Officers
PRESIDENT
Carter E. Strang
Member, CLE Committee
Tucker Ellis & West LLP
1100 Huntington Building
925 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44115-1475
Tel: (216) 696-1100/(216) 696-3956
Fax: (216) 696-2645
carter.strang@tuckerellis.com
www.tuckerellis.com
VICE PRESIDENT
Diana M. Thimmig
Chair, Membership Committee
Roetzel & Andress
1375 East Ninth Street
One Cleveland Center, Ninth floor
Cleveland, OH 44114
Tel: (216) 623-0150
Fax: (216) 623-0134
dthimmig@ralaw.com
www.ralaw.com
TREASURER
Jason A. Hill
Member, Membership Committee
Member, Program Committee
6th District Court of Appeals
One Constitution Ave
Toledo, OH 43604
Tel: (419) 213-4755
Fax: (419) 213-4844
Jahill@co.lucas.oh.us
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ELECTED DIRECTORS
Rocco I. Debitetto
Vice-Chair, Newsletter Committee
Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
3300 BP Tower
200 Public Square
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2301
Tel: (216) 274-2374
Fax: (216) 241-2824
ridebitetto@hahnlaw.com
www.hahnlaw.com
Sanford E. Watson
Chair, Media and Public Relations Committee
Member, Program Committee
Tucker Ellis & West LLP
1150 Huntington Building
925 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
Tel: (216) 696-2385
Fax: 216) 592-5009
sanford.watson@tuckerellis.com
DIRECTORS AT LARGE
Hon. Randolph Baxter
Member, Program Committee
United States Bankruptcy Judge
United States Bankruptcy Court
Northern District of Ohio
H. W. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse
201 Superior Avenue East
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1309
Tel: (216) 522-4373, Ext. 3063
Fax: (216) 522-4791
randolph_baxter@ohnb.uscourts.gov
Kenneth A. Bravo
Member, CLE Committee
Ulmer & Berne LLP
Skylight Office Tower
1660 West 2nd Street
Suite 1100
Cleveland, Ohio 44113-1448
Tel: (216) 583-7000
Tel: (216) 583-7102 (direct)
Fax: (216) 583-7103
kbravo@ulmer.com
www.ulmer.com
Tim L. Collins
Collins & Scanlon LLP
50 Public Square
Suite 3300
Cleveland, Ohio 44113-2294
Tel: (216) 696-0022
Fax: (216) 696-1166
tcollins@collins-scanlon.com
www.collins-scanlon.com
Catherine Garcia-Feehan
Law Clerk to the Hon. David A. Katz
United States District Court
Northern District of Ohio
215 U.S. Courthouse
1704 Spielbusch Avenue
Toledo, Ohio 43624
Tel: (419) 213-5712
Fax: (419) 213-5720
Catherine_Garcia-Feehan@ohnd.uscourts.gov
Edward A. Icove
Member, Membership and CLE Committees
Icove Legal Group, Ltd.
50 Public Square, Suite 627
Terminal Tower
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Tel: (216) 802-0000
Fax: (216) 802-0002
ed@icovelegal.com
Kenneth Kowalski
Clinical Professor of Law
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
2121 Euclid Avenue, LB 138
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Tel: (216) 687-3947
Fax: (216) 687-9297
Kenneth.Kowalski@law.csuohio.edu
www.cusohio.edu
George L. McGaughey, Jr.
McDonald Hopkins Co., LPA
2100 Bank One Center
600 Superior Avenue, East
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2653
Tel: (216) 348-5703
Fax: (216) 348-5474
gmcgaughey@mcdonaldhopkins.com
www.mcdonaldhopkins.com
Hon. Benita Pearson
United States Magistrate Judge
United State District Court
Northern District of Ohio
480 United States Court House
Federal Building
Two South Main Street
Akron, OH 44308-1813
Tel: (330) 252-6170
Fax: (330) 252-6175
Meggan A. Rawlin
Co-Chair, Younger Lawyers Committee
Jones Day
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1190
Tel: (216) 586-3939
Fax: (216) 579-0212
mrawlin@jonesday.com
www.jonesday.com
Geri M. Smith
Member, CLE and Program Committees
Clerk of Court
United States District Court
Northern District of Ohio
Carl B. Stokes U.S. Court House
801 West Superior Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44113-1830
Tel: (216) 357-7000/(216) 357-7068
Fax: (216) 357-7066
geri_m_smith@ohnd.uscourts.gov
Vicki L. Ward
Attorney at Law
113 St. Clair Avenue
Suite 530
Cleveland, OH 44114
Tel: (216) 696-5580
Fax: 216) 696-5556
barrusterv@aol.com
Bruce H. Wilson
Member, CLE Committee
789 West Market
Akron, OH 44303
Tel: (330) 253-8300
Fax: (330) 650-1129
brucewilsonesq@aol.com
ACTIVE PAST PRESIDENTS
Aaron H. Bulloff
Member, CLE Committee
Member, Program Committee
Kadish, Hinkel & Weibel LPA
1717 East Ninth Street
Suite 2112
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Tel: (216) 696-3030
Fax: (216) 696-3492
abulloff@khwlaw.com
www.khwlaw.com
Joseph T. Dattilo
Brouse McDowell LPA
1001 Lakeside Avenue
Suite 1600
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Tel: (216) 830-6830/(216) 830-6833
Fax: (216) 830-6807
jdattilo@brouse.com
www.brouse.com
Arthur M. Kaufman
Member, CLE Committee
Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
3300 BP Tower
200 Public Square
Cleveland, OH 44114-2301
Phone: (216) 621-0150/(216) 274-2263
Fax: (216) 274-2463
amkaufman@hahnlaw.com
www.hahnlaw.com
Steven Paffilas
Chair, Nominations and Elections Committee
Member, Program Committee
Carl B. Stokes U.S. Court House
801 West Superior Avenue
Suite 400
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Tel: (216) 622-3698
Fax: (216) 522-2404
steven.paffilas@usdoj.gov
Dennis Zapka
McLaughlin & McCaffrey, LLP
Eaton Center, Suite 1350
1111 Superior Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114-2500
Tel: (216) 623-0900
dpz@paladin-law.com
BOARD REPRESENTATIVES
Public Representative
Barbara Paynter
Member, Media and Public Relations Committee
Hennes Paynter Communications LLC
17438 Clifton Blvd
Lakewood, OH 44107
Tel: (216) 227-0867
Fax: (216) 916-4405
paynter@crisis
communications.com
The University of Akron School of Law Representatives
Associate Dean William S. Jordan, III
The University of Akron
School of Law
150 University Avenue
Akron, OH 44325-2901
Tel: (330) 972-6751
Fax: (330) 258-2343
jordan@uakron.edu
Ellen Lander (3L)
Julie Trout (2L)
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Representatives
Professor Kenneth Kowalski
Clinical Professor of Law
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
2121 Euclid Avenue, LB 138
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Tel: (216) 687-3947
Fax: (216) 687-9297
Kenneth.Kowalski@law.csuohio.edu
www.cusohio.edu
Mona Ma (3L)
George Ofori (2L)
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Kip T. Bollin
Member, Program Committee
Thompson Hine LLP
3900 Key Center
127 Public Square
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1291
Tel: (216) 566-5786
Fax: (216) 566-5800
kip.bollin@thompsonhine.com
www.thompsonhine.com
SECRETARY
Virginia Davidson
Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee
Member, Membership Committee
Member, Program Committee
Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP
800 Superior Avenue, Suite 1400
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2688
Tel: (216) 622-8588
Fax: (216) 241-0816
vdavidson@calfee.com
www.calfee.com
DELEGATE TO NATIONAL
COUNCIL AND IMMEDIATE
PAST PRESIDENT
Ellen Toth
Member, CLE Committee
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC
127 Public Square
4130 Key Tower
Cleveland, OH 44114
Tel: (216) 241-6100
Fax: (216) 357-4733
ellen.toth@ogletreedeakins.com
www.ogletreedeakins.com
Dennis G. Terez
Member, Membership Committee
Member, Program Committee
Federal Public Defender
1660 West 2nd Street, Suite 750
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Tel: (216) 522-4856
Rebecca J. Bennett
Member, Membership and CLE Committees
Frantz Ward LLP
127 Public Square
Suite 2500
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1230
Tel: (216) 515-1634
Fax: (216) 515-1650
rbennett@frantzward.com
www.frantzward.com
J. Philip Calabrese
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP
4900 Key Tower
127 Public Square
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1304
Tel: (216) 479-8503
Fax: (216) 479-8780
pcalabrese@ssd.com
www.ssd.com
Lisa Forbes
Chair, Community Relations Committee
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP
1375 East Ninth Street
2100 One Cleveland Center
Cleveland, OH 44114-1724
Tel: (216) 479-6105
Fax: (216) 937-3726
lbforbes@vorys.com
www.vorys.com
John Gerak
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC
127 Public Square
4130 Key Tower
Cleveland, OH 44114
Tel: (216) 241-6100
Fax: (216) 357-4733
john.gerak@ogletreedeakins.com
www.ogletreedeakins.com
Stephen H. Jett
Chair, Newsletter Committee
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
200 Public Square, Suite 3500
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2302
Tel: (216) 706-3874
Fax: (216) 241-3707
sjett@taftlaw.com
www.taftlaw.com
Charles A. LoPresti
Member, CLE Committee
Charles A. LoPresti Co., LPA
2450 One Cleveland Center
1375 East 9th Street
Cleveland, OH 44114-1724
Tel: (216)298-5008
Fax: (216)696-4902
clopresti@loprestico.com
Michael E. Mumford
Co-Chair, Younger Lawyers Committee
Baker & Hostetler LLP
1900 East Ninth Street
Suite 3200
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Tel: (216) 861-7578
Fax: (216) 696-0740
mmumford@bakerlaw.com
www.bakerlaw.com
Hon. Dan Aaron Polster
Member, CLE Committee
United States District Judge
United States District Court
Northern District of Ohio
Carl B. Stokes U.S. Court House
801 West Superior Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44113-1837
Tel: (216) 357-7190
Fax: (216) 357-7195
dan_polster@ohnd.uscourts.gov
Harris A. Senturia
Member, CLE Committee
Federal Trade Commission
1111 East Superior Avenue, Suite 200
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Tel: (216) 263-3420
Fax: (216) 263-3426
hsenturia@ftc.gov
Anthony J. Vegh
Member, Program Committee
Vecchio & Vegh
526 Superior Avenue East
Suite 720
Cleveland, OH 44114
Tel: (216) 566-1424
Fax: (216) 566-1468
avegh@vecchio-vegh.com
Hon. Greg White
United States Magistrate Judge
United States District Court
Northern District of Ohio
Carl B. Stokes U.S. Court House
801 West Superior Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44113-1845
Tel: (216) 357-7135
Annette G. Butler
Member, CLE Committee
1057 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44108
Tel: (216) 851-3259
annettebc@aol.com
Keven Drummond Eiber
Member, CLE Committee
Brouse McDowell LPA
1001 Lakeside Avenue
Suite 1600
Cleveland, OH 44114
Phone: (216) 830-6830
Fax: (216) 830-6807
keiber@brouse.com
www.brouse.com
Anthony LaCerva
Member, Media and Public Relations Committee
Member, Program Committee
Collins & Scanlon LLP
50 Public Square
Suite 3300
Cleveland, Ohio 44113-2294
Tel: (216) 696-0022
Fax: (216) 696-1166
alacerva@collins-scanlon.com
www.collins-scanlon.com
James W. Satola
Member, Program Committee
2608 Dysart Rd
University Heights, Ohio 44118-4409
Tel: (216) 321-6926
jsatola@roadrunner.com
Chapter Representative
Steven M. Dettelbach
United States Attorney's Office, ND Ohio
801 West Superior Ave, Ste 400
Cleveland, OH 44113
Tel: (216) 622-3600
steve.dettelbach@usdoj.gov
Case Western Reserve University School of Law Representatives
Professor Jonathan Entin
11075 East Blvd.
Cleveland, OH 44106
Tel: (216) 368-3321
jle@case.edu
Britney Bennett (3L)
Melissa Yasinow (2L)
The University of Toledo College of Law Representatives
Assistant Dean Heather Karns
2801 West Bancroft, MS 507
LC 1037
Toledo, OH 43606-3390
Tel: (419) 530-2851
heather.karns@utoledo.edu
Mark Abramowitz (3L)
Douglas Leavitt (2L)