Chapter Wins
Outstanding Chapter and Newsletter Awards
The
FBA-NDOC has been awarded two of the highest FBA honors
given to a Chapter. At the FBA National Convention later
this month, the Chapter will be presented the Outstanding
Chapter Award as well as the Outstanding Newsletter
Recognition Award for the Chapter's Inter Alia newsletter.
Chapter President Carter Strang thanks all of our Chapter
members as well as the Chapter's dedicated and hard working
Board of Directors for making these awards possible, with
special thanks to the Newsletter Committee and its Chair
Steve Jett.
The FBA-NDOC
Newsletter Inter
Alia August 2010
Issue is Now On-Line
The FBA-NDOC August 2010 Issue of Inter Alia is now
available on-line. Click here to view the August 2010
Issue.
Members of the Northern District of Ohio Chapter of the
Federal Bar Association are invited to submit an article
for the next issue of Inter
Alia.
If you are interested in writing an article, please contact
Stephen H. Jett at (216) 706-3874 or sjett@taftlaw.com.
FBA-NDOC
State of the Court Luncheon 2010
Join us for the 2010 State of the Court Luncheon on Monday,
September 13 at the Marriott Cleveland Downtown. Chief
Judge Solomon Oliver, Jr. and Chief Judge Marilyn
Shea-Stonum will report on matters of interest to
practitioners in our district. We will also welcome
Magistrate Judge James R. Knepp, II. For more information
and to register for the luncheon, please click
here.
Congratulations
to Richard Blake, the 2010 Iron Lawyer Champion!
The Chapter hosted the 2010 Iron Lawyer Competition on
Friday, August 13 in Cleveland. Richard H. Blake, a partner
in the Cleveland office of Bricker & Eckler, was named
this year's Iron Lawyer. Congratulations Richard! More
details on this seminar will follow.
The FBA-NDOC is offering twelve CLE credits you (or someone
you know) must have this year
As of 2009, all new Ohio lawyers must complete 12 hours of
specialized New Lawyer Training credits in their first
reporting period. The Federal Bar Association responded and
is now offering our 2010 New Lawyer Training Curriculum - a
series of five substantive NLT seminars designed to offer
new lawyers the kind of practical training they need at the
beginning of their careers. Speakers include federal and
state judges, prosecutors and prominent attorneys from our
community.
The Curriculum kicks off on Friday, March
26 with a
seminar entitled "What They
Didn't Teach You in Law School." The remaining four programs are
offered in May, July, September and November. The programs
will be videotaped, so if you can't make the date of the
live program, you can still fulfill your NLT requirements.
In addition, after each of these Friday afternoon seminars
all attendees are invited to a wine and beer reception
where they can network with panelists, our federal judges
and their staffs. For
all programs, applications for accreditation as New Lawyer
Training programs will be submitted to the Supreme Court.
The fourth seminar in this
Curriculum will be held on Friday,
September 17. This seminar, entitled "A Whole
Trial in 3 Hours" (an application requesting 3.0 hours New
Lawyer general credit has been submitted to the Supreme
Court of Ohio) will discuss voir dire, opening statements,
examination of witnesses, and closings.
For more information, click here.
Chapter's Night at Severance Hall - "Music to the Ears"
The Chapter's annual "Members Only" summer social event was
held this year at Cleveland's historic Severance Hall, home
to the world famous Cleveland Orchestra. Some 98 members
registered for the event--titled "Music, Law and Friends,"
organized by Immediate Past President Ellen Toth and
Chapter Bd. member Tony Vegh. After cocktails and hor
d'oeuvres in the beautiful atrium, the guests were ushered
on stage to hear presentations by Gary Hanson, Executive
Director of The Cleveland Orchestra, and by Mark Avesc, a
Partner with Benesh, Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff, LLP
an adjunct professor of music law at Case Western Reserve
College of Law and award-winning musician. The evening
concluded with guided tours of Severance Hall and cocktails
and desert in the atrium. To view photos from this fabulous
evening, please check our event photographs page.
Rennillo
Rewards Program
Please see the Rennillo Rewards Program page of our web
site for information on this exciting new program for
FBA-NDOC members.
Welcome New Chapter Representative
We are pleased to welcome Steven M. Dettelbach as our new
Chapter Representative. Steve is with the U. S. Attorney's
Office for the Northern District of Ohio.
Welcome New Members!
Welcome to the following new members who joined the
Northern District of Ohio Chapter in May:
Douglas A. Andrews, Law Offices
of Douglas A. Andrews
Fritz E. Berckmueller, Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP
Maria A. Citeroni, Thompson Hine LLP
Eric S. Daniel, Thompson Hine LLP
Catherine T. Dunlay, Taft Stetlinlius & Hollister LLP
Julie R. Fenstermaker, Frantz Ward LLP
Christine M. Garritano, Roetzel & Andress LPA
Khary Hanible, Kerger & Hartman LLC
Christina M. Janice, Community Legal Aid Services, Inc.
Daniel M. Katz, Attorney at Law
Patrick R. Kramer, Friedman & Associates
Ellen M. Lander
Bozana Lazic, Roetzel & Andress LPA
Lauren H. Marshall, Hart Smith Law Offices
Matthew C. Marshall, Hart Smith Law Offices
Daniel P. Moore, Schuster & Simmons Co. PLA
Lori A. Pinjuh, Margaret W. Wong & Associates
Rachel L. Steinlage, Meyers Roman Friedberg & Lewis
Julie A. Trout
MacAllister A. West, Hahn Loeser & Park LLP
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