5:30 - 8:30 p.m. 

Kim Bixenstine 
Co-Owner, Bixenstine Resolutions, LLC,
CSU|LAW Health Law & Policy Leader-in-Residence

Brent Buckley, Class of 1982 
Managing Partner, Buckley King 

Kevin Butler, Class of 2001
Counsel, McDonald Hopkins, LLC

Hon. Cassandra Collier-Williams, Class of 1990
Judge, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

Matthew Crawford, Class of 1994
Chairman & CEO, ParkOhio Industries 

Julie Crocker, Class of 2006
Partner, Taft Law

Ronda Curtis, Class of 1992
Chief Corporate Counsel (Retired), City of Cleveland Law Department

Rosalina Fini, Class of 1994
Chief Legal and Ethics Officer, Cleveland Metroparks

Frank L. Gallucci III, Class of 2000
Partner, Plevin & Gallucci Co., L.P.A

Mary Groth, Class of 1983
Director of Member & Donor Engagement, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association 

Edward T. Haggins, Class of 1966
Owner, Matthew Prison Ministries; Owner, Precious Realty

Jacqueline A. Johnson, Class of 1983
First Assistant, Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Ohio

Gertrude Bauer Mahon, Class of 1940*
Former Assistant Prosecutor, Cuyahoga County Prosecutors Office

Hon. Nancy R. McDonnell, Class of 1985*
Former Judge, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

Hon. William T. McGinty, Class of 1979
Judge, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

Hon. Timothy McMonagle, Class of 1974
Judge (Retired), Ohio Court of Appeals, 8th District

Vicki Plata 
Budget Director (Retired), CSU Law; Associate, Cleveland State University

Callista Puchmeyer, Class of 2007
Chief Counsel, Glenn Research Center, NASA

Rob Remington, Class of 1988
Partner, National Litigation Area and Construction Practice Group Chair, Hahn Loeser

Daniel A. Richards, Class of 1992
Managing Partner, Weston Hurd, LLP

Rev. Dr. Stephen Rowan, Class of 1980
Senior Pastor, Bethany Baptist Church

Roger M. Synenberg, Class of 1977
Principal, Synenberg & Associates, LLC

Frederick Widen, Class of 1981
Partner, UB Greensfelder, LLP

2024 LEADER ON THE RISE:

Drew Odum, Class of 2010
Senior Legal Counsel – Litigation, The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

*Deceased

For more information on sponsorships, program ads and individual tickets, contact:
CSU Advancement Team at advancement@law.csuohio.edu or 216-687-2286

* The Scalefunder giving thermometer reflects online donations only* 

Thank You to the Following Program Sponsors:

Friend Circle:

Awatef Assad '95, Member, HOF, on behalf of the Arab American Bar Association of Ohio 

Professor Susan J. Becker '83, Member, HOF

Becker Poliakoff, LLC

Terry Billups '05, Member, HOF

Beth '84 and Robert Brandon

Brennan, Manna & Diamond, LLC

Chedid and Co.

Kimberly Corral '12

The Frey Family

Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

Mary Groth '83, Inductee, HOF

Ingenus Pharmaceuticals, LLC

Ernest Lallo, '79

Lippes Mathias, LLP

Dr. Larry Macon Sr.

Nancy and Kevin McGinty

Stacey McKinley '97, Member, HOF

Stephen C. Newman

Norman S. Minor Bar Association

Vicki, Inductee, HOF and Jack Plata

Hon. Daniel A. Polster, Member, HOF 

Porter Wright

Barbara Roman '77, Member, HOF

Peter A. Sackett '81

City of Shaker Heights

Shapiro, Shapiro & Shapiro

SOPREMA, Inc.

Dean Emeritus Steven Steinglass, Member, HOF

Sutter O’Connell Attorneys

Weisman Kennedy & Berris Co., LPA

Sonia Winner '90, Member, HOF and Professor Kevin O'Neill

Larry Zukerman 

Scholarship Circle:

Kemper Arnold '80

Sheryl King Benford '79, Member, HOF

Hon. Patricia A. Blackmon '75, Member, HOF

Brenden Kelley Law

Cerity Partners

Friends & Family of Judge Cassandra Collier-Williams

Brandon Cox '12

Cuyahoga Community College

Rosalina Fini '94, Inductee, HOF

Fisher Phillips

Terry Gilbert '73, Member, HOF & Gordon Friedman, Member, HOF

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Thomas Gorman '73, Member, HOF

The Hopkins Family Foundation

Jones Day

Kingsley Capital Management

James Lowe '72, Member, HOF

McDonald Hopkins, LLC

Hon. Timothy McMonagle '74, Inductee, HOF

Karen B. Newborn '76 

Ohio Association for Justice

Renner Otto

Schneider Smeltz Spieth Bell, LLP

Shaker Heights Interest Group

Squire Patton Boggs (US), LLP

Tarolli, Sundheim Covell & Tummino, LLP

Team Weston

Watts Law

Keith D. Weiner & Associates Co., LPA

WXZ Development, Inc

Daniel and Ellen Zelman

Partner Level:

Craig Arnold

Brett '96, Member, HOF and Dana Barragate '95

Nancy Berardinelli-Krantz '02, Member, HOF

Bixenstine Resolutions, LLC

Calfee, Halter & Griswold, LLP

Patrice Campbell, EnnisCourt

Cleveland State University Alumni Association

Cleveland State University Foundation

Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

Eaton Corporation 

Elk & Elk

First Energy

Frantz Ward, LLP

Greenberg Traurig

Henry '81 and Judy Hilow & Family

Kastner Westman & Wilkins LLC

McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., LPA

William T. Plesec '71, Member, HOF

RPM International, Inc

Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber, LLP

Alan Starkoff '75

Thrasher, Dinsmore and Dolan

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA 

Robin Wilson '96

Margaret Wong, Member, HOF

Managing Partner:

Anonymous

Benesch 

Buckley King

Cleveland Metroparks

Cleveland State University Law Alumni Association

Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio

Flannery|Georgalis

Sarah Flannery '02, Member, HOF and Phil Slaght

Lou and Ann Frangos

Karen Giffen '89, Member, HOF

Goldberg Companies

Kerin Kaminski '85, Member, HOF

Perez Morris

Sozio Family Foundation

Taft

UB Greensfelder, LLP

Weston Hurd, LLP

Firm Founder:

Bashein & Bashein Company, LPA

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association 

Jayne Hurst Geneva '87 and Louis B. Geneva, Member, HOF

Hahn Loeser

Steve W. Percy '79, Member, HOF

Richard W. Pogue, Member, HOF

Attorney General:

Anonymous

Plevin & Gallucci

P. Kelly Tompkins '81, Member, HOF

Joni Wasserman

125 Society:

Thompson Hine, LLP

Tucker Ellis, LLP

Dean’s Circle:

Crawford United Corporation

Leon and Gloria Plevin Family Foundation

Park-Ohio Industries, Inc

LEARN LAW. LIVE JUSTICE.