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



Visit Us on Facebook

Visit our Facebook page to connect with other members, communicate with us and to view our latest posts, information about upcoming events and photographs of recent events.

Click here to Find Us on Facebook.