MEMBERS OF FIRM
J. Michael Murray (Partner) born Cleveland, Ohio, June 15, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Fifth Circuits; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Fourth Circuits; 2003, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1972); Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1976). Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, 1993; Ohio Super Lawyers; Leading Lawyers Inside Business; Top Lawyers Northern Ohio Live. Member: Ohio State Bar Association; First Amendment Lawyers Association (President, 1997-1998; National Chairman, 1998-1999); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Criminal Litigation; First Amendment Law; Constitutional Law; Civil Rights; Medical Malpractice; Wrongful Death; Personal Injury; Appellate Practice.Email: J. Michael Murray
Mark R. DeVan (Partner) born Cleveland, Ohio, May 30, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Ashland College (B.A., 1971); Cleveland State University (J.D., 1974). Phi Alpha Delta. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, 2004; Who's Who in American Law, 2005; Ohio's Super Lawyers, 2005. Author: "Conducting a Defense Jury Voir Dire Through the Judge in Federal District Court," The Champion, Vol. XI, No. 2; "Whose Grand Jury Is It, Anyway? An Account of the Reform of the Cuyahoga County Grand Jury," The Vindicator, Summer, 1988; "Other Acts Evidence: A New Approach," Criminal Law Journal of Ohio, Vol. 2, No. 3, May/June 1990. Member: Ohio State Bar Association; Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1988-1989; Chairman, Grand Jury Committee, 1986-1988; Amicus Committee, 1985-1986); Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Treasurer, 1992; Chairman, Grand Jury Committee, 1987-1989, Vice President of Publications, 1989-1991; President, 1993-1994); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Vice-Chairman, Hotline Panel of Experts, 1986-1987); Eighth Judicial District Conference, Life Member. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers, 1995 ; American Board of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1999 . Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Appellate Practice.Email: Mark R. DeVan
Lorraine R. Baumgardner (Partner) born Lakewood, Ohio, April 1, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Ohio; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: College of Wooster (B.A., 1977); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1980). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Ohio State Bar Association; First Amendment Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Constitutional Law; Employment Law; Civil Rights; Nursing Home Negligence; Wrongful Death; Products Liability.Email: Lorraine R. Baumgardner
Steven D. Shafron (Partner) born Cleveland, Ohio, July 15, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Ohio; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Fourth Circuits; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuits. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1984); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1987). Member: Jessup International Law Moot Court Team; Order of Barristers. Member: Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations; First Amendment Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Constitutional Law; Appellate Practice.Email: Steven D. Shafron
Brooke F. Kocab (Partner) born Cleveland, Ohio, October 10, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Lakeland Community College (A.A.S., 1980); Garfield Senior College (B.S., 1982); Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University (J.D., 1985). Member, Moot Court Board of Governors, 1985. Order of the Barristers. Secretary/Treasurer, Lake County Law Library Association, 1988-2006. Member: Lake County (Trustee, 2000-2003) and Ohio State Bar Association; First Amendment Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Family Law.Email: Brooke F. Kocab
Raymond Vasvari (Partner) born Youngstown, Ohio, April 3, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court; 2001, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1987); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1991). Co-Author: "Counter-Demonstration as Protected Speech," 23 Hastings Const. L.Q. Dec. 1995. Adjunct Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 1994-2003. Member: Cleveland Bar Association; First Amendment Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; First Amendment Law; Constitutional Law; Criminal Law; Civil Rights.Email: Raymond Vasvari
ASSOCIATES
Lindsey T. Renninger (Associate) born Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, Ohio. Education: The Ohio Sate University (B.A., 2002); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2007). Fellow, First Amendment Lawyers Association. Member: Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Constitutional Law; First Amendment Law; Civil Rights; Criminal Law; Civil Litigation.Email: Lindsey T. Renninger
Nancy C. Marcus (Associate) admitted to bar, 1997, Ohio; 1999, District of Columbia. Education: James Madison College at Michigan State University (B.A., Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy, 1994); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 1997); University of Wisconsin Law School (LL.M., 2005; S.J.D., 2006). Member: Out Reach, Madison's LGBT Center (Board of Directors, Board Member, 2008); National Lesbian and Gay Law Foundation (Present Board of Directors, Board Member and Corporate Liaison, 2005-2006); National Lesbian and Gay Law Association (Member, 2003-2006); American Constitution Society (Member, 2002); American Civil Liberties Union (Member, 1997); Ohio Human Rights Bar Association (Member, 1998-1999). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Constitutional Law; First Amendment Law; Media and First Amendment; Criminal Law; Personal Injury.Email: Nancy C. Marcus