John J. Russo ’92 Dean Emeritus Steven H. Steinglass Judge Joan Synenberg ’87 Donna Zapis Thomas ’87 James A. Thomas ’63 Marilyn Tobocman ’83 *

Dean Frederic P. White, Jr. Iris S. Wolstein Leonard D. Young ’74 Three inductees from the 2017 C|M|LAW Hall of Fame Class are accepting their honor at the 2018 Induction Celebration.

Note: The family of Daniel McCarthy is accepting in his honor.

Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge ’83 Mayor Frank G. Jackson ’83 Daniel R. McCarthy, Sr. ’54 * * Deceased

2018 Leader on the Rise Award Recipient: Alana Jochum ’10

Dean’s Message A Law School for Life We created our C|M|LAW Hall of Fame last year, during our 120th Anniversary Year, because we are a law school for life. Our Hall of Fame honors those individuals who have contributed to the past, present, and/or future success and reputation of C|M|LAW. Our Hall of Fame is an outgrowth of our covenant with our students, faculty, staff, graduates, and community to hold true to our commitments and traditions, dedicated to diversity, opportunity, excellence, and civic responsibility.

We have a long, proud history dating back to 1897. ClevelandMarshall College of Law was the first law school in Ohio to admit women and one of the first in the nation to admit minorities.

It was our graduates who laid the foundation for the Cleveland legal profession and who led the fight for civil rights in Northeast Ohio. The story of Cleveland-Marshall is an iconic story of justice, equality, and opportunity.

It is very important to note that many prominent individuals who clearly are worthy of inclusion were not named this year. We are very fortunate that there is no shortage of worthy individuals, and we look forward to inducting many other extraordinary people next year and in future years.

We graduate leaders and legends.

Our graduates are everywhere – in the public, private, nonprofit, and academic sectors – many at the highest levels.

Many law schools can make you a great lawyer, but at C|M|LAW we also strive to make you a great leader. Our mission is to graduate students who are not only successful professionals, but also leaders, change makers, and advocates of justice…and maybe someday, a Legend in our Hall of Fame.

Congratulations to the inspiring leaders who are being inducted in our Hall of Fame.

Lee Fisher Dean and Joseph C. Hostetler-BakerHostetler Chair in Law 2

How Honorees are Selected Who is eligible for the C|M|LAW Hall of Fame?

The Hall of Fame honors individuals who have contributed to the past, present, and/or future success and reputation of C|M|LAW. The inductees may include living and deceased alumni and community leaders, and living and deceased former faculty, deans, and staff.

Must an honoree be a C|M|LAW graduate?

No. While the vast majority of our honorees are current and past alumni, we also honor current and past community leaders and past faculty, deans, and staff. Current full-time faculty and staff are not eligible.

________ deserves to be in the C|M|Law Hall of Fame. Why wasn’t _________ chosen?

It is very important to note that many prominent individuals who clearly are worthy of inclusion were not named this year. The HOF Selection Committee tried to reach a consensus on each nominee, and, as a result, no Committee member had all their first choices selected. We are very fortunate that there is no shortage of worthy individuals, and we look forward to inducting many other extraordinary people next year and in future years.

Who made the selections?

Each year, the Dean appoints individuals to serve on the HOF Selection Committee (“Committee”). In February, Dean Fisher appointed a Hall of Fame Selection Committee of alumni, faculty, and current and past staff. To protect them from any possible pre-selection lobbying and post-selection questions and/or concerns, the list of Committee members is confidential. New Committee members will be selected each year.

What were the specific selection criteria?

While the selection process is admittedly subjective, there are general selection criteria. The criteria include, but are not limited to, the following • Indivdual’s historic significance to the law school and/or the community • Individual’s professional success and reputation • Individual’s support of the law school (through time, talent, and/or “treasure”) The Committee tried to choose, when possible, honorees who fit at least two, and preferably all three criteria.

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2018 Honorees The following inductees all graduated from and/or made significant contributions to the esteemed reputation of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

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Teresa Metcalf Beasley, Class of 1992 Partner, Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

Teresa Metcalf Beasley, a partner with Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, assists clients with the legal aspects of real estate transactions, financing, and development; contracts; employment matters; litigation; construction matters; bond transactions; project labor agreements; and diversity plans. Beasley serves as Chair of Calfee’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee and is currently serving her second four-year term as Law Director of Warrensville Heights. She served as the Director of Law for the City of Cleveland and on Mayor Frank Jackson’s Special Commission on Missing Persons and Sex Crime Investigations. Beasley has received the following awards: Ohio’s Top 15 Women in Business Award from the National Diversity Council, YWCA Woman of Achievement, YWCA Woman of Professional Excellence, Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School Hall of Fame, Crain’s Women of Note, CREW Cleveland Deborah R. Klausner Leadership Award, and Kaleidoscope Magazine’s 40-40 Club. She serves on the following boards: Cleveland Neighborhood Progress Inc., University Hospitals’ 5805 Euclid Inc., The Cleveland Foundation, Downtown Cleveland Alliance, and Karamu House. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., In Counsel with Women, National Association of Bond Lawyers, Commercial Real Estate Women, Women in Public Finance, Executive Women’s Leadership Forum, Bluecoats Inc., and The Western Reserve (OH) Chapter of the Links, Inc.

Professor Emerita Susan J. Becker, Class of 1983 Public Interest Leader-in-Residence & Professor of Law Emerita, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Susan Becker has been a part of Cleveland-Marshall for nearly four decades, first as a law student and then as an adjunct, Law Professor, Associate Dean, Professor Emerita, and Public Interest Leader-in-Residence. Before joining the C|M|LAW faculty in 1990, Becker clerked for Sixth Circuit Judge Robert J. Krupansky and spent five years as a litigation associate at Jones Day. During the 24 years she taught at C|M|LAW, Becker maintained a pro bono practice that complemented her teaching and scholarship by providing legal counsel to individuals and nonprofit organizations on matters related to attorney ethics, civil procedure, and remedies. She also provided legal counsel to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals who encountered discrimination in numerous venues, and served as an expert witness in the Obergefell marriage equality litigation. She received the CSU Distinguished Faculty Award in 2010, the Transgender Day of Remembrance Illumination Award in 2016, and the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (CMBA) Hon. William K. Thomas Professionalism Award in 2018. Becker currently serves in a volunteer capacity as General Counsel of the ACLU of Ohio, as a member of the CMBA Certified Grievance Committee, and on the C|M|LAW Board of Visitors.

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Michael L. Climaco, Class of 1972

Attorney at Law; Former Chair, CSU Board of Trustees Michael Climaco studied law by day and night, attending law school while serving as a member of the Cleveland City Council and Majority Whip, weaving his legal studies and council duties into the fabric of his professional career. Climaco made his mark as a litigator trying countless civil and criminal cases. He represented the City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County on the formation of the Gateway project in 1994. Climaco represented the City of Brook Park in negotiations with the City of Cleveland for the land acquisition of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. He served on the CSU Board of Trustees from 1997 through 2006, serving two terms as treasurer, one term as vice-chair, and one term as chairman of the Board of Trustees. Climaco, as a key player in the community’s civic and governmental affairs, utilized his extensive experience and relationships for the benefit of the University. As an alumnus of C|M|LAW, his efforts and contributions were recognized in 1993 and 1997 as recipient of the President’s Award from the ClevelandMarshall Law Alumni Association, and two years later as recipient of the Alumni of the Year Award from the CMLAA. As one of the University’s 1995 Distinguished Alumni, he received the George B. Davis Award for Service to the University in recognition of his leadership and instrumental role in securing funds for the University’s 17th-18th Street Project, which featured a new College of Law Library, College of Business and College of Urban Affairs. Climaco also served as a valued member of the College of Law Visiting Committee and is a Life Member of the Eighth District Judicial Conference.

Carol G. Emerling, Class of 1955

Corporation Secretary & Attorney (Retired), American Home Products Corporation Carol G. Emerling graduated at the top of her class and went on to head the Public Defender’s office in Cleveland. Her career path lead her into antitrust law and consumer protection as the Regional Director of the Federal Trade Commission in Cleveland.

She later transferred to Los Angeles and was selected as Director of the Federal Trade Commission for the Southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico Region. In 1977, she moved to New York City to become Secretary of the Corporation for the pharmaceutical giant American Home Products (which became Pfizer). After a long and successful legal career and raising two children, she now lives in Southern California.

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Anthony J. Garofoli, Class of 1961 (deceased)

Partner, Climaco, Wilcox, Peca, Tarantino & Garofoli Co., LPA Anthony Garofoli was a Principal/Partner with Climaco, Wilcox, Peca, Tarantino & Garofoli Co., LPA. He was elected to the City of Cleveland Council where he held the position of Council President until 1972. He was also Chairman of the Democratic Party of Cuyahoga County, a member and Chairman of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, a member and Chairman of the Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation, and a member and Chairman of the Cleveland State University Board of Trustees. Garofoli served as Special Counsel to the Mayor of the City of Cleveland, the City Council for the City of Cleveland, the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority, the Gateway Economic Development Authority, and several other state and municipal entities and officials. He was admitted to practice before the Ohio, Florida, District of Columbia, and United States Supreme Courts and was a member of the Ohio, Florida, District of Columbia, Cuyahoga County, and Cleveland Bar Associations. Garofoli is a former President of the Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association.

Terry H. Gilbert, Class of 1973 Partner, Friedman & Gilbert

Terry Gilbert has dedicated his legal career to promoting justice and civil rights. As an activist involved in efforts to serve the interests of the disadvantaged, oppressed minorities, and those targeted for political dissent, he sees law as an instrument of social change where human rights take precedence over property and corporate interests.

These principles have guided his work as a criminal defense and civil rights lawyer for over four decades. He spent his early years as a lawyer for the American Indian Movement in defense of native sovereign rights. In the 1990s, he worked pro bono for years exposing police, forensic, and prosecutorial bias in the notorious Sam Sheppard murder case, paving the way for his work in freeing victims of wrongful imprisonment while obtaining them rightful compensation. As a pioneer in challenging law enforcement abuses, he has achieved the highest police misconduct verdicts in the State of Ohio.

Terry is proud to have received the 2014 CMLAA Alumni of the Year Award and for establishing The Terry and Robin Gilbert Social Justice Fellowship Program that provides summer internships for students seeking experience in public interest law.

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Larry H. James, Class of 1973

Managing Partner, Crabbe, Brown & James LLP Larry James has been at the heart of the Columbus business, legal, civic, and political scene for the last 30 years. He is a respected litigator, as well as an advisor to local and national leaders. In recognition of his many achievements, the law firm changed its name from Crabbe, Brown, Jones, Potts & Schmidt to Crabbe, Brown & James in January 2001. In 2011, The Ohio State University selected James as lead counsel to represent student athletes in NCAA investigations. In 2013, Armen Keteyian published his book The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football, a chapter of which is dedicated to James’ work in representing the OSU football players. In 2012, James and his wife Donna were awarded the American Red Cross of Greater Columbus’ Humanitarians of the Year Award. In 2015, noted journalist Wil Haygood published his award-winning book Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America, which he dedicated to James. James is a life member of the Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference and has served as General Counsel of the National Fraternal Order of Police since 2001. He is also co-founder of the African-American Leadership Academy.

Dennis R. Lansdowne, Class of 1981 Partner, Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber LLP

Dennis Lansdowne graduated summa cum laude from Cleveland-Marshall in 1981 and was a member of the Cleveland State Law Review. Following graduation, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert B. Krupansky at both the Northern District of Ohio and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. After his clerkships he worked at an international law firm before associating with the firm currently known as Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber, LLP. Lansdowne has remained at the law firm since 1985. During that time, he has represented individuals in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases as well as large corporations. His trial skills have earned him numerous recognitions, including induction into the International Society of Barristers and American College of Trial Lawyers. He is a frequent lecturer on all aspects of trial practice. Lansdowne has served as an adjunct professor at C|M|LAW, teaching legal writing and a course he created on medical malpractice. He is a past president of the Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association and a member of the Health Law Advisory Committee at the school.

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Kenneth B. Liffman, Class of 1979

President and Chairman of the Board, McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., LPA Kenneth B. Liffman is Chairman of the Board and President of McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., L.P.A. He joined the firm in 1979 and was Managing Principal from 1993 until December 2017. The majority of his practice focuses on transactions, banking matters, and real estate law. Liffman has maintained a strong presence in the community, including 12 years as a Trustee for Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, 17 years as a board member (three years as Vice-Chair) of United Jewish Cemeteries, nine years as a Cleveland Trustee for the Jewish National Fund, 10 years as a Trustee for the Cleveland Chapter of American ORT, and 10 years as a board member (three years as Chair) for the United States Committee Sports for Israel. Liffman has been President of the Firm’s Charitable Foundation, is on the Board of Visitors of C|M|LAW, and has assisted in the coordination of funds and programs for both the C|M|LAW and (reading programs) for the City of Cleveland School District. He is the recipient of the 2012 ORT Jurisprudence Award, a past recipient of the Sadie and Maurice Friedman Cleveland ORT Leadership Award, and the 2000 Chapter Supporter of the Year for American ORT. Liffman sits on the Board of the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage and is the Chair of the Holocaust Memory Survivor Project, as well as being recently elected to the Board of InMotion to aid those with Parkinson’s disease.

Howard D. Mishkind, Class of 1980 Partner, Mishkind Kulwicki Law Co., LPA

Howard Mishkind is the founding shareholder of Mishkind Kulwicki Law Co., L.P.A. His practice is concentrated primarily in the area of personal injury litigation, consisting of the representation of injured patients and their families in medical malpractice, legal malpractice, and catastrophic injuries arising out of motor vehicle and truck collisions.

Mishkind is a former Adjunct Professor of Law at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law where he taught Medical Malpractice to upper-level students. He continues to be invited to provide guest lectures in the area of evidence and personal injury at the law school.

He is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, American Association for Justice (AAJ), the Ohio Academy of Justice (OAJ), and the Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys (CATA). He has received an AV Preeminent rating, the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards by Martindale-Hubbell through a rigorous peer review process since 1994. He serves on various committees of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, including the Court Rules Committee and Certified Grievance Committee. He has chaired or co-chaired the Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association Annual Recognition Luncheon from 1992 through 2012 and was honored as Outstanding Alumnus of the Year in 2003.

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Dean Lizabeth A. Moody

Dean Emerita, Stetson University College of Law Former Professor of Law and Interim Dean, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Liz Moody was one of only seven women in her class of 160 Yale Law graduates. Despite the historic glass ceiling, Moody became a partner at a prominent Cleveland law firm and was one of the first women rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell. She rose to leadership positions in state, local, and national bar associations. In 1971, she joined the ClevelandMarshall College of Law faculty, later serving as interim dean, the first woman to hold that position. As President and CEO of Law School Admissions Services, Moody founded the Access Loan Program, which provides billions of dollars in student loans. From 1994 to 1999, Moody served as Vice President and Dean of Stetson University College of Law. Under her direction, Stetson opened a new library and laid the foundation for parttime and international programs. Moody has remained heavily involved in the American Bar Association, America Law Institute, and American Association of Law Schools throughout her career. Her professional recognitions include the Ohio State Bar Medal, Josephine Irwin Award, ABA Glass Cutter, and the Author’s Award by the ABA Business Law Section.

Sandra M. Natran

Administrative Coordinator (Retired), Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Sandra Natran joined the law school administrative staff in 1980. During the next 34 years, there were few aspects of law school life to which she did not make valuable contributions. As the College of Law’s Coordinator for External Affairs, she helped coordinate and facilitate the BakerHosteler Visiting Scholar programs, faculty-organized distinguished lecture series, seminars, receptions, and all special and traditional external events, including visits by United States Supreme Court Justices and distinguished national and international scholars. She served as a valuable liaison with students from their first days in August until their graduation day. She coordinated The American Bar Association-American Law Institute nationwide televised CLE program and, on behalf of the alumni, assisted the Law Alumni Association with its CLE programs, celebrations, and special events. Natran was an indispensable component of a well-organized and smoothly functioning law school. In 1999, CSU acknowledged those contributions to the University by giving her its Distinguished Staff Award.

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Judge Donald C. Nugent, Class of 1974

Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Donald C. Nugent served as a combat infantryman in the United States Marine Corps before attending Cleveland-Marshall. Upon graduation, he joined the Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office where he successfully tried many high-profile criminal cases as a member of the Major Trial Division. He was elected judge in the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court in 1984, was re-elected in 1990, and was elected to the 8th District Court of Appeals in 1992. Judge Nugent was appointed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 1995 by President William J. Clinton, where he continues to serve as a Senior Judge.

Richard W. Pogue

Senior Advisor & Former Managing Partner, Jones Day Richard W. (“Dick”) Pogue is Senior Advisor and former Managing Partner (1984-1992) of Jones Day, one of the largest integrated law firms in the world. After graduating from Cornell University and the University of Michigan Law School, he spent three years in the Pentagon as an Officer in the Patents Division, Office of The Judge Advocate General, U.S. Army. He practiced antitrust and corporate takeover law at Jones Day from 1957-1994, worked at Dix & Eaton (a regional public relations firm) from 1994-2003, and then returned to Jones Day on January 1, 2004, where his work has involved client development, special projects, and civic engagement. During his stint as Managing Partner, Jones Day grew from 335 to 1,250 lawyers, from five to 20 offices, and entered international markets. Once named by Cleveland Magazine as the most powerful man in Cleveland (1988), he has chaired or served on many nonprofit Boards and has been Director of a number of for-profit Boards. In the nonprofit arena, he has had a special interest in the field of higher education. He continues to be active in the community today at age 90.

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Richard T. Reminger, Sr., Class of 1957

Founder & Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer (Retired), Reminger Co., LPA Dick Reminger founded the law firm of Reminger Co., L.P.A. in 1958. Since first opening its doors, Reminger has grown from one individual to a full-service firm employing several hundred attorneys, paralegals, and staff in 14 offices across the region. He was Reminger’s Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer until retiring in 1991. Reminger spent his entire career in the courtroom locally and nationally, specializing in the defense of civil matters before juries in a broad spectrum of liability lawsuits. As a successful lawyer, he was the recipient of the CMLAA’s Alumnus of the Year Award in 1989.

Reminger served as President and Trustee of the CMLAA and is a Life Member. He has membership in many clubs, including the Bohemian Club in San Francisco, Hermit Club in Cleveland, and Mayfield Country Club of Cleveland, where he served as President of each. He was elected to membership as a representational oil painter in Oil Painters of America and Salmagundi Club of New York City and is also a signature member of the International Society of Marine Painters. Reminger was a member of the Naval Air Corps Reserve during the Korean War. During his law studies, he was Personnel and Safety Director of Motor Express Inc. of Cleveland, a large common carrier serving many states.

He was also co-founder of Cardinal Casualty Co. and served on many boards of directors, public and private.

Kenneth C. Ricci, Class of 1986 Principal, Directional Aviation Capital

Kenneth C. Ricci is a principal of Directional Aviation Capital, which owns a number of enterprises, including Flexjet and Constant Aviation. A 35-year aviation industry veteran and pilot, he flew Bill Clinton when he ran for president in 1992. Ricci was honored as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of Year and received the Harvard Business School’s Dively Entrepreneurship Award. He also was the youngest recipient of the prestigious William Ong Award for extraordinary achievement in the general aviation industry and named one the most influential people in aviation by Aviation International News. In 2015, he received the Aviation Week Laureate Award, a benchmark of industry excellence, recognizing his innovation in aircraft remanufacturing. In 2016, Ricci was honored with Cleveland State University’s Distinguished Alumni Award. An Arizona resident, he serves on the Board of Trustees for the University of Notre Dame, the Smithsonian Institution, and University Hospitals, as well as on the C|M|LAW Board of Visitors.

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Professor Emeritus Alan Miles Ruben

Professor of Law (Retired), Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Alan Miles Ruben is an Emeritus Professor of Law at Cleveland-Marshall, where he taught courses on Corporate Law and business-related subjects along with Legal Ethics starting in 1973. He was conferred the title of ‘Advisory Professor of Law’ by Fudan University, Shanghai, PRC, only the fourth person so honored in Fudan’s 100-year history. He is a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators and a Fellow of the Labor and Employment Lawyer’s Association. He was a Fulbright Scholar in 1993-1994. He was Editor-in-Chief of How Arbitration Works (6th ed., 2003). A champion fencer, Ruben captained the United States Fencing Team for the 1972 Munich Olympics

Judge John J. Russo, Class of 1992 Administrative and Presiding Judge, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court

John J. Russo is the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. Unanimously elected by his colleagues to lead the Court every year since 2013, Judge Russo has chaired or participated in numerous justice system boards and committees since beginning his judicial career on the Common Pleas Court in 2005.

In 2016, Judge Russo served as president of the National Association for Presiding Judges and Court Executive Officers (NAPCO) and brought the inaugural annual NAPCO conference to Cleveland. Judge Russo has taught at numerous court conclaves, judges’ conferences, community programs, and bar association forums. He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, Cuyahoga Metropolitan Bar Association, Westshore Bar Association, and the Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association. Prior to the bench, Judge Russo was a civil and criminal litigator for 12 years in his private practice. Judge Russo earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree at John Carroll University and his Juris Doctor degree at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. Judge Russo is an Honorary Trustee of the Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association and an Adjunct Faculty member at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

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Dean Emeritus Steven H. Steinglass

Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law Emeritus, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Steven H. Steinglass, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Law School, is Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He joined the faculty in 1980 after practicing as a legal aid lawyer in Wisconsin, and he served as Dean of the law school from 1996 to 2005. His areas of teaching included Civil Procedure, Federal Courts, Clinical Education, Section 1983 (Civil Rights) Litigation, and Ohio Constitutional History. From 2013 to 2017, he served as the Senior Policy Advisor of the bi-partisan Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission. He is the co-author of The Ohio Constitution: A Reference Guide, which has been described as an “essential research tool for lawyers, judges, and scholars,” and the author of a two-volume treatise on Section 1983 Litigation in State Courts. He has argued two cases before the United States Supreme Court and made presentations at continuing legal education and other programs in more than 20 states.

Judge Joan Synenberg, Class of 1987 Judge, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court

Judge Joan Synenberg has served on the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas bench for nine years. She served as a Cleveland Municipal Court Judge for two years prior. In addition to her civil and criminal docket, Judge Synenberg presides over Recovery Court, a specialized docket supervising people with drug addiction and trauma. This dual-diagnosis docket is the first of its kind in the State of Ohio and is certified by the Ohio Supreme Court. Under Judge Synenberg’s leadership, hundreds of lawyers have participated in complimentary continuing legal education courses in exchange for donating their legal services to persons in need. Judge Synenberg spearheaded numerous pro bono initiatives, including active involvement in expungement education, conducting dozens of community forums on the topic since 2005. Before assuming the bench, Judge Synenberg engaged in an active criminal and civil trial practice for 16 years. In 2009, she was honored with the Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association Outstanding Alumna Award. Raised in Cleveland, Judge Synenberg is a graduate of Mayfield High School and in 2010 was inducted into their Hall of Fame. She and her husband Roger live in Cleveland’s Little Italy neighborhood.

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Donna Zapis Thomas, Class of 1987 Co-Founder & Managing General Partner, Rockport Retirement Community

Donna Zapis Thomas serves as the co-founder and Managing General Partner of Rockport Senior Living. She has spent 31 years in the senior living field. Her mission is to improve the quality of life for seniors. Thomas has served on the C|M|LAW Board of Visitors. Donna and the Zapis Charitable Foundation have been enthusiastic supporters of the Cleveland-Marshall Law Scholarship Fund. Her father, Xenophon Zapis, was a graduate of Cleveland-Marshall’s class of 1954. Her nephew Matthew Wymer graduated from Cleveland-Marshall in 2014, making her family a proud three-generation C|M|LAW legacy. Thomas also serves as a Trustee for Baldwin Wallace University and her family has established a scholarship fund at Baldwin Wallace. The Thomas Family is a proud supporter of the Cleveland Zoological Foundation.

James A. Thomas, Class of 1963

Chairman and CEO, Thomas Properties Group, LLC James A. Thomas is Chairman and CEO of Thomas Properties Group and past Chairman of Parkway Properties, Inc. (PKY), a real estate investment trust listed on the NYSE. Previously, Thomas was the founder of Thomas Properties Group (TPG), a firm that he led as Chairman and CEO for a decade, guiding its growth as both a public and private company. The company’s national portfolio comprised 12 million square feet of office and mixed-use properties. Prior to founding TPG, Thomas served as co-managing partner of Maguire Thomas Partners, a national development company that he founded with Robert F. Maguire III. Maguire Thomas Partners is largely responsible for the skyline of downtown Los Angeles, having developed Library Tower (now US Bank Tower), Wells Fargo Center, and Gas Company Tower. He started his professional career as an attorney and practiced law for 20 years. He was a partner in two prominent Los Angeles law firms and served as a trial attorney in the Regional Counsel’s Office of the US Treasury in Los Angeles. Born in Pembroke, North Carolina, Thomas is a Lumbee Indian, the largest Indian tribe in the southeast United States. He moved to Cleveland in high school, receiving his B.A. in economics with honors from Baldwin-Wallace University in 1959. He attended Case Western Reserve University before transferring to Cleveland-Marshall Law School where he graduated magna cum laude and was editor-in-chief of the Cleveland Marshall Law Review. Thomas and his wife of 60 years, Sally, live in Brentwood Park and have two daughters and two grandchildren.

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Marilyn Tobocman, Class of 1983 (deceased) Principal Attorney/Senior Litigator, Ohio Attorney General’s Office Civil Rights Section

Marilyn Tobocman (1934-2018) served as Principal Attorney/Senior Litigator for the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, where she led some of its most complex civil rights cases.

Prior to that, she was a Partner in the civil rights law firm of Kramer & Tobocman and Associate Director of The Housing Advocates, Inc. for over a decade. A frequent lecturer on fair housing and civil rights laws, Tobocman co-authored articles on predatory lending, employment class actions, accessibility, landlord/tenant law, and human trafficking. She served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Ohio General Assembly and its Joint Select Committee on School Desegregation, Ohio Department of Development, Lake County Planning Commission, Columbiana County Development Department, and City of Lorain. Tobocman was dedicated to improving the legal profession. She served on the Cleveland Bar Association Judicial Selection Committee and Government Attorneys Section and was actively engaged with C|M|LAW as a Clinic Instructor, Adjunct Professor, mentor for students, and Alumni Association Board member. She received numerous awards, including the 2002 Attorney General’s Professionalism Award, Crain’s 2013 General & In-House Counsel Award, Crain’s 2016 Class of “8 over 80,” and 2017 Tri-C Stokes Initiative tribute highlighting her journey as a fierce advocate of standing up for others.

Dean Frederic P. White, Jr.

Dean Emeritus, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law; Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law, Golden Gate University School of Law; Former Associate Dean and Professor of Law, ClevelandMarshall College of Law Frederic White served as Professor of Law and Associate Dean at C|M|LAW for 26 years, teaching property, wills and trusts, land use control administrative law, local government law, and criminal law. Prior to his C|M|LAW service, he was an Associate Attorney with Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. He later became Dean and Professor of Law at Golden Gate University School of Law and at Texas Wesleyan School of Law. He retired as a Professor of Law at Texas A&M University School of Law. He was an Inaugural Member of 100 Black Men of Cleveland and served as President of the Norman S. Minor Bar Association (NSMBA), as a member of the ABA Law School Accreditation Committee, on the Board of Trustees of the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), and as a member of the U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Selection Board. In addition, he has served as a Cuyahoga County Grand Jury Forman and on Merit Selection Panels for U.S. Magistrate Judges in Ohio and Texas. He received the NSMBA Trail Blazer Award, the Stapleton Award for Faculty Excellence, the Wiley Manuel Law Foundation Legal Pioneer Award, and the Distinguished Columbian in Teaching Award from the Columbia University School of Law. He is the author of four books, including Ohio Landlord Tenant Law, first published in 1984 and now updated annually. Upon his departure from C|M|LAW, he was honored to have the law faculty establish the Frederic P. White, Jr. Scholarship.

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Iris S. Wolstein

CEO, Heritage Development Company LLC Iris S. Wolstein has dedicated six decades to improving and helping future student leaders achieve their full potential as a passionate and transformational philanthropist.

Along with her late husband, Bart, Class of ’53, C|M|LAW HOF ’17, Iris has been a steadfast patron of higher-learning institutions across Ohio, including Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. In 2004, her gift of $6.25 million created the Bert L. Wolstein Fund and the Bert L. and Iris S. Wolstein Endowed Scholarship Fund at the Cleveland State University Foundation. The funds supported the Cleveland-Marshall Law Building renovation project and an endowed scholarship fund for students at the College of Law. She has been awarded an Honorary Dr. of Law at Cleveland State University, President’s Award for Visionary Achievement at Case Western Reserve University, and the Distinguished Service Award at The Ohio State University. Other transformational gifts include the Iris S. & Bert L. Wolstein Research Center, United Cerebral Palsy, Kids Kicking Cancer at University Hospitals, Hebrew University, Case Western Reserve University, and The Ohio State University Athletics, and Fisher College of Business. Today, she continues to serve as CEO of Heritage Development Company, a real estate firm founded by Bart.

Leonard D. Young, Class of 1974

Founder & President, Leonard D. Young Co., LLC Leonard D. Young is a retired corporate lawyer and currently advises not-for-profit corporations on legal issues, board governance, strategic planning, and new employee orientation. Prior to retiring in 2012, Young served as Director of the Technology Transfer Office and Associate General Counsel for Cleveland State University. Young has practiced corporate and international business law in Northeast Ohio for more than 40 years.

He was a partner with the law firms of Ulmer & Berne and Walter Haverfield, where he chaired the General Counsel Practice Group for each firm. He was the first African American general counsel of a Fortune 500 publicly traded manufacturing company in the State of Ohio. He has also served as Senior Corporate Counsel at Reliance Electric Company and Corporate Counsel at AmeriTrust. Young is currently a member of the Board of Directors of JumpStart Inc., a nationally recognized nonprofit accelerating the success of diverse entrepreneurs, their high-growth companies, and the ecosystems supporting them. Leonard has also served on the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Cuyahoga County Port Authority, Center for Arts inspired Learning, and MOCA Cleveland, and currently serves as Interim Executive Director of The Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory and Education Foundation. Young served for six years on the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Visiting Committee and was Chair of the Visiting Committee for three years.

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Congratulations to Susan J. Becker Inductee into the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law 2018 Hall of Fame IN HONOR OF YOUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO AND DEFENSE OF CIVIL LIBERTIES. Edith, Alex, Mattie, Gabe, Sam and Sue Public Interest Leader-in-Residence Cleveland Marshall College of Law General Counsel ACLU Ohio 24

In Loving Memory of

MARILYN TOBOCMAN Trailblazer – Fierce Advocate – Beloved Mother, Grandmother, Sister & Friend

her legacy is our inspiration “They existed. They existed.

We can be. Be and be Better. For they existed.”

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C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S T O

THE 2018 HALL OF FAME HONOREES

W I T H P R O U D R E CO G N I T I O N TO

DENNIS LANSDOWNE ‘81 & THE C|M|LAW CLASS OF 1981

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Congratulations

Leonard D. Young In recognition of your truly distinguished legal career and in appreciation of your years of service to many of Northeast Ohio’s leading private and public entities—including ours.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PARTNER AND COLLEAGUE

Terry Gilbert for his 2018 induction to the C|M|LAW Hall of Fame in recognition of his career advancing the cause of justice and civil rights Gordon Friedman Sarah Gelsomino Jacqueline Greene Michelle Macala

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Hall of Fame.

2017 Accepting Honorees Three inductees from the 2017 C|M|LAW Hall of Fame Class will accept their honor at the 2018 Induction Celebration.

Note: The family of Daniel McCarthy will accept his honor.

Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, Class of 1983

U.S. House of Representatives, Ohio’s 11th Congressional District

Marcia Fudge has represented the people of the 11th Congressional District of Ohio since 2008. She currently serves on the House Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and is the Ranking Member on the Committee on Agriculture’s Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Past Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, she is a consistent voice for voter protection and campaign finance reform and remains a steadfast advocate to strengthen and preserve Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Fudge has served the people of Ohio for more than two decades, beginning her public service career in the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office. She was the first African-American and first female mayor of Warrensville Heights, a position she held from 2000-2008. She received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from ClevelandMarshall in 2014.

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Mayor Frank G. Jackson, Class of 1983 Mayor, City of Cleveland

Frank Jackson, the 57th Mayor of Cleveland, grew up in the city’s Kinsman and Central neighborhoods and attended local schools. Following his high school graduation he served in the U.S. Navy. Returning home, he earned an associate’s degree from Cuyahoga Community College and an undergraduate degree and master’s degree from Cleveland State University before obtaining his law degree from Cleveland-Marshall.

Jackson was elected to City Council in 1989 and won his first mayoral election in 2005.

Now in his fourth term in office, he has been proven an able and conscientious steward of the public trust, fighting for safer neighborhoods, economic stability, police reform, educational opportunity, and a revitalized downtown Cleveland.

Daniel R. McCarthy, Sr., Class of 1954 (deceased)

Founder & Senior Partner, McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., LPA Dan McCarthy’s journey traces a path taken by so many C|M|LAW graduates: emergence from a working-class background to a life of great accomplishment. His father was an electrician with an 8th grade education; his mother, an immigrant, was a secretary. WWII dramatically interrupted his undergraduate education. He received the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, the Combat Infantrymen’s badge, two battle stars for the European Theater, and the Victory Medal. He was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge and, following hospitalization, he returned to combat. While attending C|M|LAW, he served as Class President and inaugurated and edited the Cleveland-Marshall Law Review. His entry into the practice of law is a familiar C|M|LAW narrative of generational bonding: an older alumnus hiring a newer one. William Minshall (1938) hired McCarthy. When Minshall was elected to the U.S. Congress, McCarthy acquired his practice in 1959, which grew into the firm of McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Haiman (now Liffman). McCarthy was also a certified public accountant and used his legal and financial skills in the desegregation of Cleveland schools as the first Special Master of School Desegregation in 1976. He received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor after being nominated by his friend and client, George Steinbrenner, the principal owner of the New York Yankees, of which McCarthy was a part owner. McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman generously established an Endowed Scholarship Fund at C|M|LAW, which has helped law school students for nearly 20 years.

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Leader on the Rise Award

Alana Jochum, Class of 2010 Executive Director, Equality Ohio

The hallmark of an exemplary leader is how that person values effecting positive change for others, not only for themselves.

Great leaders make their mark by managing people and organizations with integrity, advocating for justice and speaking up against injustices. Those qualities, and many more of a great leader, are embodied in Equality Ohio Executive Director Alana Jochum ’10, recipient of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law’s first Leader on the Rise Award.

C|M|LAW Dean Lee Fisher established the Leader on the Rise Award to be given to a C|M|LAW graduate from the past 10 years who has demonstrated extraordinary community leadership and who has given back to Cleveland-Marshall with their time, talent, and/or treasure.

“No recent graduate within the past 10 years has made more of a positive impact on our city, region, and state than Alana Jochum,” said Fisher. “Her superb leadership of Equality Ohio and her continued high level of engagement with our law school make her uniquely qualified to be the first recipient of this important award. She is, without doubt, a future member of our Hall of Fame.”

“It is a great honor to be recognized with this award,” said Jochum. “My experience with C|M|LAW is tied to my personal and professional growth with so many others­—people I rely on for advice and guidance, for which I am so grateful. In receiving this award, I cannot help but feel I am accepting both an honor and a charge to live the values that have been tempered in me by C|M|LAW.” Jochum’s dedication to fighting for just causes predates her arrival at C|M|LAW. After college, she traveled to Mumbai, India to volunteer with the Humsafar Trust, a nongovernmental organization working to advance LGBTQ equality in India. After returning home, she worked at United Way of Greater Cleveland and continued her LGBTQ volunteer work through the Human Rights Campaign.

Jochum decided to attend law school knowing that a legal education would give a skill set that would be beneficial in serving others and fighting for civil rights. She did not know if law school would make her a better leader, but quickly found that to be that case at C|M|LAW. “The skills and problem solving recognition that law school teaches, the confidence the school gave me to navigate conflict, and the community I became part of have all empowered me as a leader,” explained Jochum. “On the first day of class, a professor said, ‘Look to your left. Look to your right. These are your professional colleagues for life.’ That advice taught me to learn and lead from

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a place of compassion for others.”

Jochum, who received the inaugural Dean’s Learn Law. Live Justice. Award at graduation, became an Associate at Squire Patton Boggs, LLP where she focused her legal practice on complex civil litigation, international law, product liability disputes and other commercial litigation. She also represented clients in habeas proceedings before the Sixth Circuit and at the District Court level.

During that time, she was involved with Equality Ohio, an organization that advocates for the rights of LGBTQ Ohioans. In 2014, she took the opportunity to join the cause full time and was later named the organization’s Executive Director.

“Each day, no matter how challenging it is, my team and I can look back and say, we moved the ball forward a single inch, or prevented it from slipping backwards, for LGBTQ Ohioans,” said Jochum. “It is amazing to see someone come to understand they can have an impact, that they can push the world just a little bit, and come to a place of understanding, love and compassion for someone different than themselves. I am proud that we help to bring visibility, legal redress, lived equality, and voice to those who feel marginalized.”

She is most proud of her team’s work to promote and ensure the granting of marriage for all in Ohio. Equality Ohio worked with Ohio judges far in advance of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges so that marriage licenses could be granted smoothly and right away when that ruling did occur in 2015.

Taking C|M|LAW’s motto of “Learn Law. Live Justice.” to heart, Jochum is constantly seeking justice in a variety of ways in our communities and criminal justice system. She is particularly frustrated by a habeas case she worked on for a man who is innocent of murder he was convicted for, yet he remains incarcerated due to structural deficiencies within the criminal justice system.

It is because of her law school’s commitment to its motto that Jochum stayed remarkably involved with C|M|LAW, along with her numerous other volunteer commitments in the community. She is a member of the C|M|LAW Board of Visitors, participates in the C|M|LAW Mentor Program and along with Equality Ohio has worked closely with C|M|LAW’s Legal Clinics on several cases. Jochum wants to be part of the law school that is training the next generation of thoughtful leaders committed to improving people’s lives.

The Leader on the Rise Award will be presented to Jochum at the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on October 26, 2018. Among this year’s Hall of Fame inductees is C|M|LAW Professor Emerita Susan Becker, a former instructor of Jochum’s who she now works side-by-side with on the front lines of the struggle toward LGBTQ equality.

Why do you stand up against injustice?

I feel hope that we can actually manifest the best world we’ve envisioned. I feel thankful for the people who stand up, despite others telling them to sit. I feel profoundly humbled by the concept of we—that together, we are something strong, that we can create, we can care for one another, and we can, even if it’s just bit by bit, raise the scaffolding of a world that’s a little more just.

- Alana Jochum ’10

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Congratulations Liz Moody on your induction into the C|M|LAW Hall of Fame, Class of 2018.

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C|M|LAW Hall of Fame Members

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Judge Ronald B. Adrine ’73 HOF ’17

Russell T. Adrine ’54 HOF ’17

Judge Ann Aldrich HOF ’17

Judge Francis M. Allegra ’81 HOF ’17

Judge Joseph A. Artl ’22 HOF ’17

Mary Ann Bagus ’82 HOF ’17

Mayor Newton D. Baker HOF ’17

Alfred A. Benesch HOF ’17

Sheryl King Benford ’79 HOF ’17

Robert T. Bennett ’67 HOF ’17

Dean Charles S. Bentley HOF ’17

Judge Patricia A. Blackmon ’75 HOF ’17

Elizabeth M. Boyer ’47 HOF ’17

Professor J. Patrick Browne HOF ’17

Judge Lillian W. Burke ’51 HOF ’17

Nona M. Burney, Ph.D. ’81 HOF ’17

Judge Jean Murrell Capers ’45 HOF ’17

Charles V. Carr ’26 HOF ’17

Attorney General Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr. ’73 HOF ’17

Magistrate Judge Joseph W. Bartunek III ’55 HOF ’17

Hall of Fame.

Chief Justice Frank D. Celebrezze, Jr. ’56 HOF ’17

State Representative William H. Clifford ’02 HOF ’17

Judge Genevieve Cline ’21 HOF ’17

Chief Judge James C. Connell ’18 HOF ’17

William J. Corrigan ’15 HOF ’17

Frank T. Cullitan ’06 HOF ’17

Louise P. Dempsey ’81 HOF ’17

John Deaver Drinko HOF ’17

Abe H. Dudnik ’27 HOF ’17

Charles R. Emrick, Jr. ’58 HOF ’17

Judge Eleanor Farina ’25 HOF ’17

José C. Feliciano, Sr. ’75 HOF ’17

Professor James T. Flaherty HOF ’17

Judge Charles W. Fleming ’55 HOF ’17

Hon. George L. Forbes ’62 HOF ’17

Isadore Fred Freiberger ’04 HOF ’17

Avery S. Friedman ’72 HOF ’17

Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge ’83 HOF ’17

Dr. Samuel R. Gerber ’49 HOF ’17

Michael E. Gibbons ’82 HOF ’17

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C|M|LAW Hall of Fame Members

Karen L. Giffen ’89 HOF ’17

Professor David B. Goshien HOF ’17

Bell Greve ’18 HOF ’17

Judge Mary B. Grossman ’12 HOF ’17

James L. Hardiman ’68 HOF ’17

Deborah Lewis Hiller ’75 HOF ’17

Joseph C. Hostetler HOF ’17

Jane Edna Hunter ’25 HOF ’17

Mayor Frank G. Jackson ’83 HOF ’17

Aaron Jacobson ’59 HOF ’17

Professor Sidney B. Jacoby HOF ’17

Clarence L. James, Jr. ’62 HOF ’17

Ferdinand Jirsa, ’21 HOF ’17

C. Lyonel Jones ’63 HOF ’17

Kerin Lyn Kaminski ’85 HOF ’17

Michael V. Kelley ’81 HOF ’17

Betty Klaric ’84 HOF ’17

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Congressman Steven C. LaTourette ’79 HOF ’17

U.S. Senator Frank J. Lausche ’21 HOF ’17

State Senator Margaret A. Mahoney ’29 HOF ’17

Hall of Fame.

Judge John M. Manos ’50 HOF ’17

Daniel R. McCarthy, Sr. ’54 HOF ’17

Grace Doering McCord ’25 HOF ’17

Judge Joseph F. McManamon ’50 HOF ’17

Judge George J. McMonagle ’30 HOF ’17

Dean David C. Meck, Sr. ’13 HOF ’17

Dean David C. Meck, Jr. HOF ’17

Dr. Bernice G. Miller ’51 HOF ’17

Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor ’80 HOF ’17

Dean Howard L. Oleck HOF ’17

Norman S. Minor ’27 HOF ’17

Congressman William Edwin Minshall, Jr. ’38 HOF ’17

Judge Solomon Oliver, Jr. HOF ’17

David M. Paris ’78 HOF ’17

Lawrence O. Payne ’23 HOF ’17

Reuben M. Payne ’53 HOF ’17

Judge Benita Y. Pearson ’95 HOF ’17

Steven W. Percy ’79 HOF ’17

Judge Raymond L. Pianka ’77 HOF ’17

Professor Emerita Jane M. Picker HOF ’17

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Leon M. Plevin ’57 HOF ’17

Franklin A. Polk ’39 HOF ’17

Judge Dan Aaron Polster HOF ’17

Steven Potash ’78 HOF ’17

Louise Johnson Pridgeon ’18 HOF ’17

Elizabeth Pugh ’78 HOF ’17

Max Ratner ’29 HOF ’17

Judy and Robert H. Rawson, Jr. HOF ’17

Edwin C. Reminger ’22 HOF ’17

Timothy J. Russert ’76 HOF ’17

Thomas J. Scanlon ’63 HOF ’17

Edna C. Shalala ’52 HOF ’17

Judge Samuel H. Silbert ’07 HOF ’17

Associate Dean Carroll H. Sierk HOF ’17

Dean Lee E. Skeel ’12 HOF ’17

J. Helen Slough ’29 HOF ’17

Mark A. Smolik ’87 HOF ’17

Stephen G. Sozio ’83 HOF ’17

Dean Wilson G. Stapleton ’34 HOF ’17

Carl L. Stern ’66 HOF ’17

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Justice Leonard Stern ’26 HOF ’17

Judge Melody J. Stewart ’88 HOF ’17

Mayor Carl B. Stokes ’56 HOF ’17

Richard P. Stovsky ’83 HOF ’17

Mary Strassmeyer ’81 HOF ’17

Frances Tetlak ’21 HOF ’17

Stanley E. Tolliver, Sr. ’53 HOF ’17

P. Kelly Tompkins ’81 HOF ’17

Dean Willis Vickery HOF ’17

Hazel Mountain Walker ’19 HOF ’17

Maurice M. Weltman ’26 HOF ’17

Judge Lillian M. Westropp ’15 HOF ’17

Judge George W. White ’55 HOF ’17

Elizabeth Williams ’08 HOF ’17

Marie Remington Wing ’26 HOF ’17

Bertram L. Wolstein ’53 HOF ’17

Justice Francis E. Sweeney, Sr. ’63 HOF ’17

Congressman Louis Stokes ’53 HOF ’17

Elsie Tarcai ’42 & Violet Tarcai’43 HOF ’17

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Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a ripple of hope…

– Robert F. Kennedy

Congratulations Richard W. Pogue Long-Time Legal Aid Supporter and all other 2018 Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Hall of Fame Honorees!

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Hall of Fame.

Thank You! Our 2nd Annual C|M|LAW Hall of Fame Induction Celebration is a success due to the support of many people. Dean Lee Fisher and the Advancement Department, Amy L. Miller and Ashley M. Presutto, would like to extend a grateful thank you to the following alumni, students, faculty, and staff who helped make this event possible. We regret any inadvertent omissions.

Selection Committee While membership is anonymous, we would like to thank each committee member for their hard work and dedication in selecting our outstanding 2018 Honorees. It was a difficult job!

Logistics Committee

Hall of Fame Volunteers

Student Ambassadors

Laverne Carter, Office Coordinator Patricia Donovan, Administrative Assistant Holli Goodman, Administrative Assistant Jill Natran, Administrative Coordinator Elaine Terman, Director of Marketing

Ivana Batkovic Sarah Beznoska Amy Burchfield Laverne Carter Genaro DeMonte Heather DiFranco Patricia Donovan Jon Elias Colette Emerson Holli Goodman Donna Helfrich Emry Hollopeter Mary Jane McGinty Jean Packard Laura Ray Lisa Smilnak

Student Ambassador Coordinator: Matthew Wagner

Hall of Fame Video Student Singers Thank you to Sara Sullivan, Second Story Productions, and Professor Angelin Chang for helping our students shine in the Hall of Fame video!

Jewel Heath-Thompson Elizabeth K. Klucher Emily Kontur Ashley Nemeh Keith Petersen Michael R. Watkins

Sharon Baden Jackson Biesecker Jed Chedid Dylan Daugherty Lauren A. Davis Emily Day Abbe Duah Danielle Easton Vanessa Gomez Luke Goode Victoria Hamilton Dairian Heard Grace Hurley Vince Hynes Susan Jacobsen William Killmeyer Ashley Kirk Daniel Kloos

Elizabeth K. Klucher Liz Jackson Joe Lucchesi Eamonn McDermott Isabella McKnight Matthew Moretto Joseph Primiano Ashley Saferight Ashton Shaner Caitlin Steiner Renee Stromski P.J. Sullivan Jameson Tibbs Lauren Wazevich Matt Weisman

We are especially thankful to the following: Jennifer A. Wilson, Class of 2012 and owner of Jennifer Alexa Event Planning LLC, for her generous support in event planning.

Steven W. Percy ’79, Leader-in-Residence, Carter E. Strang ’84, Leader-in-Residence, and P. Kelly Tompkins ’81, Leader-inResidence and Vice Chair, Board of Visitors, for their fundraising support.

Special thanks to our Board of Visitors and Alumni Association Board for their generous support of the Hall of Fame.