Practice Areas - Appellate Practice
- Civil Rights
- Drug Crimes
- Environmental Law
- Homicide
- Personal Injury
- White Collar Crime
| - Police Misconduct
- Sex Crimes
- Theft
- Criminal Law
- DUI/DWI
- Misdemeanors
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| University | Miami University, B.A., 1964 |
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| Law School | George Washington University, J.D., 1967 |
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| Admitted | 1968, Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1969, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio |
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| Memberships | National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Civil Liberties Union. |
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| Born | Cleveland, Ohio, January 4, 1942 |
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| Biography | Assistant Cuyahoga County Public Defender, 1967-1970. Director, Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland, 1970-1972. Associate Professor of Law, 1972-1976 and Adjunct Professor of Law, 1976—, Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. CLE Speaker: "Mitigation and Jury Selection in Capital Cases," Louisiana Criminal Defense Seminar, Spring, 1994; "The U.S. Supreme Court and the Law of Arrest," Cleveland Bar Association Criminal Seminar, 1997; "Police Misconduct Litigation: U.S.C. 42 1983," Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers; "We the Jury," Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; "Psychological Defenses," Ohio Capital Litigation, 2001. Speaker: "Prosecuting Defending Police Liability Cases," Professional Education Systems Institute, 2004; "Administrative Searches," Shaker Heights Municipal Court Personnel Seminar, 2005; "Rethinking the Confrontation Clause Post Crawford," NORML Legal Seminar, 2007. Member, Legal Committee, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). Cuyahoga County Public Defender Commission. |
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| Reported Cases | Ohio v. Lawrence 44 Ohio St. 3d 24 1989 (death sentence reversed); Jones v. Jago 575 F.2d 1164 (6th Cir. 1978); Smith, et al. v. City of Lorain, et al., 857 F. Supp. 1203 (N.D. OH, 1994); Bhola v. State of Ohio, 143 Ohio App. 3d 644 (2001) (Verdict against State for homicide in State mental hospital). |
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| ISLN | 907254933 |
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