ALUMNI & FRIENDS
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1966
Stanton H. Vollman was inducted as treasurer of the Cincinnati Bar Association at the annual meeting luncheon in April 2011. He is a member of Cohen, Todd, Kite & Stanford, LLC, where he concentrates on estate planning, probate, family businesses, and federal and state taxation.
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1968
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Richard C. Goodwin, a U.S. Administrative Law Judge (A.L.J.) in the Office of Hearings, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., was elevated to Chair of the American Bar Association Judicial Division during the recent Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ont., Canada, in August 2011.
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Judge Harvey Bressler retired from the 12th District Court of Appeals in February 2011 after 29 years of judicial service.
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1972 Judge W. Kenneth Zuk, was appointed to the Clermont County Municipal Court in Batavia, Ohio, in January 2011.
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1974
Gary A. Billig has started Gary A. Billig, Attorney at Law. His practice focuses on bankruptcy law, criminal law, and on family law.
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Judge Thomas R. Herman was elected to the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas General Division in Batavia, Ohio, for a term beginning January 2011.
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M. Gayle Hoffman announced the opening of her law office, The Hoffman Firm, PSC, in Newport, Ky. Her practice focuses on adoption, family law, mediation, wills, and probates.
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1981 Judge Richard A. Woeste was elected Campbell County Family Court judge for a term beginning in January 2011.
1977 Judge Richard P. Ferenc was elected to the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas General Division in Batavia, Ohio for a term beginning January 2011.
1970
Gary Mitchel Lippert, who recently retired from a law practice in Hamilton County after 40 years, has opened a new law office in his hometown of Wilmington, Ohio. His focus will be in estate planning, preparation of wills and trusts, and probate areas of the law.
1975
1980
Judge Anthony W. Frohlich was a visiting professor at Inter American University School of Law in Puerto Rico January 10-14, where he taught a course on judicial decision-making. Bob Hoffer, partner at Dressman Benzinger LaVelle, PSC, was appointed to the board of the Tri-County Economic Development Corporation. It is a nonprofit economic development organization dedicated to expanding the Northern Kentucky economy by providing expert assistance to the manufacturing, professional, technology, and aviation sectors.
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1982
John P. Tafaro, member of Kohnen & Patton, LLP, was inducted as secretary of the Cincinnati Bar Association at the annual meeting luncheon in April 2011. He also serves as President of Chatfield College. Paul Whalen was elected chairman of the Campbell County Democratic Party’s executive committee.
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1984
John McGill III, has retired as ethics counsel with the office of attorney ethics of the Supreme Court of New Jersey after more than 20 years of service. He has been appointed municipal prosecutor with the Township of Willingboro, N.J. He also has begun a solo private law practice focusing on attorney disciplinary, criminal, and municipal court defense as well as consumer fraud and personal injury matters.
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1985 Judge Karen A. Thomas, Campbell County District Court, received the Chief Justice’s Special Service Award at the Kentucky Bar