| Biography | Ohio Super Lawyers, voted by peers as an Ohio "Super Lawyer," nine (9) consecutive years; 2004 - Present. Lecturer "Legal Ethics and Professionalism," Lorman Education Services, Cleveland, Ohio, November 10, 2011. "Ethical Considerations in Connection with Ohio's New Discovery Rules in Criminal Cases," Death Penalty Seminar, Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, November 18, 2010. Guest Moderator, "Death Penalty Defense Video Replay," Ohio State Bar Association, Cleveland, Ohio, November 18, 2009. "Trial Tactics & Novel Defense Strategies," Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Cleveland, Ohio, April 18, 2008. "A Practitioner's Guide to Professionalism, Ethics and Substance Abuse," Lorman Education Services, 2000-2004. "A Practitioner's Guide to Professionalism, Ethics and Substance Abuse in Ohio," Lorman Education Services, Cleveland, Ohio, September 5, 2003. "Masonic History and Law," Forest City Lodge, No. 388. F. A. & M., 25th Annual Table Lodge, Wednesday, June 18, 2003. "A Practitioner's Guide to Professionalism, Ethics and Substance Abuse in Ohio," Lorman Education Services, Cleveland, Ohio, September 5, 2002. "Criminal Advocacy - Voir Dire," The Ohio State Bar Association CLE Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, November 15, 2001. "A Practitioner's Guide to Professionalism, Ethics and Substance Abuse in Ohio," Lorman Education Services, Cleveland, Ohio, November 28, 2001. "Joint Bar Initiative on Civility and Professionalism: Time for a Change," Cleveland and Cuyahoga County Bar Associations, Cleveland, Ohio, January 25, 2001. "Plea Negotiations," The Ohio State Bar Association CLE Institute, 2000; "A Practitioner's Guide to Professionalism, Ethics and Substance Abuse in Ohio," Lorman Education Services, Cleveland, Ohio, September 22, 2000. "Plea Negotiations," The Ohio State Bar Association CLE Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, February 18, 2000. "Handling the Domestic Violence Case," The Ohio State Bar Association CLE Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, August 20, 1999. "Litigation Essentials: Talking to the Jury," The Cleveland Marshall Law Alumni Association, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, November 2, 1996. "The Death Penalty - Is It Right for America? Is It Right For Free Masonry?" Forest City Mason's, Table Lodge Series, Cleveland, Ohio, June 28, 1995. "Drug Treatment In Lieu of Conviction and Conditional Probation for Drug Treatment," Ohio Common Pleas Judges' Association, Columbus, Ohio, December 4, 1992. "Defense Attorney's Role in A Criminal Case and Criminal Defense Pleadings," Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association, Cleveland, Ohio, November 7, 1992. "Pleading and Practice in White Collar Cases," Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer's Defense of White Collar Criminal Cases, Cleveland, Ohio, July, 1992. "The Defense Attorney's Role," Cleveland Bar Association Criminal Trial Walk-Thru, Cleveland, Ohio, May, 1992. "Death Penalty Case, Jury Voir Dire," Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer's Death Penalty Seminar and Workshop, Cincinnati, Ohio, December, 1991. "Preparation of the Defense of a Criminal Case," Dyke College, Cleveland, Ohio, January, 1991. "Criminal Law and Procedure," Cleveland Bar Association Practice and Procedure Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, January, 1990. "Persuasion in Pleading and Practice," Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Third Annual Superstar CLE, Columbus, Ohio, October, 1989. "Criminal Law and Procedure," Cleveland Bar Association Practice and Procedure Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, February, 1989. "Criminal Law and Procedure," Cleveland Bar Association Practice and Procedure Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, January, 1988. "Criminal Law and Procedure," Cleveland Bar Association Practice and Procedure Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, January, 1987. "Criminal Law and Procedure," Cleveland Bar Association Practice and Procedure Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, January, 1986. "Grand Jury Practice and Procedure," Cuyahoga County Law Directors Association monthly meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, January, 1986. "What Every Lawyer Should Know About the New Sentencing Statutes," Greater Cleveland Bar Association Third Annual Trial Advocacy Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, February, 1983. "Criminal Law and Procedure," Greater Cleveland Bar Association Practice & Procedure Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, January, 1983. "Criminal Defense Lawyer's Perspective of the New Rules of Evidence," The Greater Cleveland Bar Association Advocacy Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, January, 1981. "Motion Practice in a Criminal Case," Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, Columbus, Ohio, February, 1981. "Appellate Advocacy," Cleveland State University, College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, April, 1980.
"New Ohio Drug Laws," Cuyahoga County Criminal Courts Bar Association Seminar on Criminal Law, Cleveland, Ohio, September, 1978. Author West Group fna West Publishing/Banks Baldwin, "Criminal Defense Motions and Pleadings," published on CD Rom, the Internet and Diskette, by the West Group as part of the Baldwin's Ohio Practice Library (co-authored by Michael C. Hennenberg and Harry R. Reinhart), 1993 – 2006. "Deposition Testimony and the Alleged Child Sex Offense Victim: R.C. 2907.41" (co-authored by Michael C. Hennenberg and Marianne Milligan), The Vindicator (Official Publication of the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers) Winter 1992. "An Analysis of R.C. 2951.041 - Drug Treatment In Lieu of Conviction," Criminal Law Journal of Ohio Vol. 1, Issue 5, September/October, 1989. "The Victims of Crime – An Overview," Cleveland Bar Journal Vol. 59, No. 5, March 1988. "Conducting a Defense Jury Voir Dire Through the Judge in Federal District Court" (co-authored by Michael C. Hennenberg and Mark R. DeVan), The Champion (Official Publication of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers) Vol. II, No. 2, March 1987. "A Success Story in the Fight Against Crime," Cleveland Bar Journal Vol. 55, No. 9, July-August 1984. "Expungement of Arrest Records, City of Pepper Pike v. Jane Doe, 66 Ohio St. 2d 374" (Ohio Supreme Court 1981), Cuyahoga County Criminal Courts Bar Association Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 4, September-October 1981. "Alleged Drug Law Violators -Statutory Right to Have an Independent Chemical Analysis of the Alleged Controlled Substance, O.R.C. Sec. 2925.51," Cuyahoga County Criminal Courts Bar Association Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 3, November-December 1980. "Arrest for Misdemeanor - New Ohio Statute, Sec. 2935.26," Cuyahoga County Criminal Courts Bar Association Newsletter Vol. No. 8, December 1978. "Time Off for Good Behavior, Sec. 2967.19, O.R.C.," Cuyahoga County Criminal Courts Bar Association Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 7, November 1978. "Drug Law, Sec. 2951.04, O.R.C., Treatment in Lieu of Conviction," Cuyahoga County Criminal Courts Bar Association Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 6, October 1978.
"Conditional Probation for Drug Treatment, Sec. 2951.04, Ohio Revised Code," Cuyahoga County Criminal Courts Bar Association Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 4, August 1978. "Shock Parole Summary," Cuyahoga County Criminal Courts Bar Association Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 3, June 1978. Guest Panelist Guest panelist, radio program - WERE; Strictly Business, "Federal White Collar Crime," Cleveland, Ohio, February 20, 1998. Guest panelist, television program - TV 61; In Your Interest, "The Role of the Criminal Defense Attorney," Cleveland, Ohio, August, 1992. Guest panelist, radio program - WERE; The Gary Dee Show, "The Death Penalty," Cleveland, Ohio, May, 1992. Guest panelist, television program - Continental Cable, North Coast Connection "The Death Penalty in the United States," Cleveland, Ohio, May, 1992. Guest panelist, radio program - WERE; Inside the Law Business, "What's Clogging the Docket," Cleveland, Ohio, October, 1990. Guest panelist, television program - Channel 5, The Morning Exchange "The Death Penalty - Is It An Appropriate Punishment," Cleveland, Ohio, April, 1990. Guest panelist, radio program - Cleveland State University, "The Law and You," Cleveland, Ohio, January, 1983. Guest panelist, radio program - Cleveland State University, "The Law and You," Cleveland, Ohio, August, 1980. Guest panelist, radio program - Cleveland State University, "The Law and You," Cleveland, Ohio, August, 1978. Guest panelist, television program - Channel 43 "Coffee Cup Series," Role of the Defense Lawyer and Prosecutor in a Criminal Case, Cleveland, Ohio, June, 1977.
. Fellow: American Board of Criminal Lawyers. Certified as a Criminal Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Certified by the Ohio Supreme Court's Committee on the Appointment of Counsel for Indigent Defendants in Capital Cases. |