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The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal (ISSN 0160-1598)
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Brennan Donnellan, Marketing & Communications Director
The Ethics Hotline is available to CMBA Rebecca Ruppert McMahon, Publisher
members who have questions about their CMBA OFFICERS
Ian N. Friedman, President
own prospective conduct as it relates to Joseph N. Gross, President-Elect
Rosalina M. Fini, Vice President
the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct. Ann M. Caresani, Treasurer
Valissa Turner Howard, Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion
Call the Ethics Hotline at: Rebecca Ruppert McMahon, Secretary & CEO
CMBA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Awatef Assad Kira S. Kittoe-Krivosh
(216) 696-3525 Jeffrey A. Brauer Jay Milano
Matthew D. Besser
Dennis Medica
Laura W. Creed
Kathleen A. Nitschke
Matthew D. Gurbach
Beth Ann Schenz
Thomas G. Haren Hon. John J. Russo
Jennifer M. Himmelein Neal E. Shapero
Mag. Anne Walton Keller Khalida A. Sims
Gabrielle T. Kelly John P. Slagter
Tami M. Bolder, Public Representative
Colleen M. Cotter, Legal Aid Representative
Hon. William K. Thomas Kevin P. Donoughe, Young Lawyers Representative
Lee Fisher, Law School Dean
PROFESSIONALISM Bruce M. Hennes, Public Representative
Patrick J. Krebs, CMBF President
AWARD CMBF OFFICERS
Sarah McFarlane Polly, Law School Representative
Marlon A. Primes, Immediate Past President
Patrick J. Krebs, President
Carter E. Strang, President-Elect
John F. Kostelnik, Vice President of Finance
Rebecca Ruppert McMahon, Secretary & CEO
CMBF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NOMINATIONS NEEDED! Rosanne Aumiller Eric B. Levasseur
Scott M. Lewis
Mary Catherine Barrett
Katherine D. Brandt Kenneth S. Luchesi
The CMBA requests nominations for the Hon. William K. Thomas Paul Capka Lee Ann O’Brien
Anthony J. O’Malley
Pamela A. Daiker-Middaugh
Professionalism Award to honor a lawyer or judge who has significantly Steven W. Day Michael G. Riley
contributed to the enhancement of professionalism in the Greater Louise Dempsey Marquettes D. Robinson
Matthew A. Secrist
Nicholas A. DiCello
Cleveland legal community by exemplifying the goals of the Ohio Supreme Ruth E. Hartman Meredith C. Shoop
Court’s A Lawyer’s Creed and A Lawyer’s Aspirational Ideals and by Kerin Lyn Kaminski Leslie E. Wargo
Matthew J. Kucharson
James N. Young
furthering the ideals expressed in the Mission of the CMBA. The award Jeffrey J. Lauderdale Richard G. Zeiger
Larry W. Zukerman
John W. Lebold
will be presented at the CMBA’s Annual Meeting on June 5th. Jonathan B. Leiken
Stephanie E. Dutchess Trudeau, Immediate Past President
Mark A. Cicero, Young Lawyers Representative
SUBMIT NOMINATIONS BY FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2020 TO: Joseph N. Gross, CMBA President-Elect
Ethics and Professionalism Committee Roni Sokol, CMBA Presidential Designee
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