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 ‘83
Mediator, Investigator, Counselor, Workplace Solutions
Past President
Nicole Braden Lewis (LAW '01)
Partner, Tucker Ellis LLP
Members
- Ahmed Abonamah ’08; Chief Financial Officer, City of Cleveland
- Carly Cathlyn Barnes ’21; Associate, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
- Robert Breetz ’19; Associate, Jones Day
- McClellon “Don” Cox ’19; U.S. Attorney’s Office, No. District of Georgia
- David B. Cupar ‘99; Member; Chair, Intellectual Property Department; Board of Directors, McDonald Hopkins
- Lauryn Durham ’21; Associate, Squire Patton Boggs
- Judge Michelle Early ’99; Cleveland Municipal Court
- Craig Elkins ’08; VP, Corporate & Healthcare Law, Fresnius Kabi USA
- Anne Lederman Flamm ‘95 ; Adjunct Faculty/Director, Health Law & Policy Research Lab
- Laura Friedman ’13; Sr. Director of Professional Development, Taft Stettinius & Hollister
- Matt Grashoff ’13; Partner, Hahn, Loeser & Parks
- Gabe Kaufman ’23; Associate, Thompson Hine
- Morgan Kearse ’15; VP, Sr. Corporate Counsel, Kroll
- Yao Liu ’14; Shareholder, Cavitch Familo & Durkin
- Heather Ludwig ‘11; Trade Compliance Counsel, Nidec Americas Holding Corp.
- Adam Marshall ’99; Managing Partner, Lorium Law
- Bonnie McNee ’17; Managing Legal Counsel, Wolters Kluwer
- Thomas Mester ‘69; Retired Senior Partner, Nurenberg, Paris, Heller & McCarthy
- Mark Mikhaiel ’13; Partner, Schneider Smeltz Spieth Bell LLP
- Karen Greve Milton ’81; Danosky & Associates LLC
- Obasi Ndukwe ’25; 3L Student Representative
- James Pasch ‘10; Regional Director, Anti-Defamation League
- 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
- Judith Steiner ’87; Executive VP & Chief Risk Officer, Banner Bank
- Myra Barsoum Stockett ’99; – Partner, Reminger Co. LPA
- Brooke Tyus ’18; Legal Counsel, The Wendy’s Company
- Andrew Young ’99; Managing Partner, Truck Crash Survivors & Families