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Board Members

Consisting of 32 active alumni and one current student representative, and spanning several decades of class years, members of the Law Alumni Association Board demonstrate professional excellence in the corporate, non-profit, private and public sectors. 

President

Matthew O’Connell ’83
Partner, Sutter O’Connell

Vice President

Rhonda Baker Debevec '97
Attorney, Debevec Law Firm

Secretary / Treasurer

Margaret "Maggie" J. Grover β€˜83
Mediator, Investigator, Counselor, Workplace Solutions

Past President

Nicole Braden Lewis (LAW '01)
Partner, Tucker Ellis LLP

Members

  • Carly Cathlyn Barnes ’21; Associate, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
  • Victoria Bonds β€˜24; Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
  • Robert Breetz ’19; Associate, Jones Day
  • Hannah Caldwell β€˜19; Thompson Hine LLP
  • McClellon β€œDon” Cox ’19; U.S. Attorney’s Office, No. District of Georgia
  • Lauryn Durham ’21; Associate, Squire Patton Boggs
  • Judge Michelle Early ’99; Cleveland Municipal Court
  • Craig Elkins ’08; VP, Corporate & Healthcare Law, Fresnius Kabi USA
  • Laura Friedman ’13; Sr. Director of Professional Development, Taft Stettinius & Hollister
  • Matt Grashoff ’13; Partner, Hahn, Loeser & Parks
  • Jeffrey Heller β€˜11; Nurenberg, Paris, Heller & McCarthy, LPA
  • Gabe Kaufman ’23; Associate, Thompson Hine
  • Morgan Kearse ’15; VP, Sr. Corporate Counsel, Kroll
  • Gillian Lindsay β€˜08; Taft, LLP
  • Yao Liu ’14; Shareholder, Cavitch Familo & Durkin 
  • Adam Marshall ’99; Managing Partner, Lorium Law
  • Mark McDougall β€˜06; Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
  • Bonnie McNee ’17; Managing Legal Counsel, Wolters Kluwer
  • Mark Mikhaiel ’13; Partner, Schneider Smeltz Spieth Bell LLP
  • Karen Greve Milton ’81; Danosky & Associates LLC
  • Ann Rowland β€˜76; U.S. Justice Department (Ret.)
  • Dalpreet Saluja β€˜05; Cruise
  • Stephen Schlegelmilch ’00; Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
  • Jay Shapiro ’80; Partner, White and Williams LLP
  • Melanie Shakarian ’03; Dir. of Development & Communications, Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
  • Myra Barsoum Stockett ’99;  Partner, Reminger Co. LPA
  • David Walbert β€˜72; Parks, Chesin & Walbert, PC
  • Andrew Young ’99; Managing Partner, Truck Crash Survivors & Families