Faculty Story: Prof. Deborah Geier Found
Second Career in Law
Professor
Deborah Geier was working as a registered nurse in labor & delivery with the maternity surgery unit at Fairview Hospital. The work was fulfilling and she was a successful nurse, but found the work monotonous, believing at times she was performing her duties on repeat. When it reached the point where she was hoping people with serious medical problems would come through the hospital doors, because those were the only times she was challenged, Geier realized it was time for a change.
Geier went on to join the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law faculty in 1989 and is one of the longest-tenured professors at the law school. Impressively, Geier has accumulated her wealth of legal teaching experience in tax law despite taking up the legal profession as a second career.
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Prof. Borden Named Inn of Court President
C|M|LAW Professor and Associate Dean for Administration Michael J. Borden was recently named president of the William K. Thomas American Inn of Court, a social and professional club for judges, lawyers, law professors and law students. Additionally, Borden was recently recognized by the Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association as the recipient of the annual Dean Wilson G. Stapleton Award for Faculty Excellence.
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C|M|LAW and Mercyhurst University to Offer Joint 3+3 Program
C|M|LAW and Mercyhurst University have partnered to offer students the opportunity to earn bachelor and law degrees in expedient fashion through a joint
3+3 Bachelor's/Law Accelerated Degree Program. The agreement, finalized by C|M|LAW
Professor Deborah Geier and Mercyhurst President Michael Victor, is C|M|LAW's sixth 3+3 program and first with an institution outside of Ohio.
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Bonham and Welo Named to Crain's Cleveland's 20
in their 20s
Two C|M|LAW alumni,
Elizabeth Bonham '15, staff attorney at the ACLU of Ohio and
Miles Welo '14,
an associate with Mansour Gavin and NFL agent for The Game Sports Management and Media, were named to Crain's Cleveland's "
Twenty in their 20s" list.
Read Bonham's Profile ▸
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Cox Named Among 40 Under 40 Nation's Best Advocates
C|M|LAW alumnus and Tucker Ellis associate
Brandon Cox '12
was named one of the National Bar Association's "40 Under 40 Nation's Best Advocates."
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Professor
Chris Sagers wrote a guest column for
Slate on potential antitrust issues facing Amazon. Sagers was also quoted in a
Reuters story on a lawsuit facing
Dollar Tree.
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Professor Kevin O'Neill was quoted in the June 2017 ABA Journal on new legislative efforts to restrict public protest.
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It's not too late to enroll in the 2017
Great Lakes Sports and Entertainment Law Academy,
a joint program between C|M|LAW and
CWRU Law School. GLSELA is a great way to learn about sports and entertainment law and to develop important negotiating and drafting skills. The Academy is an excellent opportunity even if you are not planning to focus your career on sports or entertainment law.
The application deadline is June 30, and any questions you may have should be directed to
Ricky Volante '15 at
rxv84@case.edu. The classes begin on July 10 and run for three weeks, with an additional week to complete the take-home final exams. The courses are entirely online and can be taken asynchronously, so even students with summer positions can manage the course load.
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Email AlumniNews@law.csuohio.edu ▸
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Pictured: 28 honorable Cleveland-Marshall alumni in attendance who are current
or past judges.
The Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association hosted its Annual Meeting on June 8, 2017 in the C|M|LAW Moot Court Room. During the meeting, outgoing CMLAA President
Greg Clifford, new C|M|LAW Dean Designate
Lee Fisher and incoming CMLAA President
Tim Collins each spoke on the state of the CMLAA and law school, and their visions for the future.
The following 2017-18 CMLAA officers were sworn in by the
Hon. John Russo
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President:
Tim Collins
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President Elect:
Hon. Michelle Paris
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Vice President:
John Calabrese
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Secretary:
Darlene White
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Treasurer:
Allison Taller Reich
; and
Immediate Past President:
Chief Magistrate Gregory Clifford
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Alumni Unite: A Message from CMLAA President Gregory Clifford '80
We Need Your Help
and there is not much you need to do. You may not know that membership in the Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association is free. So, we simply ask that you become a member by clicking on the link below to access the membership form and follow easy directions to submit. It will take you five minutes and if you read further, you will agree it makes good sense.
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Alumni Association on Twitter
By: Delante Thomas '16
Twitter is where it all happens
- current events, pop culture, and the latest updates directly from world leaders.
By joining Twitter, you'll be up on the new wave of news - well it's not quite new - Twitter has been around for 10 years. Time flies when you're practicing law!
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If you have news or a story you would like included in this newsletter, please send an email to
Lee Fisher, C|M|LAW Dean Designate.
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