Alumni Profile: Ohio Supreme Court Justice
Michael Donnelly '92
Michael Donnelly '92 loved his 14 years as a Judge on the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court and believed he would one day retire from that position having protected justice in the local community. That was until the opportunity arose for Justice Donnelly to run for a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court.
Donnelly convincingly won election to the Ohio Supreme Court in November with more than 60% of the vote and in January took his seat on the seven-justice Court alongside two other C|M|LAW graduates, newly elected
Justice Melody Stewart '88 and
Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor '80.
A seat on the highest court in the state is not one Justice Donnelly could envision when he sat in the classrooms on East 18th and Euclid three decades ago.
"Never in a million years did I believe I would someday be sitting on the Ohio Supreme Court," said Justice Donnelly. "All I knew is that I wanted to be a lawyer in the courtroom and argue for justice."
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We hope to see you January 25 at the law school to celebrate a wonderful New Year
for our students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends!
RSVP to [email protected]
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C|M|LAW's Solo Practice Incubator Featured in Crain's Cleveland
C|M|LAW's Solo Practice Incubator was featured by Crain's Cleveland Business
on the success of the Incubator as it reaches its fifth anniversary this February.
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Prof. Forte Wrote Essay for Law and Liberty
Professor David Forte wrote an essay for the
Law and Liberty online journal,
Dickinson, "Penman of the Revolution," on Freedom of the Press, regarding the original understanding of a free press.
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Prof. Sagers Wrote for Pro Market Blog
Professor Chris Sagers wrote an article for the
Pro Market Blog,
Paging Don Qixote: The Last Hope for American Merger Law, about a private merger challenge that could have a large impact on American antitrust law.
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Dean Fisher Quoted on ABA Bar Passage Proposal
Dean Lee Fisher was quoted by the
Columbus Dispatch on potential changes to the American Bar Association's accreditation
requirements regarding bar passage.
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THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2019 | 12:00 P.M
Annual Recognition Luncheon
The Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association is proud to honor a pair of 1992 C|M|LAW graduates --
Calfee, Halter & Griswold Partner Teresa Metcalf Beasley and
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Administrative and Presiding Judge John J. Russo -- as its 2019 Alumni of the Year. The pair of honorees will be recognized at the
2019 CMLAA Annual Recognition Luncheon.
Doors Open at 11:30 a.m.
Program Begins promptly at Noon
Renaissance Cleveland Hotel
Grand Ballroom
24 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2019 | 9:00 A.M
The seminar will introduce attorneys to Blockchain and related concepts, present emerging legal issues related to this new technology, and discuss how Blockchain technology is expected to change the practice of law.
Organizer:
- Stacey McKinley | Director, Gift Planning, Cleveland Clinic Philanthropy Institute and Adjunct Professor, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University
Co-Presenters:
- Jennifer Hart | CEO, Connective Counsel
- Daniel J. McMullen | Attorney at Law, Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
- Brian Ray | Professor of Law, Director, Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection Center, Director, Master of Legal Studies and non-JD Programs, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cybersecurity Liaison, IoT Collaborative
3 CLE Hours pending
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Lee Fisher, C|M|LAW Dean.
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