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| | Address | | 2200 The Illuminating Building, 55 Public Square | | Cleveland, Ohio 44113-1949 | | (Cuyahoga Co.) | | | |
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| Berkman, Gordon, Murray & DeVan practices in the following areas of law:
Trial and Appellate Practice in Civil, Criminal and Constitutional Law. Civil Rights and Employment Law, Corporate, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice and General Practice. | | Year Established: 1964 | Firm Profile:
Berkman, Gordon, Murray & DeVan was established in 1964. The firm practices in the fields of Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, First Amendment, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice and Civil Rights. The Firm has tried cases in numerous state and federal courts throughout the nation and has had an extensive appellate practice as well in a variety of state and federal appellate courts. | | Firm Size: 9 | Reference:
First National Bank of Ohio. | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Bernard A. Berkman (1929-1985). | | 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 | | ASSOCIATES | | Raymond Vasvari (Associate) 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 | | 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 | | OF COUNSEL | | Larry S. Gordon (Of Counsel) born Cleveland, Ohio, April 4, 1931; admitted to bar, 1956, Ohio; 1959, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1966, U.S. Supreme Court; 1973, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Adelbert College, Western Reserve University (B.A., 1953); Western Reserve University (LL.B., 1956). Member: Ohio State Bar Association. Email: Larry S. Gordon |
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