List of Cleveland–Marshall College of Law alumni

This a list of notable alumni of Cleveland–Marshall College of Law in Cleveland, Ohio. This list includes graduates of Cleveland Law School and John Marshall School of Law, which merged in 1946 to form Cleveland–Marshall.

List
Cleveland-Marshall alumni
Tim Russert of Meet the Press
U.S. Representative Marcia Fudge
Federal judge Benita Y. Pearson (appointed by Barack Obama)
U.S. Representative Steven C. LaTourette
Maureen O'Connor, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio
Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson.
Louis Stokes, U.S. Congressman
Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Richard J. Ambrose 1987 Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas judge; former Cleveland Browns football player [1]
John J. Babka 1908 (Cleveland Law School) U.S. Representative from Ohio
Matt Barrett Ohio State Representative
Jim Betts former member of the Ohio House of Representatives [2]
Edward J. Blythin graduated Cleveland Law School mayor of Cleveland, previously its law director; candidate for U.S. Senate
Elizabeth M. Boyer lawyer, writer/publisher, and feminist founder of WEAL
Christopher A. Boyko 1979 United States federal judge
Eric Brown 1979 former Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court [3]
Anthony O. Calabrese Jr. 1961 Ohio Court of Appeals judge and Cuyahoga County Common Pleas judge
Jamie Callender attorney, college professor, former member of the Ohio General Assembly
James H. Cassidy graduated Cleveland Law School U.S. Representative from Ohio
Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr. 1974 Ohio state senator, Ohio secretary of state and Ohio attorney general; candidate for Ohio governor [4]
Frank D. Celebrezze Jr. 1983 Ohio Court of Appeals judge and Cuyahoga County Common Pleas judge [5]
Angelin Chang Grammy Award-winning classical pianist and attorney [6]
Genevieve R. Cline 1921 (Cleveland Law School) first woman to serve as a United States federal judge [7]
Bill Coley member of the Ohio Senate and Ohio House of Representatives
James C. Connell 1918 (John Marshall School of Law) United States federal judge
Arthur H. Day 1916 (Cleveland Law School) Ohio State Senator and served a six-year term as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court.
Jeffrey L. Dean 1980 Ohio House of Representatives 114th General Assembly; member of the State Board of Education of Ohio; Judge, Bedford Municipal Court
Mary DeGenaro 1986 Ohio Court of Appeals judge
Kathleen Donovan Bergen County, New Jersey Executive; former Bergen County Clerk; represented New Jersey's 36th Legislative District in the New Jersey State Assembly ; former Chairwoman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee; former Commissioner and first Chairwoman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Dennis E. Eckart Democratic Congressman [8]
Ed Feighan 1978 member of the Ohio House of Representatives; U.S. Representative from 1983 to 1993 of Ohio's 19th congressional district
Ed FitzGerald 1993 first County Executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Mayor of Lakewood, Ohio; Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio in 2014
George L. Forbes 1961 Cleveland City Council President, Cleveland NAACP President
Alan Fried NCAA champion wrestler and 4-time Junior National Freestyle Champion, and author
Avery Friedman 1972 Civil Rights attorney, chief council of the Fair Housing Council, CNN, weekly legal correspondent
Marcia L. Fudge 1983 Democratic congresswoman for Ohio's 11th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives [9]
Mary Belle Grossman graduated Cleveland Law School one of first women ABA members, Ohio's first female Municipal Court judge (Cleveland, 1923) [10]
Paul Hackett 1980 lawyer, politician, veteran of the Iraq War
Jim Michael Hansen 1980 author, attorney
Bill Hughes 1998 Chief Criminal Deputy- Yavapai County Attorney's Office and 2012 Arizona Felony Prosecutor of the Year and 2020 recipient of the Arizona State Bar Association's annual Michael C. Cudahy Criminal Justice Award [11]
Jane Edna Hunter 1925 (Cleveland Law School) founder of the Phyllis Wheatley Center for the poor in Cleveland, Ohio [12]
Frank G. Jackson Mayor of Cleveland, formerly City Council president [13]
Peter Kirsanow 1979 attorney, writer and a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Thomas Demetrios Lambros 1952 former United States federal judge
Steven C. LaTourette 1980 U.S. Representative from Ohio 1995-2013
Frank J. Lausche graduated John Marshall Law School U.S. Senator, Ohio governor, mayor of Cleveland [14]
Nancy Lerner philanthropist [15]
John M. Manos former judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio [16]
William D. Mason 1986 Prosecutor of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Charles Joseph McNamee 1917 (Cleveland Law School) United States federal judge
Robert M. Murray graduated Cleveland Law School attorney, banker, businessman and Democratic Congressman
Donald C. Nugent United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio [17]
Maureen O'Connor 1980 Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court [18]
Terrence O'Donnell 1971 Ohio Supreme Court Justice [19]
William O'Neill 1980 Justice on the Supreme Court of Ohio
Benita Y. Pearson 1995 District judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio; former federal magistrate judge [20]
Tim Russert 1976 journalist, writer and longtime television broadcaster [21]
Michael J. Skindell 1987 Ohio state Senator, former member of Ohio House of Representatives
Carl B. Stokes first African-American mayor of a major U.S. city (Cleveland) [22]
Louis Stokes 1953 15-term Democratic Congressman [23]
Francis E. Sweeney Sr. 1963 Ohio Supreme Court Justice [24]
Martin L. Sweeney 1914 (Cleveland Law School) U.S. Representative from Ohio (and father of Robert E. Sweeney)
Robert E. Sweeney U.S. Representative from Ohio (son of Martin L. Sweeney)
James A. Thomas 1963 former chief executive officer and principal owner of the Sacramento Kings NBA basketball team and the ARCO Arena from 1992 to 1999 [25] [26]
Stanley Tolliver 1951 (John Marshall School of Law) attorney, school board president, civil rights activist, and radio talk show host
Cheryl L. Waite 1985 Ohio Court of Appeals judge [27]
Lesley B. Wells former United States District Court Judge
Uncas A. Whitaker graduated Cleveland Law School engineer, lawyer, entrepreneur and philanthropist
George Washington White 1955 former United States federal judge
Bert Wolstein 1953 real estate developer; owner of indoor soccer franchise; philanthropist

References
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  2. "A Conversation With Jim Betts". 2007-05-07.
  3. "Error in Application". www.sconet.state.oh.us.
  4. "Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  5. "Frank D. Celebrezze Jr". the Ohio Court of Appeals. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  6. "Angelin Chang". Cleveland State University. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  7. "Genevieve R. Cline". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  8. "Dennis Edward Eckart". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  9. "Marcia L. Fudge". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  10. Mearns, Geoffrey S. "It's All About Women...Bar None!", Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal. Vol. I No. 2, April, 2008.
  11. "Bill Hughes". Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys' Advisory Council. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  12. "Jane Edna Hunter". Lakewood Public Library. Archived from the original on 11 May 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  13. "Frank G. Jackson". City of Cleveland, Ohio. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  14. "Frank J. Lausche". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  15. Forbes: The World's Billionaires - Nancy Lerner April 2016
  16. "John Michael Manos". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  17. "Donald C. Nugent". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  18. "Maureen O'Connor". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  19. "Terrence O'Donnell". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  20. "Benita Y. Pearson". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  21. "Tim Russert". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  22. "Carl B. Stokes". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  23. "Louis Stokes". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  24. "Francis E. Sweeney". supreme court of ohio. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  25. "BW's James Thomas joins Ohio independent colleges' hall of excellence".
  26. "Alumni list" (PDF). www.law.csuohio.edu.
  27. "Cheryl L. Waite". seventhdistricto@aol.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
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