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YOUNG LAWERS                 FEATURE



             I  have  had  the  opportunity  to  assist  my   as different generations of attorneys in an effort to   that this year has brought me and most certainly
            boss, Ian Friedman, in teaching Cybercrime at   create a vital network of support.   looking forward to what’s to come.
            Cleveland-Marshall. While co-teaching with Ian,   Being a young, female, criminal defense
            I am continually learning. I feel so grateful to go   attorney is not an easy task. Some of the struggles
            back to the place that taught me so much about   I face on a daily basis and the bumps and bruises   Madelyn J. Grant is an associate
            legal theory and critical thinking and prepared   I’ve gotten in my first year of practice are not   attorney at Friedman & Nemecek,
            me so well to deal with the many obstacles I have   those I necessarily remember with a smile on my   L.L.C. Her practice is focused on
            faced. I have done my best to find the time to join   face, however, I appreciate each and every one of   defending against complex cybercrime
            various organizations, and find those that I am   them. These bumps and bruises have taught me   allegations throughout the United
            passionate about. I have found solace and support   more about myself and the practice of law then   States and abroad, as well as allegations of sexual
            in the Young Lawyers Section of the CMBA   I could have ever imagined I would learn in just   assault and child pornography. She co-teaches
            and  the  Cuyahoga  County  Defense  Lawyers   one year. I have come to understand that getting   Cybercrime at the Cleveland-Marshall College of
            Association. Joining these organizations has   comfortable with being uncomfortable is half   Law. For more information, Madelyn can be contacted
            allowed me to meet other young lawyers as well   the battle.  For that, I am both grateful for all   at (216) 928-7700 or mjg@fanlegal.com.

                                                    welcome



                 Rachel Al-Alami                                                              Marni F. Santoro
                                         NEW
                                                                                              Ohio Lottery Commission
                 Tyler G. Aust           MEMBERS
                 Jones Day                                                                    John Mackenzie Sayers
                 Mark A. Belasic                                                              Sheena Schiffer
                 Jones Day          Chloe DeAngelis     Morgan Helgreen    Lisa Arlyn Lowe    Cross Country
                                                        Skirbunt + Skirbunt LLC  Meyers, Roman, Friedberg   Mortgage, LLC
                 Caitlin A. Bell    Michael Deemer                         & Lewis
                 Jones Day          Downtown Cleveland   Nathan E. Hill                       Stephen J. Schultz
                                    Alliance                               Chelsea Elizabeth   Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell &
                 Blake Adam Benson                      Michael Hurst      Lynn               Tummino,  LLP
                                    Sarah Ellen Duke    Probate Juvenile Court for   Friedman & Nemecek, L.L.C.
                 Robert A. Bianchi                      Geauga County                         H. Jeffrey Schwartz
                                    Anastasia Alyce Elder                  Robert Lawrence    Calfee, Halter &
                 Jaime M. Bouvier                       Rachel Ippolito    McEvoy             Griswold LLP
                 Case Western Reserve   Cathryn R. Ensign   Jones Day      Buckley King LPA
                 University School of Law  The Gertsburg Law Firm                             Eric Schwarz
                                    Co., LPA            Zachary Peter      Spencer Allen      Bank of New York Mellon
                 Robert Breetz                          Kachevas           Michaels
                 Jones Day          Adam L. Glassman                       Pepple & Waggoner, Ltd.  Samia Shaheen
                                    McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal &   Noah Thomas Kaim
                 Aaron Burnside     Liffman Co., LPA    Boyd Watterson Asset   Brian Miller   Isaac Shimsky-Agosto
                 Jones Day                              Management LLC
                                    Carolina Gonzalez                      Isaac Tom Monah    Taylor Slivka
                 Daniel C. Buser                        Rebecca Kendis     Michael Shaut Law Offices
                 Crain Langner & Company  Kyle Patrick Graham   Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic  LPA  Allison Smith
                                    McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal &
                 Hannah Elizabeth   Liffman Co., LPA    Lauryn Kitchen     Tess D. Notaro     Sara Starrfield
                 Caldwell                               Diemert & Associates Co.,   Koehler Fitzgerald LLC  Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan
                 Thompson Hine LLP  Margaret M. Greco   L.P.A.                                & Aronoff LLP
                                                                           Lisa Marie
                 Joan L. Carlin     Caitlan Grombka-    Jamielle M.        Novosat-Gradert    Talia Sukol
                 J.L. Carlin        Murphy              Lamson-Buscho      EnviroScience
                                                        Cuyahoga County                       Cullen G. Sweeney
                 Claudia Cash       Malinda D. Harp     Prosecutor’s Office  Natalie Paule    Cuyahoga County Public
                 BakerHostetler                                                               Defender Office
                                    Olia A. Harris      DeAngelo A. LaVette  Brittany M. Payne
                 Luke W. Cleland    Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan           Schneider Smeltz Spieth   Candace Wahba
                 University Hospitals Health   & Aronoff LLP  Sarah E. Lintern  Bell LLP
                 System, Inc.                                                                 Michael Watson
                                    Richard Haseltine, III  Ann Marie LoConti  Matthew I. Pollack   Abel & Zocolo, LPA
                 Anthony James Cox                                         Ulmer & Berne LLP
                 Calfee, Halter &    Cheryl A. Haynes   Joseph Edward                         Matt Weisman
                 Griswold LLP       Haynes & Associates  LoConti           Michael Prijatel
                                                        LoConti Law Group                     Jacob David Westfall
                 Austin Davis                                              Meggan Rawlin





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