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The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal (ISSN 0160-1598)
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CMBA OFFICERS
Ian N. Friedman, President
Joseph N. Gross, President-Elect
Rosalina M. Fini, Vice President
Ann M. Caresani, Treasurer
Valissa Turner Howard, Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion
Rebecca Ruppert McMahon, Secretary & CEO
CMBA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Awatef Assad Kira S. Kittoe-Krivosh
Matthew D. Besser Dennis Medica
Jeffrey A. Brauer Jay Milano
Laura W. Creed Kathleen A. Nitschke
Matthew D. Gurbach Hon. John J. Russo
Thomas G. Haren Beth Ann Schenz
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
Kevin P. Donoughe, Young Lawyers Representative
Lee Fisher, Law School Dean
Bruce M. Hennes, Public Representative
Patrick J. Krebs, CMBF President
You have a situation. Sarah McFarlane Polly, Law School Representative
Marlon A. Primes, Immediate Past President
We have a strategy. CMBF OFFICERS
Patrick J. Krebs, President
Carter E. Strang, President-Elect
John F. Kostelnik, Vice President of Finance
Because the Court of Public Opinion is always in session. Rebecca Ruppert McMahon, Secretary & CEO
CMBF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Rosanne Aumiller Eric B. Levasseur
Mary Catherine Barrett Scott M. Lewis
Katherine D. Brandt Kenneth S. Luchesi
Paul Capka Lee Ann O’Brien
Pamela A. Daiker-Middaugh Anthony J. O’Malley
Steven W. Day Elena A. Ray
Louise Dempsey Michael G. Riley
Nicholas A. DiCello Marquettes D. Robinson
Ruth E. Hartman Matthew A. Secrist
Kerin Lyn Kaminski Meredith C. Shoop
Matthew J. Kucharson Leslie E. Wargo
Jeffrey J. Lauderdale Richard G. Zeiger
John W. Lebold Larry W. Zukerman
Jonathan B. Leiken
Stephanie E. Dutchess Trudeau, Immediate Past President
Bruce Hennes Thom Fladung Mark A. Cicero, Young Lawyers Representative
Nora Jacobs Howard Fencl Stephanie York Joseph N. Gross, CMBA President-Elect
Roni Sokol, CMBA Presidential Designee

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