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Sarah nemastil

Firm/Company: Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg
Title: Associate Attorney
CMBA Join Date: 2009
undergrad: Myers university
Law School: Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Joe Lanter WHAT dO YOU LOve YOU ABOUT
YOUr JOB?
Family Law Section Co-Chair The people I work with. We are a great team
(almost like family, really). Also, our partners are
Firm/Company: Lanter Legal, LLC very supportive to me – they have mentored
Title: owner and Principal me and are not afraid to let me take on new
CMBA Join Date: 2012 responsibilities to broaden my skill set. And, we
undergrad: Saint Louis university have wonderful clients who challenge us to do the
Law School: university of Missouri-Columbia best work we can every day.
CAn YOU PLAY An InSTrUMenT? fAvOrITe CLeveLAnd HOT SPOT
Yes. I’ve been playing guitar for more than 25 years. I would have to say the Prosperity Social Club
in Tremont. My husband and I fell in love
WHY dId YOU JOIn THe CMBA? with Prosperity after trying the Gouda Burger
Being new to Northeast Ohio in 2011, it was a several years back. The food is fantastic and the
challenge to get to know people in such a close-knit atmosphere is great (it has all the good memories
legal community. The CMBA has provided me with Leigh Prugh from your grandmother’s basement). Our three-
many opportunities to network and get to know my year-old daughter also loves to play with the
wonderful colleagues, many of whom have grown to bowling machine in the back.
be good friends. Firm/Company: Nee Law Firm, LLC
Title: Attorney WHen HAve YOU Seen THe CMBA
TeLL US ABOUT YOUr fIrST ever JOB. CMBA Join Date: 2015 MISSIOn AT WOrK?
When I was 15 I was a “Carry Out Clerk” for a undergrad: Miami university As a volunteer attorney for the CMBA’s Cleveland
small, neighborhood grocery store in Kansas City. Law School: Case Western Reserve School of Law Homeless Legal Assistance Program (CHLAP), I
I bagged groceries and carried them out to the referred a gentleman who wanted to divorce his
customer’s car. I had to wear a bow-tie, but it was a If YOU Were nOT PrACTICIng LAW, estranged wife, but had very little resources, to
wonderful first job. WHAT WOULd YOUr PrOfeSSIOn Be? the CMBA’s Pro Se Divorce Clinic. Several months
Stand-up comedy or civil engineering.
later, I ran into this gentlemen at a follow-up
TeLL US ABOUT YOUr fAMILY. CHLAP clinic, and he let me know that he obtained
I am married to a wonderful woman named WHAT dO YOU dO fOr fUn? his divorce with the help of the Pro Se Divorce
Pam who is a Physical Therapist. We have three See the picture. Clinic. It was wonderful to see, first hand, two of
sons: Sean (7), TJ (4), and Evan (2) and a dog WOULd YOU COnSIder the CMBA’s Pro Bono Programs make a difference
named Murphy. in someone’s life.
vOLUnTeerIng fOr A One-WAY
One fUn fACT ABOUT YOU? MISSIOn TO MArS? WHY Or WHY nOT? WHAT’S On YOUr BUCKeT LIST?
Growing up in Kansas City, I competed in many large I don’t see Mars having a strong legal market at this I am very Polish and one of these days am going to
BBQ competitions with my Dad. Our team name time, so I’d say currently it wouldn’t be prudent. visit Poland. While I am a proud “Cleveland Polska,” I
was “From Whiskers to Tail” and I still fire up my WHen HAve YOU Seen THe CMBA would really like to see more of my roots.
smoker as often as I can!
MISSIOn AT WOrK?
During legal clinics, and promotions such as Reach One fUn fACT ABOUT YOU?
Out. I’d like to see the CMBA have more input on I am a big Fleetwood Mac fan. I just finished reading
impending legislation. We might not all agree, but “Gold Dust Woman” and cannot wait to see them
discussion would be beneficial. live in Cleveland (even without Lindsey Buckingham).
WHAT Are YOUr gOALS fOr
THe COMIng YeAr?
I would really like to try more cases, InTereSTed In BeIng
and specifically cases that I think I
could never win. You never feATUred Or KnOW
know until you try, right? SOMeOne WHO MIgHT?
(See how I’m a natural for E-mail Jackie Baraona at:
stand-up comedy?)
jbaraona@clemetrobar.org.

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