Daniel R. McCarthy Sr., 1954 (1924–2011) Daniel ‘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). Kenneth Liffman (1979) is Managing Principal of the firm. 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.
Judge Joseph F. McManamon, 1950 (1919–2014) Joseph ‘Joe’ McManamon served as a lieutenant in the Navy in the South Pacific during World War II and after returning from deployment, worked for the Cleveland Police Department as a homicide detective and an instructor at the Police Academy while also attending Cleveland-Marshall Law School. He worked in private practice with his wife, the Honorable Ann McManamon (1950), for almost 20 years before serving as the civilian head of the police and fire departments as Cleveland’s safety director from 1968–1970. He was active in the civil rights movement during the 1960s and worked to elect Carl Stokes as Mayor of Cleveland in the face of extreme bigotry, including death threats. He began his career on the bench in 1977, serving first on the Cleveland Municipal Court and then on the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas until retiring in 1993.
Dr. Bernice G. Miller, 1951 (1917–2015) Bernice Miller was the first woman to be appointed an officer of the Ohio Bar Association and the first woman to be elected to public office in Seven Hills. She earned an LL.M. in 1963 and an LL.D., Doctor of Legal Letters, in 1968. In 1969, first lady Pat Nixon invited her to an event at the White House marking the centennial of women in law practice in the United States. She was instrumental as the first female attorney to initiate spousal abuse laws in Ohio, practicing law out of her Seven Hills office into her mid-80s. When she passed away, donations in her memory were made to the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Annual Fund.
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