Position: Member

TEL: 216-241-1430

FAX: 216-621-0427

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Website: www.f-glaw.com

Admitted: 1968, Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1969, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio

Law School: George Washington University, J.D., 1967

College: Miami University, B.A., 1964

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Practice Areas: Plaintiff Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Civil Litigation, Civil Rights Violations, Appellae Practice, Drug Crimes, Environmental Law, Homicide, Police Misconduct, Sex Crimes, Theft, Criminal Defense, DUI, DWI, Misdemeanors, White Collar Crimes

Additional Information: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Civil Liberties Union.

Assistant Cuyahoga County Public Defender, 1967-1970. Director, Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland, 1970-1972. Associate Professor of Law, 1972-1976 and Adjunct Professor of Law, 1976—, Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. CLE Speaker: "Mitigation and Jury Selection in Capital Cases," Louisiana Criminal Defense Seminar, Spring, 1994; "The U.S. Supreme Court and the Law of Arrest," Cleveland Bar Association Criminal Seminar, 1997; "Police Misconduct Litigation: U.S.C. 42 1983," Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers; "We the Jury," Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; "Psychological Defenses," Ohio Capital Litigation, 2001. Speaker: "Prosecuting Defending Police Liability Cases," Professional Education Systems Institute, 2004; "Administrative Searches," Shaker Heights Municipal Court Personnel Seminar, 2005; "Rethinking the Confrontation Clause Post Crawford," NORML Legal Seminar, 2007. Member, Legal Committee, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). Cuyahoga County Public Defender Commission.

Ohio v. Lawrence 44 Ohio St. 3d 24 1989 (death sentence reversed); Jones v. Jago 575 F.2d 1164 (6th Cir. 1978); Smith, et al. v. City of Lorain, et al., 857 F. Supp. 1203 (N.D. OH, 1994); Bhola v. State of Ohio, 143 Ohio App. 3d 644 (2001) (Verdict against State for homicide in State mental hospital).

Firm Members: Terry Gilbert

Firm Members: Jacqueline Greene