Practice Areas - Criminal Law
- Drug Crimes
- White Collar Crime
- Appellate Practice
- Civil Rights
- Police Misconduct
| - Sex Crimes
- Homicide
- Theft
- Misdemeanors
- DUI/DWI
- Personal Injury
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| University | Miami University, B.A., 1970 |
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| Law School | Cleveland State University, J.D., 1973 |
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| Admitted | 1973, Ohio; 1974, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Lawyers Guild; American Civil Liberties Union; American Academy of Forensic Scientists; National Police Accountability Project; Ohio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. |
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| Born | Cleveland, Ohio, April 29, 1948 |
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| Biography | Recipient, John Minor Wisdom Award, American Bar Association Litigation Section, 2002. Faculty Lecturer, Trial Advocacy, Cleveland State University School of Law. CLE Speaker: "Post-Conviction Relief in Ohio," Cuyahoga County Bar Association Immigration Law Seminar, May 1998; "Criminal Law and the Media," Cuyahoga County Bar Association, November 2001-2008. Lecturer, DNA Seminar, Lahore, Pakistan, 2006. Speaker, "Section 1983 Law," Ohio Federal-State Bar Conference, Oct. 2003; Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation, Ohio State Bar Association, 2004; "Going On The Offensive - Malicious Prosecution and Wrongful Imprisonment Remedies," NORML Legal Seminar, 2006. Speaker: "Selective Enforcement - A System out of Balance," ACLU, 2008; " The Future of Forensic Sciences: a Symposium" CSU Law School, 2009; "Handling the Police Liability Claim," 2009. Cooperating Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights. |
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| Reported Cases | U.S.A. v. Yee, et al, 12 F.3d 540 (6th Cir. 1993) (DNA test); Ohio v. Lessin, 67 Ohio St. 3d 487 (1993) (free speech flag burning); State ex rel. Jones v. Suster, 84 Ohio St.3d 70 (1998) (re-opening Sheppard murder case); Yates v. Cleveland, 941 F.2d 444 (6th Cir. 1991) (no immunity for police shooting); Wilkinson v. Austin, 125 S.Ct. 2384 (2005) (challenge to Supermax prison). |
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| ISLN | 907102913 |
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