Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Visiting Committee

About the Committee

The Cleveland-Marshall Visiting Committee, composed of approximately 30 of the area's leading attorneys, judges, business, and community leaders, advises the law school on state and local issues affecting the law school and legal education.   The Visiting Committee, collectively and through its members, works to strengthen the law school and assists the Dean and the law school in the areas of admissions, advocacy, development, and reputation.

Chairperson:


Mr. Stephen G. Sozio, '83
Jones Day


Members of the Visiting Committee 2009-2010

Mr. Steven M. Auvil, '93
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Ms. Teresa M. Beasley '92
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, LLP

Mr. Edward Blakemore
Senior Counsel
Eaton Corporation

Mr. Peter J. Brodhead, '79
Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber LLP

Mr. Gerald B. Chattman
Buckingham, Doolittle and Burroughs, LLP

Ms. Colleen M. Cotter
Executive Director
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

Ms. Tracy D. Crandall, '97
Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

Ms. Carol F. Dakin, '69
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

Ms. Sue Marie Douglas
Office Managing Shareholder
Littler Mendelson

Mr. Scott C. Finerman '87
CFO and Vice President
Second Generation Ltd.

Mr. Michael E. Gibbons, '81
Senior Managing Director and Principal
Brown Gibbons Lang & Company

Mr. Patrick F. Haggerty, '84
Frantz Ward LLP

Ms. Kerin L. Kaminski, '84
Giffen & Kaminski, LLC

Mr. Arthur M. Kaufman, '83
Hahn Loeser + Parks LLP

Mr. Kenneth Liffman, '79
Managing Partner
McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman, Co., L.P.A.

Honorable Lance T. Mason
Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

Mr. Mark D. McGinley, '82
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Steris Corporation

Mr. Howard D. Mishkind, '80
Becker & Mishkind Co., L.P.A.

Mr. David Paris,'78
Managing Partner
Nurenberg, Paris, Heller & McCarthy Co., L.P.A.

Ms. Susan E. Petersen, '97
Petersen & Ibold

Ms. Carole S. Rendon
 Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney
United States Attorney’s Office - Cleveland

Ms. Irene Holyk Rennillo, '83
President
Rennillo Deposition and Discovery

Ms. Michelle J. Sheehan, '93
Reminger Co., L.P.A.

Mr. Stephen G. Sozio, '83
Jones Day

Honorable Melody S. Stewart, '88
Eighth District Court of Appeals of Ohio

Ms. Karen E. Swanson Haan, '07
Baker & Hostetler LLP

Honorable Joan L. Synenberg '87
Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

Mr. Robert Tucker
Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

Mr. Alan H. Weinberg
Managing Partner
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.

Mr. David E. Weiss
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Developers Diversified Realty Corporation

Ms. Deborah W. Yue, '94
Gallagher Sharp

 


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