Consisting of 32 active alumni and one current student representative, and spanning several decades of class years, members of the Law Alumni Association Board demonstrate professional excellence in the corporate, non-profit, private and public sectors.
President
Matthew OConnell 83
Partner, Sutter OConnell
Vice President
Rhonda Baker Debevec '97
Attorney, Debevec Law Firm
Secretary / Treasurer
Margaret "Maggie" J. Grover 83
Mediator, Investigator, Counselor, Workplace Solutions
Past President
Nicole Braden Lewis (LAW '01)
Partner, Tucker Ellis LLP
Members
- Ahmed Abonamah 08; Chief Financial Officer, City of Cleveland
- Carly Cathlyn Barnes 21; Associate, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
- Robert Breetz 19; Associate, Jones Day
- McClellon Don Cox 19; U.S. Attorneys Office, No. District of Georgia
- David B. Cupar 99; Member; Chair, Intellectual Property Department; Board of Directors, McDonald Hopkins
- Lauryn Durham 21; Associate, Squire Patton Boggs
- Judge Michelle Early 99; Cleveland Municipal Court
- Craig Elkins 08; VP, Corporate & Healthcare Law, Fresnius Kabi USA
- Anne Lederman Flamm 95 ; Adjunct Faculty/Director, Health Law & Policy Research Lab
- Laura Friedman 13; Sr. Director of Professional Development, Taft Stettinius & Hollister
- Matt Grashoff 13; Partner, Hahn, Loeser & Parks
- Gabe Kaufman 23; Associate, Thompson Hine
- Morgan Kearse 15; VP, Sr. Corporate Counsel, Kroll
- Yao Liu 14; Shareholder, Cavitch Familo & Durkin
- Heather Ludwig 11; Trade Compliance Counsel, Nidec Americas Holding Corp.
- Adam Marshall 99; Managing Partner, Lorium Law
- Bonnie McNee 17; Managing Legal Counsel, Wolters Kluwer
- Thomas Mester 69; Retired Senior Partner, Nurenberg, Paris, Heller & McCarthy
- Mark Mikhaiel 13; Partner, Schneider Smeltz Spieth Bell LLP
- Karen Greve Milton 81; Danosky & Associates LLC
- Obasi Ndukwe 25; 3L Student Representative
- James Pasch 10; Regional Director, Anti-Defamation League
- Stephen Schlegelmilch 00; Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
- Jay Shapiro 80; Partner, White and Williams LLP
- Melanie Shakarian 03; Dir. of Development & Communications, Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
- Judith Steiner 87; Executive VP & Chief Risk Officer, Banner Bank
- Myra Barsoum Stockett 99; Partner, Reminger Co. LPA
- Brooke Tyus 18; Legal Counsel, The Wendys Company
- Andrew Young 99; Managing Partner, Truck Crash Survivors & Families