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Matt Kaulig opens both his wallet and his heart to the causes he cares about — and hopes to inspire others to do the same.

MATT KAULIG DOESN’T BELIEVE IN writing a check and moving on.

That’s why — after the success of LeafFilter Gutter Protection, which he started in his basement in 2005 — Matt launched Kaulig Giving, a six-person team that carefully chooses nonprofits to support financially, as well as with marketing guidance, administrative assistance and plenty of hands-on help.

To date, more than 300 organizations (mostly local) have received grants. Kaulig supports the well-being of children and families and develops partnerships with like-minded nonprofits in Northeast Ohio and beyond.

“The awesome thing about us is that it’s not bullshit,” Matt says as he leans back in the deck chair in his Hudson office. “We walk the walk and talk the talk. We really want this community to be the best place that it can be.”

Indeed, everything is a passion project for Matt and his team — including his wife, Lisa — who show up just as joyfully for a backyard playset build for a child with cancer as they do for the PGA Tour Champions sponsored

by Kaulig at Firestone Country Club in Akron, which raised over $1.2 million for local charities this year.

“We’re showing a commitment that is not just financial,” Lisa says. “And we also want to be an example to our daughter of what it looks like to give back.”

That’s fitting because, in many ways, everything began with Samantha.

Matt met Lisa at The University of Akron where he was a quarterback and she was a cheerleader. They married in 1998 and, not too long later, began trying to grow their family. It ultimately took seven years

“We walk the walk and talk the talk. We really want this community to be the best place it can be.”

and tens of thousands of dollars in fertility treatments to have their daughter in August of 2007.

But the worry and uncertainty did not end with her arrival.

Matt carries himself like a man who owns both a NASCAR team and a minority stake in the Cleveland Guardians. He’s fit, fast moving, upbeat and decisive. But talking about his daughter’s birth changes his face in an instant as his eyes fill with tears.

Samantha could not nurse or take a bottle when she was born and, in one particularly terrifying moment, turned blue.

The newborn was quickly transported to Akron General. Lisa, just out of labor, could not go with her.

Before they took the baby into surgery, nurses gave Matt a moment alone with his daughter.

“I remember it being such a surreal …” he begins, his words trailing off as he is taken back in time. “I’m the only person this little girl has in the whole wide world. It’s just me.”

Doctors discovered that Samantha had a tracheoesophageal fistula, which caused whatever she drank to be aspirated into her lungs. She spent nine days recovering from surgery in the hospital before going home.

“They were so remarkable, the nurses and the staff,” Matt says. “It’s not like I had money then, that much to be able to give.”

But he remembers thinking one thing very clearly: Alright, we’ll support you guys forever.

PROJECT SPOTLIGHT It began with donating new furniture for the hospital’s waiting room, as well as a video monitoring system for the neonatal intensive care unit so that mothers could see their newborns. Now, for the second year in a row, Lisa and Matt serve as Honorary Chairs for Akron Children Hospital Walk for Babies.

But it most certainly did not end there.

After their daughter’s birth, the couple launched Samantha’s Gift of Hope, an IVF grant program with Reproductive Gynecology and Infertility in Akron that has helped bring 22 babies into this world.

“The beauty of this program is that the stress is alleviated,” Lisa says. “I just wanted to be able to give people hope.”

That kind of giving is fairly private, but Matt also believes in giving in a way that inspires other people to join in.

“We put all of our stuff out there,” Matt explains. “We are in the community and want to be community leaders.”

To that end, Matt teams up with Fox 8’s Stefani Schaefer and WKYC’s Jay Crawford each month in a series highlighting a local nonprofit making a difference in the community.

And, in November, Matt sent out an email to each of his 200 employees letting them know they’d all be receiving $1,000 to give to the charity of their choice.

Teaching others to give is important to Kaulig. Many of his employees spent Giving Tuesday — an international day of giving — volunteering at a nonprofit of choice.

As the vice president of philanthropy for Kaulig Companies, it’s Stacey Langal’s job to find the very best causes to support and then help them succeed. The result is an ongoing relationship rather than a one-time gift.

“Matt doesn’t want the money to feel transactional,” says Langal, who notes the joy on his face when he plays basketball with kids at an event or helps assemble bikes for another nonprofit. “We’re very involved.”

At the end of the day, Matt says it just comes down to doing the right thing.

“I think I had a really good philosophy early in life,” he says. “I deal with people all the time who are just selfish and they just take. That is a really bad long-term plan.

The more we make the more we give.”

The NASCAR Foundation: Kaulig and The NASCAR Foundation distribute thousands of bears to children in hospitals across the county.

They also volunteer and underwrite the Speediatrics Fun Day Festival in 10 race markets, which focus on healthy habits and a festival where kids receive bikes built

by Kaulig volunteers.

LeBron James Family Foundation: Kaulig Companies underwrote the Media Lab in the I PROMISE School, which is now home to a weekly segment featuring students interviewing local contributors in the region on WKYC Channel 3.

In March 2023, Kaulig Companies unveiled its next Kaulig Companies Club in the iconic cabaret at House 330, which provides I PROMISE families with job training and mentoring opportunities.

The Roc Solid Foundation: Matt Kaulig and Kaulig Giving helped introduce the Roc Solid Foundation to Ohio in 2021 by underwriting their first 10 playset builds in the Buckeye State. Kaulig Giving went on to sponsor the organization’s Play Defeats Cancer Tour.

Akron Children’s Hospital Walk for Babies: Matt and Lisa Kaulig have supported several ACH initiatives over the years, but the campaign that holds most meaning to them is Walk for Babies. They have been supporters of this annual walkathon raising funds for the ACH NICU since its inception. In 2022/2023, Matt and Lisa served as Honorary Chairs of the walk.

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MOST INTERESTING PEOPLE Meet the people who exemplify Cleveland pride by bringing energy and creativity to their work. Edited

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TROPIDELIC COMES HOME The Cleveland band takes us behind its rise to worldwide fame and life on the road.

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Movers and Shakers as I pulled up to Lakewood’s Winchester Music Tavern for my first open mic that Tuesday night. Sitting in my car on Madison Avenue, my stage fright took over. I almost didn’t walk inside.

I’d played guitar and sang Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan songs since I was a kid, but I’d never done it in front of anyone except my parents and nowwife. My hands shook as I scribbled my name on the sign-up sheet. Sipping a Miller High Life alone in the corner, I wanted to throw up.

But then Mikey Silas walked up.

Tall, gentle and kind, he hadn’t seen me before and wanted to introduce himself. “I’m pretty nervous,” I said, totally underselling it. “You’ll be great,” he said, and offered a few pointers.

Reassured, I took the stage … er, elevated platform in the tavern and confidently sang my songs.

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Most Interesting People are important because, like Silas, they’re facilitators for others who are looking to make their own marks on this city. Be it Huck Kurinsky, a 9-year-old BMX pro who flies high; brothers Sam and Caleb Skelton, who insist on surfing Lake Erie despite the elements; or the Gangster Granny, who has become a social media sensation with millions of followers, this year’s class shows us that we can do great things despite the world constantly telling us that we can’t, especially when you’re from a place like Cleveland.

So, this month, let these great Clevelanders inspire you to make 2024 the year you finally gain traction on that goal or to keep on grinding, despite the odds. And when you do accomplish your dreams, don’t forget to take others along with you.

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Luckily, that first time, I preceded Silas, who shocked me by belting soulful piano ballads with the range and theatrics of a Broadway performer. Turns out, he was the centerpiece of one of Cleveland’s coolest up-and-coming bands, Apostle Jones, a blues revival of sorts that would conquer every stage in Cleveland over the coming years. I thought he was just some rando. Had I seen him perform first, noticed the gap in our talent as wide as the Cuyahoga River, I might have left.

Despite all that, Silas took interest in my tunes and, later, my band. He encouraged me to keep coming back to open mics, which I did for the next three years. Today, I’m a better musician because he made me feel special that day, like I belonged on that stage.

Now, I know I’m not that special, at least not in the sense that I’m the only one who has felt more welcome and worthy because of Silas. By now, he’s shepherded dozens of aspiring musicians who want to share their art.

People like Silas are the glue that holds a scene and a community together. They build great things by simply showing up and being kind.

“One thing I really love about Apostle Jones is this spirit of collaboration,” he told Annie Nickoloff in this month’s Most Interesting People feature on page 34.

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CORRECTION: Editor Dillon Stewart must not have had his coffee when writing the story about NASA’s quest to create commercial planes that travel faster than Mach 1, as part of our “Future of Cleveland” package. “Your recent article made reference to a red-eye flight from Cleveland to Los Angeles, which is an incorrect use of the term,” wrote reader Tom Munley. “A red-eye flight refers to a flight leaving at night, flying west to east, and arriving in the morning. Though you technically leave at night and arrive in the morning, your ‘night’ is much shorter than usual due to the time change, resulting in the red-eyes upon arrival. Otherwise, love the magazine!” Thanks for the clarification, and thanks for reading, Tom.

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Jules Belkin, Mike Belkin (posthumous) and Robert J. Klonk were inducted into the Business Hall of Fame. Meanwhile, Kevin Clayton, Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells, Lillian Kuri, Tania Menesse and Sonia Winner were recognized as Community Leader of the Year award recipients. In addition to a cocktail reception and dinner, the event featured speakers, video presentations and networking.

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Blues for this sold-out November Tropidelic show. The crowd presses forward on the main floor, laughing and chatting in front of the stage, sharing stories of past concerts, favorite reggae artists, experiences at Everwild music festival. Before long, the curtains part in the middle, slowly sliding open to reveal the band. Singer Matthew Roads, donning a Cleveland Guardians Block C hat, sings the first verse of “Leviathan”: Down Virginia, cross the bridge of love / A lot like Leviathan traveled the coast / But, I was tied to the whipping post / So, I’m gettin’ high again. As if in response, puffs of vapor and marijuana smoke drift up from the audience, lit by colorful stage lights.

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Roads and his bandmates, plus vocal group Mixed Feelings, sway to the music, easing into this show with the moody, sparse song (Roads’ current favorite). Then, it ends. The crew gazes at the cheering crowd — and then ramps up its energy all at once. A switch flips in vocalist and trombonist James Begin, who starts rapping and leaps across the stage during “Underdog.”

A Tropidelic show is much like some combination of these two songs: beachy and vibey, mixed with frenzied, politically tinged ska-punk, and everything in between. Energy building and crashing like saltwater waves in tropical places (or the waves of Lake Erie?) that influence the band’s funky sound.

It’s a sound that established them as Cleveland’s biggest reggae-funk-rock blended band, and it traces back to the band’s earliest iteration in the 2000s, when Roads was a student at Kent State University.

Seven (soon to be eight) studio albums later, the band has gone from its scrappy school bus touring days to worldwide travels, performances on cruise ships, and its own Ohio music festival. Back in Cleveland, the band stands out, Tropidelic’s earliest perhaps laying iteration began in the groundwork for 2000s, when singer Matthew Roads was a growing numa student at Kent ber of similarState University. sounding groups to find an audience in the area. “Some might say we tilled the soil,” Roads says.

That doesn’t mean Tropidelic isn’t still scrappy.

“For the scene we’re in, to be from here is very much an anomaly,” Roads says. “We’ve had to push our old tour bus, a school bus, out of snow drifts.

We have this blue-collar mentality, ‘The hard way is the only way,’ and it’s very Midwestern and very Cleveland. Nothing’s ever been handed to us. We’ve always had to put the work in, and that’s pretty reflective of the city as a whole.”

Two days before the HOB show, Roads, Begin and drummer Rex

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Expect a new album this year, recorded with Chris DiCola at Signal Flow Studios in 2023.

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Larkman take a break from rehearsal at the Beachland Ballroom and lounge in the basement green room. Roads holds a gallon jug of water in one hand and a worn biography about Don King in the other. He looks tired. Tropidelic just came off a six-week tour, he explains, where the bandmates (Roads, Begin, Larkman, Bobby Chronic, David Pags and Rob Schafer) were literally living on top of one another in their tour bus, a custom DIYed white shuttle complete with nine plywood bunk beds.

It’s parked out back, getting a thorough cleaning, while the crew rehearses.

The practice is long and tedious, eating up the entire day. Each musician tests each drum, synth, trumpet and trombone blare. Begin raps a few verses, Roads sings a few lyrics. They comb through things carefully, parsing out every element of Tropidelic’s varied instrumentation.

You can tell Tropidelic wants to put something extra into this, its big hometown return.

After all, the band played between 100 and 150 concerts in 2023 alone.

The sold-out Downtown headliner stands out from the repetition of the road. (Maybe there’s a pun somewhere in Matthew Roads’ last name, “roads.”)

“It’s not glamorous,” Roads says, around 7:30 p.m., as the band continues to work onstage, into the darkness of a fall Cleveland night.

It’s not the first time he’s said that.

Just last week, the band was in sunny Florida; just a couple of days ago, Tropidelic’s members lived on their bus, parking in truck stops, rest areas and business lots, getting whatever sleep they could, then waking up to work out at a Planet Fitness and use their showers, then getting to a venue, then going through soundcheck, then putting on a show — then doing it all over again. Rinse, repeat. Day after day.

“The misconception is, ‘Oh, it must be such a party out there,’” Begin says.

“Everybody else coming to the shows is very much partying. But we’re clocking in when that’s happening.”

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performance, a Red Rocks Amphitheatre debut in Colorado, a sunshinefilled stint on 311 Caribbean cruise and its Everwild (formerly Freakstomp) fest.

Fans were along for the ride, even if they weren’t at every show. Strings of posts celebrated the band’s adventurous life, like they have for more than a

“We have this blue-collar mentality, ‘The hard way is the only way,’ and it’s very Midwestern and very Cleveland.” — MATTHEW ROADS Kent State hobby to a full-time career.

But it wasn’t until 2014 that the band leader started to see the project more seriously — when Tropidelic started to find its unique identity.

Specifically, a headline-making moment at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland stands out to Roads. Former Tropidelic member Derek McBryde brought his colorful sousaphone, with the words “Sex Machine” painted into its bell, and performed, loudly, in front of a crowd of protesting Westboro Baptist Church members.

The event drew national attention , and later landed Tropidelic a record deal.

“The goal was always to set ourselves apart, to grab attention, be different,” Roads says.

Along the way, the band’s growth drew in fans — not through some hit single overnight, Roads says, but steadily, spreading its roots. Band members have seen hundreds of Tropidelic tattoos. There’s a 20,700-member Facebook group, “Tropi-holics,” where fans share favorite songs and memories.

Those fans feel tapped into the band’s life. They follow along on the group’s journeys, which included, in 2023 alone, a Cleveland Guardians game

decade, since the band first started out in Cleveland’s indie venues.

“From early, early on, we were very accessible. We’d stay there and take pictures, anybody could sign anything, until they throw everybody out of the venue,” Begin says. “I think being able to form a core family, as opposed to fans — everybody’s way more involved in our projects than I think a lot of fans would normally be in a band.”

And now, these fans have sold out the House of Blues.

After rocking and vibing onstage, Tropidelic ends its set (before the encore) with a crowd-pleaser — especially for this crowd. “Snow Country.”

The upbeat ska track is an ode to the band’s near-constant state of being on the road. It slams dreary Ohio winters, dying car batteries, gray skies and the toughness that comes with living here.

It’s very Cleveland.

Don’t turn the lights out, Roads sings to his hometown crowd. It’s been so long since we’ve been home / I hope that I remember the way.

It’s not glamorous, Roads had said. It’s not the first time he said it.

He completes the sentiment: “But it’s amazing.”

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Telling A Complete Story Lusenhop Fine Art showcases African American art on Lee Road. owner David Lusenhop started his interview by answering a question he’s used to being asked: Why does he, a white art collector, specialize in art by African American artists?

“White people tend to ask me, ‘Why are you interested’ as if they’re asking ‘Why should you be interested?’” says Lusenhop, standing behind a custom oak bookcase in his gallery on Lee Road in Cleveland Heights.

“African Americans often ask me why I’m interested,” he says. “And what they’re really saying is, ‘What are you doing with our art?’”

Lusenhop’s “Why?” is simple. “I’m very interested in the history of American art. And you can’t tell that story without the history of African American artists. You simply can’t tell it.”

For more than 30 years, Lusenhop has sold work by noted artists like Dawoud Bey, Kerry James Marshall, and Barbara Jones-Hogu. Last September, he opened his most recent gallery at 2248 Lee Road. Although he has private clients, he specializes in selling to public institutions. He has sold an entire collection to the Brooklyn Museum and sold and donated works to the Cleveland Museum of Art. He estimates he’s sold 50 works by African American artists to museums all over the country in the past two years.

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into public institutions, it can be studied. It can be seen. It can be preserved for all time,” he says.

Lusenhop’s introduction to African American art came at Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati’s academically selective public high school. He’d been interested in art since childhood, but his African American studio art teachers taught artists and movements that standards texts like Janson’s History of Western Art ignored. Lusenhop, a self-described “library nerd,” searched for writings from African American scholars, but they were hard to find.

“There weren’t a lot of them in the ‘70s,” he says.

After a stint at Miami University, Lusenhop ended up in Chicago. He grew to know more about the African American artistic community, especially at the South Side Community Art Center, an incubator for African American artists since its founding more than 80 years ago. Lusenhop noDavid Lusenhop’s gallery shows some ticed few dealers of the preeminent were courting the African American substantial middleartists of our time. class community of African Americans

on Chicago’s South Side.

“The South Side has a lot of deep pockets of old African American money,” he says, “and those were the caretakers of a lot of the visual culture.”

Lusenhop started out selling work by “historical masters” Charles White, a painter and muralist; Eldzier Cortor, painter and printmaker; and sculptor Elizabeth Catlett. He also began representing members of AfriCOBRA, the African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists. Founded in 1968, the collective’s members, including Cleveland painter Wadsworth Jarrell and artist Jae Jarrell, were dedicated to creating work grounded in a “Black aesthetic.” He opened a gallery in 2007, just a year before the Great Recession, which eventually shut him down. In the meantime, he married and eventually moved to Cleveland with his spouse.

At the space on Lee Road, Lusenhop continues the work he’s done since getting his first job in 1985: presenting the masters of African American art.

“I’m trying to show artists that were devoted to personal expression, cultural history and the craft of art making,” he says. “I’m selling the people that are best at their particular medium.”

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Comes Back Around Rocky River-based company Canvus plans to outfit Cleveland parks with unique benches made out of wind turbine blades.

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Canvus is out to rewrite the fate of these retired blades, repurposing them into functional pieces of art. In August, the Rocky River company launched a line of 11 models, which consist of benches, tables and planters.

Companies donate replaced windmill blades to Canvus, which uses their natural shape to form the base of the bench or planter. The blades are then combined with the other retired materials gathered by the company (composite lumber, recycled rubber and mixed plastics) to complete elements of the benches and table tops.

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people’s homes,” says Brian Donahue, a managing partner of Canvus.

While one could see the smaller Willow bench built into a high-end, backyard landscape design, the company’s products — such as the Beacon, a 96-by-135-inch bench that costs on average $2,500-$9,500 and offers signage and 360-degree seating, or the Carole, a 96-inch-long picnic table — are intended for public spaces.

“That’s really where our products belong, out in open spaces for everyone out there to enjoy,” says Donahue.

“Some cities have spaces that could be great with a little love from Canvus products and a little love from the community to spruce it up.”

To show just how well its products work in a public space, Canvus launched a donor program in August.

Now, two teardrop-shaped Willow benches adorn the entrance of the Great Lakes Science Center. The two benches were painted by Cleveland artists Eileen Dorsey, who depicted a treescape on hers, and Garrett Weider, who created a flock of mushrooms. The

Canvus creates a few different models of benches and tables, mostly designed for use in public spaces.

company has plans to install at least 10 more products in other locations.

“Honestly, it’s a little surreal because it’s one of those spaces you stop by if you’re touring the city, right? It’s exciting,” says Dorsey, who is best known for her colorful paintings, about her bench being placed at the Great Lakes Science Center. “It’s nice to have my artwork around. It feels like having a little piece of home everywhere.”

Canvus products can be expected to continue to pop up around Cleveland, with the brand’s next installation planned for Willard Park, which the company hopes to outfit exclusively with Canvus products.

“We are really supporting all spaces in Cleveland, obviously being our backyard,” says Donahue. “We love to be present here and want as many products as possible here.” gocanvus.com CLEVELANDMAGAZINE.COM

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But breast cancer changed the way she felt about her body. Diagnosed in 2019 with invasive ductal carcinoma, Sloan ultimately underwent chemotherapy, radiation and four surgeries, including a double mastectomy. The experience saved her life, but it also changed her body in an extremely short period of time.

“Looking in the mirror has been shocking and painful,” says Sloan. “I haven’t felt confident in myself like I used to.”

When she learned about Personal Ink, better known as P.ink, Sloan saw a way to regain control and rebuild her self-image. A project of the nonprofit organization F--- Cancer, P.Ink partners with tattoo parlors in cities across the country to offer free chest tattoos to women who have had mastectomies.

Their motto is, “Breast cancer doesn’t have to leave the last mark.”

That appealed to Sloan, who was in search of new experiences that would help her continue to grow and heal after everything she’d been through.

“Nothing about the cancer experience is fun. It’s the antithesis of fun,” she says. “This opportunity felt refreshing because it’s fun. It’s different and unexpected in a positive way.”

Sloan was one of four applicants chosen to be tattooed on P.Ink Day Cleveland, which took place Oct. 4 at Voodoo Monkey. This year marked the Ohio City tattoo shop’s fourth time partnering with P.Ink. “It’s really nice for our team to be able to give something back to the community, rather than just business as usual,” says Voodoo Monkey owner Dave Stalter. “It’s very rewarding for us.”

Stalter, who did Sloan’s tattoo himself, matches his tattoo artists with P.Ink’s chosen recipients based on each woman’s style and design request. The

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Sloan, for example, chose an asymmetrical, lace-inspired tattoo that was intentionally reminiscent of lingerie.

Timmery Foster, another P.Ink tattoo recipient, opted for an artistic rendering of a “tree of life” wrapped in a strand of DNA. Foster’s design represents her family history of breast cancer and is completed by two butterflies to honor her mother, who died at age 63 after breast cancer spread to her lungs.

“My mom always wore prosthetic breasts in public, but when she was on her deathbed, she told me she wished she’d gotten a badass chest tattoo instead,” says Foster, who traveled to Cleveland from Fenton, Michigan, to get inked. “I’m just doing what she always wanted to do.”

Before arriving at Voodoo Monkey, all four P.Ink recipients met up for breakfast at Le Petit Triangle in Ohio City so they could get to know one another and feel supported in their decision to get tattooed.

They were joined by Shannon Osborne, a professional project manager and P.Ink volunteer who serves as the organization’s main point of contact in

Cleveland. It’s a role that might as well have been made for her, as Osborne herself is a breast cancer survivor who underwent a double mastectomy and a full range of treatment. She has a chest tattoo of her own.

“When I was done with my treatment experience, I felt a little bit battered,” Osborne recalls. “I realized that I wasn’t looking at myself in the mirror anymore.”

It’s common for survivors to complete the breast reconstruction surgery process by getting realistic-looking nipple and areola tattoos. But Osborne, who didn’t yet know about P.Ink, wanted to do something different.

She traveled to Richmond, Virginia, to get butterflies inked across her chest by an artist specializing in postsurgical tattoos.

“Breast cancer scars are pretty gnarly,” Osborne says, “but now my eye is drawn right to my tattoo instead.”

For Sloan, who has no other tattoos, that was the most compelling reason to apply to P.Ink Day Cleveland. Newly divorced and now in remission, she’s ready to step into the next phase of her life — one that isn’t a constant and negative reminder of the pain, fear and exhaustion of breast cancer.

“Now, when I look in the mirror, the last thing I see won’t be my scars,” Sloan says. “It will be something of my own choosing. It will be a piece of art.”

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Patron Saint Fits Your Vibe Day slides seamlessly into night as you kill time at this new Italian-style Hingetown cafe and bar.

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to their whims, pairing the food with low-ABV cocktails that are boozy enough to be fun but not so boozy that you’ll need a nap afterward.

There’s no table service, and all ordering is done via QR code, which allows diners to close out on their own timeline. This was important to Artale, who wants people to be able to quickly drop in while they’re between errands or events, without being beholden to a server’s timeline.

“This is somewhere where you can just pop in,” she says.

Patron Saint seamlessly occupies an elusive middle space that most establishments altogether ignore. It’s the perfect spot to just be. When you can’t decide Grab and go, or stay between coffee all day. Patron Saint’s or a cocktail, mobile order system lets you build your own come here and experience. grab both.

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ew places in Cleveland have a true European sensibility. But Patron Saint, a sunny, Italian-style cafe and aperitivo bar with stone archways and colorful Vitrolite tiles, tops the list. Want a negroni at 7 a.m. or an espresso at 7 p.m.? How about both at the same time? Whatever you’re in the mood for, Patron Saint aims to be your go-to spot.

Drinks range from cappuccinos and cortados to spritzes and spaghetts, while the small plates are more than just snacks but not quite a full meal.

The ambiance, too, is higher energy than a coffee shop but not nearly as bustling as a restaurant or bar.

That’s the point, says owner Marie Artale, who opened the Hingetown hotspot in June.

“I wanted this to be the place that, whatever you need, we’re here for you,” says Artale, who moved back to Cleveland from New York in 2020 to pursue her dream of opening a cafe. “That’s what the patron saints themselves are: Everyone has a different one, and people turn to them for different reasons.

As a name, it felt fitting.”

Appropriately, a look around shows customers on very different journeys: The guy in corner eats both breakfast and lunch here, clacking away on his

laptop; friends who just finished class at upstairs’ Soul Yoga catch up over mochas; a couple at the bar is on its first date. Somehow, it’s the rare locale that’s equally appropriate for all.

“It’s been fun to see people use the space for various reasons,” Artale says.

“They bring a different energy and experience during different times of day.”

Chef David Kocab’s menu reflects the many possibilities, with thoughtfully composed dishes that feature simple, fresh and expertly paired ingredients.

Warm gigante beans with chicken sausage, kale and fresh grana padano ($12) are a lightened-up take on gourmet pasta. The farro salad ($12) is both chewy and crunchy, an unexpected but unrivaled combo. And the ultra-flaky croissants ($5) are skillfully laminated and served with a duo of sweet pistachio butter and a puckering marmalade.

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SHAWNDA MOYE Owner, The Roaming Biscuit

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Shawnda Moye doesn’t identify as a chef but rather as someone who enjoys feeding people. After honing her skills at Lucky’s Cafe in Tremont and Cleveland Bagel Co. in Detroit Shoreway, she does just that at the The Roaming Biscuit, which started in 2019 and launched a brick-and-mortar in 2023. – S O P H I E F A R R A R

Chef John Hagerty has opened up a new vegan hotspot in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood called THE GREEN KITCHEN . It’s a place that Hagerty describes as “vegan food for everyone.” The menu features a variety of appetizers and entrees such as the crispy cauliflower wings and Nashville hot chicken.

BRUNCH Juneberry [Table] for brunch. The food is always phenomenal. What they do with local ingredients is amazing. The coffee cake? You will dream about it.

GOOD DEAL Prosperity [Social Club] in Tremont. Especially on Tuesday nights for steak night. It’s a great deal on a very tasty steak. They also make a very good Aviation [cocktail].

NEW FAVORITE Patron Saint. They are so creative and delicious — they will just surprise you with the flavor. The flavors they are coming out with are phenomenal. Beautiful atmosphere.

Great staff.

COCKTAILS You can find me at Jukebox, Astoria or Prosperity.

Their lists of cocktails are creative and rotating. They take a lot of time and do a lot of research to make delicious cocktails for folks.

ASIAN FOOD Han [Chinese] Kabob [& Grill] and Banana Blossom [Thai Cuisine]. Banana Blossom is definitely my go-to for Thai. The food is great and always consistently delicious. The service is awesome as well.

WHO INSPIRES HER Chef Karen Small. Heather Haviland.

Ramat Wiley from Adun Spice [Co.]. Melissa Khoury from Saucisson. Caitlin [Shea] from Philomena Bake Shop — she is a baking magician. There’s so much talent out here, [but] definitely those folks for sure.

An old favorite has reopened in Cleveland Heights as NIGHTTOWN is back in business at its Cedar Road location. The Dublin Lawyer ($38) is a lobster-and-gnocchi favorite at the restaurant known for Irish fare and seafood.

A rebranding has taken place at MGM Northfield Park as VALLEY’S EDGE is now the event space's flagship restaurant. Perfect for a high-end meal to celebrate a victory in the sportsbook or slot machines, its menu includes a variety of steaks and seafood on the menu. Valley’s Edge is open Wednesday through Sunday from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m.

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Turn Up the Heat After two decades in Tremont, Chef Rocco Whalen is leaving his mark on Downtown’s dining scene.

Chef Rocco Whalen considered creating a new concept, but the love of the Fahrenheit brand won out.

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The 15,000-square-foot space, once home to John Q’s Steakhouse and Stouffer’s Restaurants, is nearly unrecognizable from its dark, woodpaneled predecessors. Now sleek and lofty, it’s outfitted with geometric lighting, faux marbling and leather and velvet seating, with space for up to 700 diners. A glass-encased wine wall leads the way to an upstairs dining room and attached roof deck, which boasts an unparalleled view of the city skyline.

The red cursive script atop the menu and the neon sign above the bathroom mirrors both read “Smokeshow” — and Fahrenheit is just that.

“There’s an artistry and show to this place, whether it’s our drink carts or smoking a piece of beef with sesame or having you into the chef’s kitchen,” Whalen says.

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to capture buzz. This summer, Whalen relocated Downtown after 21 years in a dimly lit, modestly sized spot in Tremont. He considered dropping the Fahrenheit name altogether and starting with a blank slate that would allow him to build upon his legacy without feeling beholden to it. But he couldn’t do it.

“I put so much pride, love, time and energy into the brand,” he says. (Plus, he says, too many past and present employees have Fahrenheit tattoos!)

Swanky as it is, Fahrenheit doesn’t leave your wallet slimmer and your appetite wanting. Its prices are comparable to peers of its caliber, but the portions are more generous; you might even have enough for lunch tomorrow.

The perpetual star of the menu is the iconic, Korean-inspired Wagyu short rib ($45), which Whalen has been serving since 2001. It’s as tender and flavorful as ever, braised for 12 hours and served over teriyaki lo mein with roasted mushrooms and baby bok choy. He used to occasionally cycle it off of the menu, but diners demand it.

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“I do have other short rib dishes up my sleeve,” he laments, “but I’d rather focus my energy on other things where people won’t be upset with me.”

There are, of course, other entrees, including a buttery lobster mac and cheese ($48) so sumptuous you’ll stop mid-conversation to savor every bite.

Four steak options range from $55 for a center-cut prime filet to $125 for a 12-ounce Wagyu New York strip. The standouts, though, are the appetizers and seafood offerings, which make up two-thirds of the menu.

“Sharing is the way it should be in the food world,” Whalen says.

The ahi poke nachos ($18) are a take on a dive bar classic that swaps tortilla chips for a dramatically large bowl of crispy wontons topped with cubed tuna, pickled red onions, shaved jalapenos and a sweet-and-spicy aioli.

The miso-glazed eggplant cups ($13), served on bibb lettuce, delight even the devout of carnivores. And though the unagi-sauced corn “ribs” ($14) are technically a side, don’t hesitate to order them as an app to share.

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The seafood menu, too, is both extensive and expensive, with presentation always top of mind. Pristine oysters, shrimp and crab claws are served in bowls of ice illuminated from the bottom with a neon glow. The seafood towers ($60-$160) overflow with split lobster tails and king crab, paired with cocktail sauce and horseradish as well as options like tart ponzu, salsa verde and chimichurri.

Much of Fahrenheit’s menu is Asian-inspired, but Whalen doesn’t want to be limited to one genre. Instead, he wants to explore and incorporate his evolving culinary curiosities.

“I want to give everybody an open palette,” he says. “I tell [my team], use the knowledge that you’re gaining here to develop your repertoire.”

Whalen feeds his 100-person staff a “family meal” every day, always asking for tweaks and suggestions. For him, it’s as much about the food as it is about the camaraderie and creative process.

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“Am I some fancy bartender barista now?” Whalen says. “No. But I am a guy who’s interested in new, different apparatuses and engaging cocktail programs.”

At the end of the day, Fahrenheit’s goal is to foster a dining experience that makes you feel like you’re on top of the world. Whether you’re nestled into a velvet banquette in the dining room, sipping a hand-smoked cocktail at the bar or sitting on the roof deck with the colorful lights of Terminal Tower shimmering above, Fahrenheit offers a choose-your-own adventure of indulgence.

“We don’t have white tablecloths,” Whalen says, “but we definitely have everything else.”

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BOAZ FRESH LEBANESE WHY WE LOVE IT: From the local family company behind Aladdin’s Eatery, this build-your-own bowl spot focuses on simple, scratch-made Mediterranean cuisine. With ingredients seasoned and spiced with traditional flavors, such as sumac and za’atar, you’ll also find soup, Lebanese appetizers and rolled pitas.

TRY THIS: Build your own bowl ($10.79+) with a base of greens, lentils and brown rice or just rice, a protein and top with any fixings of choice.

2549 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, 216-458-9225, boazfresh.com

BRIGHT SIDE WHY WE LOVE IT: Longtime Belgiuminspired Bier Markt reimagined itself into this stunning, bar-forward concept with pink and green decor. Despite retaining classic items, the new restaurant takes a lighter approach with cocktails, flatbreads and dishes that celebrate local, seasonal veggies.

TRY THIS: The famous pommes frites ($14) crafted with crispy duck schmaltz potatoes served with rosemary and crushed garlic and dipping sauces like garlic and gochujang chili aioli. 1948 W. 25th St., Cleveland, 216-274-1010, brightsidecle.com

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BARTLEBY WHY WE LOVE IT: This newer gem in the former Crop Bistro space gives haunted library vibes with a grand-vaulted ceiling, whimsical floral wallpaper and gold framed mirrors. It all centers around a lush tree and a simple American menu focusing on steaks, seafood and pizza.

TRY THIS: The salmon ($32) makes for a multi-layered delectable dish served with toasted couscous, Marcona almonds, currants and yogurt, garnished with parsley mint.

2537 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, 216-417-2224, bartlebycleveland.com

CENT’S PIZZA + GOODS WHY WE LOVE IT: Vincent Morelli’s Ohio City pizzeria lands somewhere between a retro, classic pizza shop and modern European eatery, slinging top notch wood-fired pizzas. Buy elevated knickknacks and tees in the front space before munching and sipping, while watching a movie on the projector, or enjoying the rustic secluded string-light patio. TRY THIS: The woodfired puffy Wonder Bread ($6) with sea salt and heavenly house cultured butter ($2). 5010 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, 216-862-6427, centspizza.com

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AVO MODERN MEXICAN WHY WE LOVE IT: The decor at this modern Mexican favorite is matched by the bright flavors of burritos, tacos, tortas and imaginative cocktails and margaritas. TRY THIS: The Mexican pizza ($24) is made on a flattop grill with two extra-large flour tortillas. Order it traditional style with house made enchilada sauce, refried black beans, chihuahua cheese, ground beef and heirloom pico de gallo, served with a side of sour cream and topped with fresh cilantro. 2058 W.

GREAT LAKES BREWING CO. WHY WE LOVE IT: When you think of Cleveland beer, this brewery tops the list. The iconic brewpub and brewery is known for being the first microbrewery in the state. Eco-friendly practices occur behind the scenes of this purveyor of Christmas Ale, while it whips up basic American comfort eats featuring locally sourced seasonal ingredients in a charming historic traditional brewery with all your favorites on tap. TRY THIS: True Clevelanders share the sausage sampler ($18), a spread of sausages from Ohio City Provisions and J&J Czuchraj Meats, sauerkraut, sautéed onions and pickles, served with mustard.

2516 Market Ave., Cleveland, 216-771-4404, greatlakesbrewing.com

HANSA BREWERY WHY WE LOVE IT: Hansa brewery, restaurant and specialty shop looks like it’s straight out of an old-fashioned German Village with an ornate iron gate welcoming you in and a wooden industrial interior with German murals, flags and lots of charm. A long bar has plenty of German beers on tap — perfect for building a flight. Sit on the patio with a stein or take home some imported cheeses, meats, bread or beer.

TRY THIS: The original wiener pork or turkey wiener schnitzel ($18.50), served with house vegetables and a choice of home fried potatoes, fries or spaetzle, is a musttry.

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HECKS WHY WE LOVE IT: With three locations, Heck’s has become a Cleveland staple that’s classic yet trendy. The write-homeabout burgers highlight an all-American menu. This original location is an open-air concept filled with plants and covered in tile. TRY THIS: An ode to one of its other locations, The Avon Burger ($17), is a balanced taste sensation featuring balsamic candied onions, blue cheese, truffled potato sticks and baby arugula.

2927 Bridge Ave., Cleveland, 216-861-5464, heckscafe.com

HERB’N TWINE SANDWICH CO. WHY WE LOVE IT: This gourmet to-go sandwich shop, housed in a small rustic industrial space, is so adored that it regularly sells out and the bread is made daily.

TRY THIS: This isn’t your ordinary smoked turkey club ($12). The balanced sandwich begins with house smoked turkey breast and is topped with Gouda cheese, spinach, maple smoked bacon, marinated onion, sun dried tomato and mayo. 4309 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, 216-465-9600, herbntwine.com

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JAJA WHY WE LOVE IT: In the room of rooms, Jaja is a mystical combination of feminine, whimsical, lush, almost Parisian decor, with a massive retractable roof acting as the main fixture of this Argentinian and Mediterranean steak and small plates gem (with fancy inventive cocktails). The fancy component of the new Intro Apartment building has impressed since first opening its doors in 2022. TRY THIS: Executive chef Brian Whalen recommends the balanced dish of raviolo ($18), crafted with handmade pasta (three ravioli), with herb ricotta filling.

“We drop an egg yolk into the center of it and cut our own raviolis out, and top with cacio e pepe compound butter and serve with a bright citrus gremolata” (parsley, cilantro, shallot, garlic, zest and juice from oranges, limes and lemons). 2050 Gehring Ave., Cleveland, 216-998-5353, jajacleveland.com

JOHNNY MANGO WORLD CAFE & BAR WHY WE LOVE IT: Long-running Johnny Mango World Cafe & Market is your goto for casual neighborhood eats in a funky fun dining area showcasing colorful artwork and a maze of greenery. Dig into the wholesome Mexican, Asian and Caribbean-inspired food and drink, including a juice bar with fresh to order juices, sodas and shakes made with locally grown fruits and vegetables. And don't skip the restaurant's impressive happy hour offerings. TRY THIS: Go for the Bangkok BBQ chicken ($16), four delicious (zesty) chicken thighs seared over red hot coals, then quenched with sweet garlic sauce. This one’s meant to be eaten with your fingers. 3120 Bridge Ave., Cleveland, 216-575-1919, jmango.com

LE PETIT TRIANGLE CAFE WHY WE LOVE IT: You’ll feel like you’ve flown to France when you enter this quintessential Parisian cafe with classic decor (cafe chairs, checkered floor and wooden bar) in this vibrant extension of your living room. Sip on an espresso, or munch on a croissant or your favorite traditional French delicacy for breakfast or lunch served on a white linen tablecloth (bonus if you also order a bottle of French wine). TRY THIS: Opt for the French classic boeuf bourguignon ($19) stewed with red wine, bacon, wild mushroom pearl onion, mirepoix and roasted potatoes.

1881 Fulton Ave., Cleveland, 216-281-1881, lepetittriangle.com

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NANO BREW CLEVELAND WHY WE LOVE IT: One of Sam McNulty and Mark Premier’s West 25th staples featuring brunch, a large beer garden, trivia and puppy hour. With a homey, bicycle friendly brewpub feel, the popular spot offers all its own brewed beers and locally sourced bar fare.

TRY THIS: Order the Nano Classic ($8) featuring a fresh, four-ounce smashed Angus beef patty on a buttered bun with American cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and Nano sauce. 1859 W. 25th St., Cleveland, 216-862-6631, nanobrewcleveland.com

TRY THIS: “I’m a huge fan of the spicy pepperoni that comes topped with hella Ohio pepperoni ($20),” says McNulty, of his pizza served with pickled jalapenos, red sauce, aged cheese blend, pecorino, Calabrian chili honey and parsley.

sandwiches, desserts, soups, salads and beyond with a friendly, humble ambiance inside a simple space with an inviting traditional red awning entrance.

TRY THIS: Cozy up in a booth and start the table with tabbulee ($7.25) made in house with freshly chopped parsley, tomato, onion, bulgur wheat, mixed with olive oil and lemon juice. 1923 W. 25th St.,

1947 W. 25th St., Cleveland, 216-621-4000, marketgardenbrewery.com

NATE’S DELI & RESTAURANT The family-owned Mediterranean deli and restaurant that has been around since 1988 quickly whips up fresh Lebanese specialties and American deli

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MARKET GARDEN BREWERY WHY WE LOVE IT: In the heart of West 25th Street’s booming restaurant district, next to the West Side Market, this one of Sam McNulty and Mark Premier’s ventures stands out for its neighborhood vibes (three fireplaces, a leafy beer garden and three bars), chefdriven seasonal gastropub menu by Chef Andrew Bower, and a rather large award-winning craft tap beer selection.

The 35,000 square-foot production brewery houses the brewhouse, tasting room, and brewery tours as well.

OHIO CITY BURRITO WHY WE LOVE IT: Local tortillas, house made sauces and house ground chorizo: Fresh ingredients make this colorful taco and burrito shop stand out. All the meats are rubbed down and marinated for 24 hours, then slow cooked overnight for 8-10 hours and hand shredded. TRY THIS: The taco Mexicanos ($9), a trio of authentic street tacos made with barbacoa, with chopped onion, fresh cilantro and lime.

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OLD ANGLE TAVERN WHY WE LOVE IT: With live music, a handsome stone and wood interior, and gastropub cuisine, this old school neighborhood Irish tavern is housed in a revitalized historic hardware shop, making for a casual hangout spot for friends.

TRY THIS: Pair your favorite Irish whiskey with a unique The D’Angle sandwich ($14), prepared with homemade corned beef on rye with Swiss, slaw and house mustard, served alongside fries and a house pickle.

1848 W. 25th St., Cleveland, 216-861-5643, oldangle.com

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MOMOCHO WHY WE LOVE IT: Known for colorful margaritas and fresh guacamole flights, its seasonal authentic modern Mexican menu, the trendy dimly lit restaurant is housed in a historic building once used as a grocer that Chef Eric William decked out with unique Lucha Libre wrestler decor and murals. TRY THIS: The plant-based flautas ($17) make for a beloved favorite, crafted with butternut squash, goat cheese, red chile and chocolate mole. 1835 Fulton Road, Cleveland, 216-694-2122, momocho.com

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PEARL STREET WINE MARKET & CAFE WHY WE LOVE IT: Stop in the heart of Ohio City at this new concept by Karen Small (Flying Fig) and Jillian Davis (Toast) highlighting natural wines and food pairings. Enjoy market sandwiches during the day or small plates, boards and other shareables at night from the European bistro menu at the modern and relaxing spot with a classic bar. TRY THIS: Grab a pal and build your own board (5 items for $32) from a curated array of cheeses and meats, like a semi-soft tulip tree milkweed cheese or North Country herbed wagyu bresaola.

2523 Market Ave., Cleveland, 216-675-0112, pearlstreetcle.com

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REAL SMOQ’ED BBQ WHY WE LOVE IT: Locally sourced BBQ, sandwiches and other Southern dishes shine at this no-frills counter-service spot. All the flavorful meats are cooked low and slow with indirect heat contained within a rotating wood smoker using real woods like hickory, oak, cherry and apple for even cooking. Inspired by a trip to Memphis, Tennessee, the eatery (formerly known as Ohio City BBQ) opened in 2018 featuring 1960s and Elvis Presley paraphernalia. TRY THIS: Mac Daddy ($15.50) has homemade mac and cheese topped with slow smoked brisket, with a signature BBQ sauce and dried onions straws. It's the way to have the best of both worlds with juicy meat and creamy carbs. 3829 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, 216-417-5987, realsmoqedbbq.com

St., Cleveland, 216-298-9090, sohocleveland.com

WEST SIDE MARKET CAFE WHY WE LOVE IT: Shop the diverse world of local food and drink purveyors at 1912-built West Side Market and then rest your heels at this friendly cafe for a homestyle meal in a basic dining room with white subway-esque tiled walls and a dining counter. Cuisine here is prepared using many of the West Side Market’s fresh and local ingredients.

TRY THIS: Bite into the corned beef Reuben ($16) starring corned beef, Swiss cheese, Thousand Island dressing and slaw on grilled rye. 1979 W. 25th St., Cleveland, 216-579-6800, westsidemarketcafe.com

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PIZZA WHIRL WHY WE LOVE IT: After a night (or day) gallivanting down West 25th Street, step inside this relaxed pizza counter for a slice of two of classic American pizza, salads, calzones or other Italian delights. Or build your own basic or original pizza and sit down in a dining room with exposed brick and banquettes along the wall. TRY THIS: The King ($17.99) is a carnivore’s dream with ham, meatballs, bacon, sausage, pepperoni and chicken, from the menu handcrafted with locally sourced ingredients.

1822 W. 25th St., Cleveland, 216-242-

SOHO CHICKEN + WHISKEY WHY WE LOVE IT: With a 24-hour brine and simple buttermilk and seasoned flour dredge on the chicken, “the flavor that the brine imparts into the chicken is our unique signature, adding a depth of flavor into the bird,” says chef and owner Nolan Konkoski. Come for weekend brunch, Southern sandwiches, inventive seasonal cocktails and “suppers” in a warm dining room with exposed brick and a bar with an impressively long lineup of whiskey. TRY THIS: Order the Evenin’ dinner ($21) with both a (juicy and crispy) breast and thigh, with seared green beans, house made mashed potatoes and bourbon gravy. 1889 W. 25th

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XINJI NOODLE BAR WHY WE LOVE IT: Most plates are sourced from local Northeast Ohio farms at this basic noodle haven serving up steaming ramen, dumplings and other Pan-Asian fare with recipes inspired by Ohio’s own flavors. A somewhat minimalist industrial yet warm dining area with wood and exposed brick, and a secluded brick patio, make for a relaxing setting. TRY THIS: Warm up with the black garlic tonkotsu ($18),

made with fresh pork broth that slowcooks for 72 hours, with black garlic, menma, pork belly and pulled pork.

4211 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, 216-465-2439, xinjinoodle.com

WANT MORE? Check out more recommendations at clevelandmagazine.com/food-drink

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Why They’re Interesting: This sporty duo isn’t afraid of dipping into Lake Erie when it’s more than a little cold, surfing whatever waves they’re able to find.

Side Gigs: Besides surfing, the Skeltons fill their time with traveling, camping and side gigs. Sam works in photography and drone videography; you can see his skills shine on the duo’s social media. Caleb builds fences and crafts jewelry with his wife, Elissa Hastings, for their shop, WildFoot Studios. “We like to make sure we can have any free time we need to go surfing or go snowboarding, because the weather doesn’t really care when you work or not,” Caleb says.

Always Active: Growing up, Sam and Caleb Skelton were always skateboarding and snowboarding around their hometown of Concord.

As teens, Sam and his younger brother Caleb found surfing through a friend’s brother. Soon, they were taking boards out on Lake Erie, learning to surf through trial and error. “Caleb and I were always pretty reckless as kids. There were a few times — I’m ashamed to admit — that I would skip high school classes just to be able to go out on the lake by myself. I remember going out during thunderstorms and rain,” Sam says. “It was pretty stupid looking back, but it’s always great to be able to tell other surfers I meet while traveling that I learned how to surf on a lake instead of an ocean.” Their love of surfing doesn’t stop when Northeast Ohio’s fleeting summers end. “It’s pretty addicting,” Caleb says. “You just keep going, and then all of a sudden, it starts getting really cold, and you still want to surf — so you get wet suits.”

All Hands on Deck: Sam and Caleb share a love of Lake Erie. Sam says they’re working toward a Cleveland-based wave pool and a television show. “The show would be a way to share the Great Lakes and the problems that are happening there with a wider audience,” Sam says. “We just want to show people how cool the resource is.”

And they’re not the only surfers out there; Caleb encourages anyone interested to try out the sport on Lake Erie, with other surfers guiding the way. “It’s a pretty chill community; at least in the Great Lakes, it is,” Caleb says. “Everybody’s pretty happy to get any waves at all, so there’s not too much competition out there.”

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dad and siblings and we were on the assembly line,” Granny says. “I truly enjoyed those days.”

Do it for the Vine: The Youngstown pair’s first foray on the internet came several years and social media platforms ago, as Smith, who played football at the University of Dayton, filmed a video of himself with Granny while he was home on spring break and posted it on Vine.

Then the view count kept rising and rising, and the rest is history. “It was just the luck of the draw,” Smith says. “My plan was to play a little football and go into business and Granny was just excited to enjoy her retirement, and then all of a sudden our lives changed.”

5,000+: The amount of videos Smith estimates the duo have created together. They post up to 70 clips a day on Snapchat alone. “Sometimes I go through my camera roll and find videos of stuff that I forgot we did.”

She’s the Bomb: The duo’s internet fame is just another life journey for Granny, who grew up without a phone in her house and worked at a bomb factory during World War II, in Ravenna. “I worked there with my

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You Name It, They’ve Done It: Part of the reason that Smith’s content has risen to the top of so many social media algorithms is because of its uniqueness. Videos showcase the two on various adventures, as Smith travels around the world for videos. The two have swum with tigers, and Smith has gone paragliding by himself. But the biggest thing that Smith and Granny enjoy is how much their content helps viewers build connections with their own grandparents. “Not everyone celebrates the later parts of life,” Smith says. “We get so many people who reach out and say that our videos encourage them to reach out to their family. It feels like Granny has become the world’s grandma.”

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When founding Klutch in 2012, he signed longtime friend LeBron James. Seven years later he became head of sports at the venerable United Talent Agency. His nearly 200-plus client roster includes Draymond Green, Jalen Hurts, Darius Garland and Tristan Thompson. He’s also chart-topping pop star Adele’s significant other.

Lucky Me: It’s the title of his memoir, which recounts his life up to 2016. He flips the perception of his tough upbringing in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood — one in which the absences of a single mother addicted to crack were balanced by the presence of a loving father — by presenting lessons he learned during that period as the building blocks of his success as an adult. “Any time you’re able to give someone direction where they can gain a perspective and have some type of progression, whether it’s minimal or maximum, I feel like that’s extremely important.”

Passion for Fashion: Paul’s love of fashion includes authentic sports jerseys. By 2001 he was selling them to athletes and celebrities. “I used to take my jerseys out of town with me, and I sold them to a lot of the guys that were in the NBA at the time, whether it was Antoine Walker or Juwan Howard … some other football players, too,” he recalls. It was a Houston Oilers quarterback Warren Moon jersey Paul was rocking at Akron-Canton Airport that caught LeBron James’ eye and prompted him to ask Paul about it: their fateful first meeting.

Remembering His Roots: One of Paul’s regrets is not buying the building at East 125th Street and Edmonton Avenue that housed his father’s R & J Confectionary store. “The most important address in [his] life,” where he spent so much time with his dad, became an empty lot. Paul hopes to someday build an updated duplicate of the former building. “If I was able to recreate that bright spot, that would mean a lot to me and my family.”

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Kearney says. “Tommy Dailey, who ran those bars, he would let me climb onstage and just do 10 minutes of comedy.”

SNL Role Models: Kearney says their comedic style has been likened to other SNL greats. “I did a roast battle once, and someone said that it’s like Chris Farley and Melissa McCarthy had a baby,” they say. Kearney counts other SNL actors as influences, including Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph and Rachel Dratch.

Second to Nun: A standout sketch in Kearney’s first SNL season was pairing up with host Aubrey Plaza as an Irish nun duo. Kearney reprised another role as a nun in their second season. “I’m either men or nuns,” they say, with a laugh, “and I love my typecast. I’ll do it for the rest of my life.”

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But she fully expected her career to take her someplace like Washington, D.C., or New York City.

No one was more surprised than her when that city was Cleveland.

“During my first visit, I stayed in this nice hotel where I could see everything out my window, and it just seemed like the city was on fire,” she says. “When I was offered the job, I said, ‘I have to take it. This city is amazing.’ And it’s been amazing ever since.”

That was in 2015, and she has no plans to leave any time soon — if ever.

Nyorkor has covered major sports moments, like the Cavs’ Finals win and the then-Indians’ World Series loss; she was even on the ice when the Lake Erie Monsters clinched the Calder Cup. Reporting all over town gave her the chance to get to know the city quickly and intimately. But Nyorkor also put in a lot of personal effort, asking tourism centers for recommendations.

Her favorite spots include the West Side Market, where she buys ingredients to make jollof rice, spicy stew and kale salads; CLE Urban Winery, whose bring-your-own-food policy she loves; and the Cleveland Garlic Festival (“That garlic ice cream is so weird, but I’m like ‘Hell, yeah, give it to me’”).

Eight years in, she’s yet to tire of taking out-of-towners to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, where she’s starstruck all over again by Michael Jackson’s bejeweled glove, Beyonce’s dazzling dresses and Nina Simone’s music ledgers.

Nyorker’s parents emigrated to the U.S. from Liberia (they met at a NYC party in the 1970s). Her first name

means “first daughter of the father” and her surname means “fierce warrior” in Kissi. She’s active with the National Association of Black Journalists and says she’s proud to work for a station dedicated to sharing diverse voices.

“We want to show different backgrounds and tell different stories,” she says. “We want to see people on-air that reflect this community.”

That includes Nyorkor herself. In 2018, she started wearing her hair natural, later posing with other Black female journalists for a photo that went viral with the #NaturalHairOnAir hashtag. In 2021, she shared her natural hair journey in a nighttime news segment that educated viewers about the CROWN Act, a bill to ban race-based hair discrimination in Ohio.

“I’m so happy that I’ve been able to help people understand, and that many of them now support this legislation, too,” she says.

Though Nyorkor says she can be shy off-air, she’s one local celebrity who doesn’t mind being recognized in public. She likes it when viewers say hello and feels a rush of pride whenever someone says they can’t believe she’s not a native Northeast Ohioan.“When you work in TV, it’s really hard to find that kind of community,” she laments.

“Every two years or so, you’re moving.”

After stints in New Jersey, New York, Kansas and Florida, Nyorkor finally feels settled in Shaker Heights, just a four-and-a-half-hour drive from her parents. She visits her family every few months and never misses their annual gathering to pick more than 1,500 pears from the fruit trees in her parents’ backyard.

When she first moved here, her parents hoped it would be short-lived — that she might end up closer to home.

Now, though, they show their love by sending her off with hundreds of pears and dozens of cans of homemade jam to take back to her coworkers.

“My parents are like, ‘She ain’t comin’ home. Cleveland is her home now,” Nyorkor says. “I’m all in. I love it here.”

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SIA RECOMMENDS: Lucky Me by Rich Paul: “I just got to see him speak at Tri-C, and it was so great.”

Black Hair in A White World by Tameka Ellington: “It’s important we continue the conversations regarding hair discrimination and The Crown Act.” My People: Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives by Charlayne Hunter-Gault: “What a joy to meet this shero,” Nyorkor said of a book signing with the author, who is one of her sorority sisters, at The City Club of Cleveland last fall.

Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity by Laura Meckler: “I’m always excited to learn more about the town I reside in,” says Nyorkor, who has called the East Side suburb home since she first moved to Cleveland.

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Why She’s Interesting: Dermatologist Angela Funovits, who practices at Allied Dermatology and Skin Surgery’s Mayfield Heights and Fairlawn offices, moonlights as a performing magician and mentalist. After finishing as first runner-up on the NBC series Phenomenon in 2007, she appeared on everything from the Syfy network’s Wizard Wars and The CW’s Penn & Teller: Fool Us to TV shows in France, Germany, Indonesia and Japan. She’s performed at The Magic Castle in Hollywood and headlined at the Grand Sierra Resort & Casino in Reno, Nevada.

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Aaron “OkPants” SECHRIST Why He’s Interesting: Defense mechanisms take many forms when we’re young. For Aaron Sechrist, the ability to draw Tasmanian Devil and Bart Simpson deterred “getting my ass beat,” he says. These roots have paid dividends for the self-proclaimed artist in a designer’s body, whose resume of clients includes Patton Oswalt, Red Bull and the House of Blues.

Something Out of Nothing: After suffering a layoff during the 2008 financial crisis, Sechrist broke from the corporate world to work freelance full-time under his own brand: OkPants. “It was like the universe telling me we’re going to make the freelance thing work, or we’re just going to wrangle carts in a Walmart parking lot. It was time for me to jump off the cliff with this.”

Just for Laughs: When off the clock, Sechrist’s cracking jokes in open mic stand-up sets and weekly appearances on The Bill Squire Show podcast. “It’s always been a struggle to pick one or the other as a career. For lack of a better term, I sacked up and started doing open mics around town,” Sechrist says. “It’s one of those things where you step outside of yourself and have that moment of thinking, ‘Why was I not doing this forever?’”

Untapped Potential: Now co-owner and braintrust behind Detroit-Shoreway’s Old 86 bar (which features plenty of his original artwork in the space), plus a partner with Ohio Pie Co., Sechrist is focused on balancing a busy lifestyle. “I’m really trying to get more selective about the projects I’m working on. I’ve been doing this for 21 years, and it’s still wild that I’m not burnt out on it,” he says.

“I’ve just accepted my fate is to dabble in any possible form of the lowest money-generating crafts I can, and somehow the bills and taxes get paid.”

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Not Just Another Pretty Face: At 11, Dr. Funovits participated in a model search that yielded a callback from Elite Model Management. Although she was too young to move to New York City for a modeling career, she appeared in local ads for the likes of Joann Fabrics and the I-X Indoor Amusement Park.

Five years later, she won the Miss Teen Cleveland pageant. “I decided to try to do pageants largely as a means of getting over my stage fright and my shyness,” she explains.

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His pen wanders the page, and he starts talking about music, which, for him, began with his parents’ record collection. As kids, he and his sister went through the old-school vinyl stacks and built towers out of the cardboard jackets.

Then it was through the radio and at church. In first grade, Silas performed in his first play, the Shaker Heights Unitarian Universalist congregation’s showing of Jesus Christ Superstar, as an ensemble member; “a little heathen.”

He performed four more times in the musical throughout his childhood, in local productions. On the fifth time, he moved up the cast list to Judas. One of the original 12 Apostles.

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Like a shadow, music followed him through Roxboro Middle School and Cleveland Heights High; it was even a big part of his hockey warm-ups. Silas smirks and recounts his favorite pumpup jams, including La Bouche’s “Be My Lover” and No Doubt’s “Don’t Speak.”

It stuck to him when his father, a house painter, brought home a piano discarded from a job site. Silas mostly taught himself to play by learning chord progressions from a book of R&B hits.

Music was what brought him from Cleveland to Chicago, for a Columbia College musical theater program. And it defined his next decade working as a non-equity actor in new plays. Through ups and downs. Highs and lows.

Music was a light in Silas’ life in 2014. Staying in an ex-boyfriend’s dining room, a friend’s borrowed guitar in hand, he decided to dive into songwrit-

ing. Here, he first started to see himself wholly as an artist.

Music followed him when he moved home in 2016, at a low point. (“No job, no car, no license, no money, no friends — really, nothing but a U-Haul with some stuff.”) It’s what brought him to his first open mic night at B-Side and karaoke at the Grog Shop, and what made him belt out a Dreamgirls song.

He dreamed of a project. The name came first: Apostle Jones. Then a teamup with guitarist Anthony Hitch, Silas’ first friend since moving back home.

In the next six years, the group shifted, musicians joining and departing, as Apostle Jones gained traction and grew to about 10 members strong.

“I kind of want to get to 12 Apostles.”

Then he remembers: “Oh, I was gonna make the 12th one the audience.”

The audience. While talking about his life, Silas interjects stories of the band’s listeners; fans of all genres, of all walks of life, finding something to love in his band’s chameleonic mix of soul, blues, rock, funk and R&B. The ones that came to the outdoor shows Apostle Jones hosted in 2020 — the same year Silas’ father passed away.

One of his dad’s sayings sticks with Silas now, talking about music: “You don’t have to do it, you get to do it.”

Silas often brings up gratitude when he talks about music. Gratitude for his bandmates, gratitude for opportunities, gratitude for the audience. At open mic nights, at Apostle Jones’ increasingly large headlining spots or Silas’ rotating solo and small-group shows, he’s focused on the crowd, the folks who follow the band on its journeys. Maybe they are the 12th Apostle after all.

“Those people are making such a big impact in the city, in individual artists’ lives,” Silas says. “You can’t say thank you to them enough.”

Maybe he’s thinking about fans, or his band, or Jesus Christ Superstar, or some combination of those things when he later sets his notepad down.

One word is etched onto the paper: APOSTLE.

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MIKEY RECOMMENDS: Take a chance, and see a band you’ve never heard of in a different neighborhood, and buy a T-shirt.

Take a seat, at Blank Canvas Theatre show at 78th Street Studios.

Take a sip, of Apostle Jones’ beer “Superstar Disaster” and a Bees Knees pizza at Saucy Brew Works.

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Why She’s Interesting: After pivoting to entrepreneurship in her 40s and purchasing her Visiting Angels franchise — an in-home service provider assisting older adults — Constance Hill-Johnson has focused on giving back to the community through involvement with various boards, including serving as the first Black woman to chair the board of directors for The Cleveland Foundation as it settles into its new headquarters in Midtown.

Many Hats: A Glenville native, Hill-Johnson’s winding path has included making trades on a brokerage desk for Merrill Lynch in Detroit, being a motivational coach and public speaker, and working in a St. Louis hospital, where she was laid off in 2001 due to downsizing. Then, she read an article in Black Enterprise magazine about minorities buying franchises. “I went on a website where I filled out a profile and it popped out a list of franchises that fit my abilities and interests, and it said Visiting Angels,” Hill-Johnson says. “We’re now in our 21st year.”

Mom’s Basement: Hill-Johnson returned to Cleveland and moved in with her mother, setting up an office in the basement next to old Easy-Bake Ovens and Barbie dolls. “But I couldn’t have people interviewing at home, so I went to a Borders bookstore at Severance [Town Center] and asked the cafe managers if I could set up a table there to interview people once a week, and I did that for two years until I moved into the offices where I am now.”

jackets and my aunt stitched black velvet hearts on the back, and we had a luncheon and I met Joe Jackson and all of the kids. At the time, we took Polaroids,” she says. “They’ve gotta be in a box somewhere.”

Happy Birthday?: Hill-Johnson’s birthday is Sept. 11, and she was actually in the air that infamous day in 2001. “I was headed on an American Airlines flight from St. Louis to Newark, and it was the first time in my life I ever experienced a plane literally doing a U-turn, and the pilot said we were going back to St. Louis.”

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(Girl) Power in Numbers: Her early success spawned a new community-based brand, Kinlike, centered on women empowerment. “It started when I did my Monday questions on Instagram and a girl in Cleveland was like, ‘I just really want to feel a better sense of community,’ and the Cleveland women’s walk was the end

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result,” says Bieber, whose husband Shane is on the Cleveland Guardians. “I wanted Kinlike to offer women a sense of community and open the doors for new friendships because I just don’t think we’re meant to go through life without those connections.”

Business Mode: Since launching her clothing brand KMKollection in 2020, Bieber’s approach to new projects is ever-evolving. What started as a simple outlet for her love of fashion has become a trendy hub for wardrobe staples.

Evolving Approach: Although Bieber’s collection started from basics, it continues to grow. “I see KMKollection as a representation of what I’m feeling fashion-wise. It reflects my style and evolves, as I do,” she says.

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Why She’s Interesting: Kara Maxine Bieber says that adaptation has always been a key skill through her years as a student, social media influencer, entrepreneur and baseball wife.

Whether traveling to new regions, meeting new people, juggling multiple business ventures or brainstorming creative ways to evolve her brands, the secret to her success is flexibility.

“The biggest thing is learning how to be comfortable in uncomfortable situations,” says Bieber.

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Why He’s Interesting: Don’t let Huck Kurinsky’s age fool you: He’s already living in the clouds. At just 9 years old, he’s won multiple national championships, earned a sponsorship deal with Huffy and, now, has his sights set on making it to the Olympics.

12-year-old who previously held the record) and freestyle motocross rider Billy Wilson. “Brody really helped him with the mindset,” says Keir Kurinsky, Huck’s dad. “Here’s a 9-year-old teaching a 6-year-old how to break his record.”

Santa’s Little Helper: Kurinsky’s love for cycling started when he got his first bike (a Huffy) from Santa when he was 3 years old. He started to learn how to ride with his neighbor, which kicked off a trajectory that resulted in the youngster becoming one of the best kid bikers in the world. “I just kept having fun and learning more and now I’m here,” Huck says.

Order in the Court: In 2022, Huck won the USA BMX freestyle national championship for boys ages 8 and younger, which earned him a proclamation from Bay Village mayor Paul Koomar along with a resolution honoring his achievements from the Ohio House of Representatives. He fittingly celebrated both awards with bike tricks; he pulled off a move named after Brant Moore in the Bay Village City Council Chambers and rode down the Statehouse steps. “It was so much fun,” Huck says. “I loved being on TV.”

The World is His: While Huck began to enter competitions not too long ago, he introduced himself to the world of BMX stardom three years ago when he became the youngest male to complete a backflip at just 6 years old, thanks to tips he learned from Brody Ervin (a

40: The amount of bikes that Huck and Kier estimate they’ve received from Huffy. “There are so many,” Huck says. “I’ve lost count.”

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Impressive enough, in fact, that he was invited to participate in the 2023 Forbes Under 30 Summit, held in Cleveland.

“I grew up on Hough Avenue, which isn’t the best part of town, and just to be able to say I’ve made enough headway to be recognized by Forbes, such a massive name, and for them to want me to be a part of what they do — ‘humbling’ is probably the best word that I have for it,” Johnson says.

It’s a fitting description from a local celebrity whose upbringing in a “rough neighborhood” has preceded such a meteoric rise.

Johnson says that some run-ins in his younger days could have easily caused his life to take a very different path from the career he has settled into, operating out of the studio that he built in his South Euclid home.

“I was running with a crowd that started off pretty wholesome, before a few of those members decided they wanted to go a different route and start running the streets and stuff like that,” Johnson says. “It was, at times, enticing to follow their lead, but ultimately, I decided to stay on the straight and narrow.”

Johnson’s interest in focusing his attention to voice acting was first piqued while studying at the Ohio Center for Broadcasting. It was here that he realized how widespread the profession

could be, encompassing opportunities in radio, TV, commercials, medical narration and movie trailers. Feeling unfulfilled by the series of jobs that left him feeling comfortable but passionate, he decided to take the plunge into entertaining full time.

Johnson says that people don’t realize that a majority of voice-over work, at least in his experience, is selfmarketed. Even as he works with agents, his day-to-day might include reaching out to companies, sending them demos and hoping for an email or call back — and this has included plenty of rejection. “(Agents) don’t send jobs. They send opportunities, auditions,” Johnson says. “You’ve got to compete, and you’ve got to send out an audition. …

So online, people will see my wins, but for every win someone sees, there have probably been 20 to 25 no’s.”

The hustle has clearly paid off. Johnson was most recently cast as “Game Announcer,” which he describes as “the voice of God” in the Netflix animated series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. His resume also includes voiceover work for Doritos, McDonald’s and World Wrestling Entertainment — a “Mount Rushmore” moment for a self-proclaimed “massive wrestling nerd” — as well as appearances in films such as Judas and the Black Messiah and Cherry, both of which were filmed right here in Cleveland.

Meanwhile, Johnson says his online notoriety, which took off during the pandemic, has helped to bring him a lot of new opportunities that he might not have had otherwise. His videos often feature the food world of Greater Cleveland, with detailed (and polarizing) snack taste tests, along with reviews of local restaurants’ dishes.

“I’ve already knocked out a whole lot of goals already,” Johnson says. “The next place I would want to go is voicing movie trailers. That’s kind of a tougher industry to break into, but I never thought I’d be doing live announcing either … so anything is possible, I guess.”

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STEFAN RECOMMENDS: A Home Studio: “I’ve spent hundreds of man-hours fine-tuning the audio and video side of things, getting the atmosphere the way I need it to work the most productively. It’s my home.”

The Temptations: “I’ve always had a connection to (them). My grandmother used to listen to them … it’s one of those things where it’s music that I grew up on, through her, so it kind of comforts me.”

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson: “He is a guy who has tackled literally everything, from professional wrestling to acting. He’s done voice-over and even dabbled in music a couple of times. He just seems to be the nicest guy in front of the camera and behind the scenes, and that’s kind of what I aspire to be.”

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Darvio MORROW Why He’s Interesting: When Darvio Morrow started First Class Broadcasting, he did so in the hopes of creating a unique audio conglomerate in Cleveland’s market. Now, some 17 years later, Morrow’s First Class Broadcasting is one of the city’s crown jewels in the audio space with four radio stations, a podcast network and a publishing deal with Sony Records.

West,” Morrow says. “There were some difficulties just because the marketplace didn’t understand what we were doing, but people get it now.”

Put On For My City: While Morrow has had offers to take FCB to bigger cities, he’s made a conscious effort to keep the station based in Cleveland, as he feels the city helps him build content that the average citizen would want to hear.

That said, he still has plans to help put Cleveland on the broadcasting map, as the heart of a growing media company. “My blueprint is what Turner Broadcasting did in Atlanta. When they started, Atlanta wasn’t that big, but they grew and it helped the city grow,” Morrow says. “I wanted FCB to be as impactful in Cleveland. My ultimate goal is to have a national media conglomerate based out of Cleveland.”

Podcast Pros: You can hear Morrow weighing in on big issues, on some of FCB’s podcasts. He’s a co-host of The Outlaws, where he regularly discusses local and national politics, music, big news headlines and Black culture in Cleveland — and brings on guests for in-depth interviews.

On The Air: While Morrow first started laying the groundwork to make FCB a reality in 2003, he knew he wanted it to exist as a digital station — an idea that seemed foreign to so many people at the time. “The early years were like the Wild

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a week with millions of listeners. “It’s been quite the adventure,” McAllester says.

Dwayne D’oh: While McAllester says that he’s just like any other dad of four with a minivan, he boasts an encyclopedic knowledge of Cleveland sports and the athletes who have represented the city, and he counts Nick Chubb and J.R. Smith among his favorites. As for the worst? “It’s Dwayne Bowe. Going into the archives there. He was just here for a paycheck.”

Pretty Fly: After working out of his garage for the first eight years of the company’s existence, McAllester leased space in Burke airport, complete with murals and paintings dedicated to Cleveland sports. “I had never been there before we moved in. It’s an incredible space.”

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Content is key: BigPlay really took off four years ago when McAllester and his team moved into the podcasting, video and audio space. At first, it started with him and popular Twitter personality McNeil (@reflog_18) taking calls from drunk Cleveland Browns fans for commentary after games. Fast forward a few years, and now he runs a company that produces 12 sports shows

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Why He’s Interesting: In 2014, football fan David McAllester started BigPlay in his garage with just a microphone and a big dream. Now, nine years later, the company has turned into one of the city’s premier sports media entities, with an office in downtown Cleveland’s Burke Lakefront Airport and a roster filled with former athletes and media personalities showcased on the program.

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Why She’s Interesting: Morgan Wright has loved reality TV for as long as she can remember — so much so that she decided to make a career out of it. Along with hosting the morning show on Q104, the Willoughby resident has turned into one of the internet’s big reality television social media personalities.

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Talk About It: Wright had always done pop culture reports on the radio but began dabbling in the social media space during the pandemic. The first video she posted on TikTok, which broke down what was happening on The Real Housewives, got more than a million views. “I just kept seeing the number of likes climbing and thought, ‘Maybe I can do this to pass the time.’”

Back to Reality: Wright isn’t the biggest Bachelor fan, but she loves The Golden Bachelor, which has caught the attention of her whole household. “My husband hates reality TV and even he’s hooked.”

312,000: The amount of combined followers Wright has on TikTok and Instagram as of December.

This Rose is For You: Wright became part of reality TV in 2019 when

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where he teaches classes on student development theory, diversity in higher education and ethical leadership and public policy in higher education.

He was previously dean of students and chief student affairs officer at the now-closed Marlboro College in Vermont, a job of which he grew weary. “I really just woke up one day and I did not want to be an administrator ever again,” he says, “so I moved to the dark side of the house, to the faculty side.”

He also hosted the syndicated program This Show Is So Gay for a decade.

In between, he freelanced for outlets in Ohio and across the country (including in Cleveland Magazine) which ultimately led him to The Buckeye Flame. The outlet is still growing three years later.

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If this sounds serious, it is. But Schneck punctuates his story and those of others with an upbeat attitude that sometimes belies that seriousness.

He founded the news outlet in June 2020, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Since then, the website, which proudly touts itself as the only publication exclusively tailored to LGBTQ issues in Ohio, has made a name for itself through its dogged coverage and wide reach by encouraging other outlets to “steal” their stories and put them on their websites.

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As the editor of The Buckeye Flame, a news organization centered on LGBTQ issues in an era of Republicanauthored laws regarding drag shows and transgender children, he and his staff get their share of feedback.

Sometimes it’s in the form of a state legislator describing him as a bully.

“I admire my colleagues who are able to say ‘Don’t take this personally.’ But the vast majority of people writing for The Buckeye Flame aren’t just writers and journalists, but they also are members of the LGBTQ+ community,” says Schneck, who is gay. “So this work is inherently personal for me and for every-

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The Journalist of Castro Street: The Life of Randy Shilts by Andrew E. Stoner: “Randy Shilts is my hero. He is my journalistic hero, and so learning about him and him writing unpopular articles about the LGBTQ+ community at the start of the AIDS crisis informs so much of my work.”

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Jenice CONTRERAS Why She’s Interesting: As the executive director of the Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development, Jenice Contreras has led the organization’s push for CentroVilla25, an ambitious market supporting local entrepreneurs in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood, to fruition. And it’s happening right where Contreras grew up and attended high school; the building that will host the future marketplace, set to open this year, is visible from her childhood apartment’s balcony.

Clark-Fulton’s Phases: Contreras has seen major changes come to her neighborhood, with waves of big-box stores wiping out residential properties and small storefronts that used to be common on Clark Avenue. “You thought it was a good thing to hear Walgreen’s was moving into your neighborhood, or the dollar store,” Contreras says. “Not all investment is good investment.”

Rey of Light: One of those storefronts housed Cristo Rey, Contreras’ old church. “It was such a significant place for young people growing up in the neighborhood, regardless of whether you are Catholic or not,” she says. “It was formational for me, growing up, being able to have that little storefront church form not just my faith, but my leadership skills in the community and in the neighborhood.”

Lifelong Clevelander: Since moving to Cleveland at 10 years old with her mom, Contreras hasn’t lived anywhere else. She started at Cleveland State University, then left school when she had two sons — Karl and Kyle. Later, she finished her bachelor’s degree in 2006 through Capital University night classes. In 2012, she got her executive MBA from Ohio State. “I’m living the dream,” Contreras says. “I go to Puerto Rico as often as I can, and I spend most of my time in Cleveland.”

Lifting Up Community: With the Center, Contreras is redefining Clark-Fulton as “La Villa Hispana,” based on its large Hispanic population. “What is consistent about the neighborhood is the community, the residents: the people that live in this neighborhood wanting to make it a better place.”

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“That’s what I do as a professor, that’s what I do as a journalist, it’s what I do hosting burlesque shows in Cleveland.”

The site covers a variety of topics, from the 2021 killing of Cleveland transgender woman Tierramarie Lewis, to the effects of legislation at local school boards, city councils and the Ohio General Assembly. With that coverage has come a spike in readership and an outsized profile, but Schneck, whose bylines are all over the site, says he’s most proud that he can show that stories have made a difference. He wants to shine a light, whether it’s on an LGBTQ candidate struggling to get their message out there, or the nonprofit that isn’t doing well financially.

The work has brought him accolades.

Schneck in 2021 was awarded the Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for the LGBTQ Journalist of the Year from the NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists.

“I also tell anyone who will listen: This is the most important thing I’ve ever done in my life, to date,” Schneck says.

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Why She’s Interesting: In the past, Wongpeng’s title was “restaurateur” or “owner” or another word that showed that she’s the one in charge at Thai Thai, which Cleveland Magazine readers have repeatedly voted the best Thai restaurant in Cleveland. But the recent culinary school graduate has earned the title of “chef” — and then some.

Lifelong Learner: Though her family has been running restaurants her whole life, neither Wongpeng nor her parents had any training in it. “We still didn’t know the details of the business aside from ‘buy food, buy containers, buy supplies,’” she says, “so I decided I should probably go to school.” In 2022, she earned an associate’s degree in culinary arts from Tri-C; the next year, she completed another degree in restaurant management.

Global Flavors: She specializes in Bangkok street food, but Wongpeng’s culinary repertoire extends beyond Thai cuisine. She loves making Indian curries and all kinds of Mexican food — but especially tamales. “Anything with corn,” she says.

Mom Life: Wongpeng spends as much time as she can with her kids, ages 9 and 10. “I work a lot, but I spoil them a lot, too,” she says. One Sunday a month, she takes the family out for Korean food, which is their favorite, and they’re learning to grill chicken at home using an electric stovetop.

Recognition and Respect: During culinary school, Wongpeng took a class on edible plants and animals native to each region of the U.S. That spurred an interest in and deep appreciation of Indigenous history in the country, which she’s continued to research on her own. “I go down a rabbit hole wanting to know: What do they eat? What did they try?” she says. “I started with food, and now I’m learning about Indigenous medicine. I appreciate the Indigenous people so much.”

13: Wongpeng’s age when her family moved from Bangkok to Boston, where she lived until 2005. The whole family settled in Lakewood after she graduated from high school.

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Earley Days: After starting the business with Vince Slusarz Sr., Earley says many of the first

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months involved trial and error, especially with the plant’s first record, a small run for Cleveland band The Dethers. “We were learning everything on the fly,” he says. “At the time I was the one that was cutting the labels. I mean, we were burning through those and having to make more constantly just to try and get those 100 records done, but it was was a milestone.”

Explosive Growth: Gotta Groove saw steady growth each year for more than a decade, and in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, the plant added its third shift as demand skyrocketed. Earley still thinks the company is in “growth mode.”

“I don’t think that the growth rate will be as it was in the past three years, but that’s OK with me, actually, because that explosive level of growth is a bit unsustainable.”

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Why He’s Interesting: Matt Earley knew in college that he wanted to work in the music industry. He just didn’t know how. Twenty-three years later, he’s achieved that goal: In 2009, he co-founded Gotta Groove Records, a vinyl pressing operation tucked into a business park off Superior Avenue. Today, he’s its president.

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Why She’s Interesting: Brown made Cleveland history upon appointment by Mayor Justin Bibb to an inaugural position as the city’s senior strategist for the arts, culture and creative economy. Having worked as a professional artist in Chicago and as president of the City Colleges of Chicago Foundation for three decades, Brown brings years of expertise to her advisory role.

the weight of this distinction, she doesn’t take her role’s responsibility lightly. “To be able to come home after they’ve both passed away, and to do this work for a mayor, who is a champion of the arts and really invested in understanding what the role of the arts in the city of Cleveland can and should be — it’s a tremendous honor.”

Born an Artist: From the age of 5 until she left for college, she would watch her father, Malcolm Brown, an art teacher in their hometown of Shaker Heights, paint. Brown says becoming an artist was never pushed on her but that it came naturally. “I love creating, and the creative process has informed everything that I do in my life.”

Reconnecting with the Community: Though Brown considers Cleveland her home, she was away for 30 years; finding ways to reconnect with the local arts scene has been important in her first year.

“The landscape has certainly changed substantially. I am loving exploring the different wards, meeting artists, leaders, attending events, and plays, and connecting a range of voices throughout the city.”

New Beginnings to a Historic Past: In 1980, Brown’s parents opened the Malcolm Brown Gallery, one of the nation’s first African American-owned, for-profit fine arts gallery, in Shaker Heights. Given

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Steed moved to Cleveland in 2022 to head MetroHealth on the heels of the controversial ousting of Akram Boutros. But, as a fourth-generation nurse, her story goes back more than a century to her great-grandmother who delivered babies as a nurse-midwife in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

“I started out my journey following in the footsteps of my ancestors by going into nursing,” Steed says, “but I was also inspired by my father’s side of the family who were self-made entrepreneurs and really built themselves from nothing, so I always had it in my heart and in my mind that I was going to be able to blend the best of both worlds.”

Her drive and determination were evident from a young age: As a competitive athlete, she ran at the Junior Olympic Games. In her career, Steed set her sights on addressing issues of health inequity after she had a frontrow seat to watching health disparities play out in front of her.

“I was 23 years old when my mother was robbed from me,” says Steed.

“She was 46 years old, so turning 46 is a pretty significant milestone to me and one that pulls my heartstrings and triggers me because my mother didn’t live past her 46th birthday.”

The long-story-short, Steed says, is that her mother was misdiagnosed from what turned out to be a rare form of leukemia. Throughout the process, Steed saw the ramifications of misdi-

agnosis, mistreatment, withheld information, and what it looks like when patients’ concerns are dismissed.

She saw it again, when both of her grandmothers died of breast cancer — and again, just two years ago, when her younger sister also passed away from the disease after being denied a mammogram at 36 years old, only to die before she reached her 40th birthday.

“I was a registered nurse. My mother was a registered nurse. Her mother was a registered nurse, and her grandmother was a registered nurse. They all dedicated themselves to this profession that, unfortunately, played out as an unfortunate tragedy,” Steed says. “I saw this and I felt trapped in my own body as I witnessed this.”

Steed and her mother both shared a strong work ethic, a passion for helping others — and an affinity for mindless TV. (Steed’s mother was an avid All My Children fan, and named her daughter after a character on the show.)

Her family’s many losses symbolized for Steed how the American health care system is broken, and marked a turning point in her career where she began to focus on health equity. In her first year as CEO, MetroHealth partnered with the Vernon Family Foundation to host the Multicultural Women’s Health Fair & Empowerment Expo.

In Chicago, Steed was an inaugural member of the South Side Health Community Organization and Wellness West, whose collaborative work is credited with reducing chronic disease and health disparities, and increasing life expectancy. Steed occasionally returns to the Windy City for a slice of its deep-dish pizza, but she loves calling Cleveland her new home. She lives in Pepper Pike with her husband, Charles, their four children and two dogs.

“I’m a huge family advocate, so my children really help me unwind and unpack the armor,” Steed says. “I’m so proud and so fortunate, but at the same time, I know I’m surrounded by the love and support of my loved ones who helped position me here.”

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Kuşadası, Turkey: “If you’re looking for a wonderful place to travel to outside of the United States, this is it. This beach resort town on Turkey’s western Aegean coast will exceed your wildest expectations.”

Mallorca in Cleveland: “Serving Spanish and Portuguese cuisine, this is one of my favorite restaurants in Cleveland.”

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leveland Cavaliers head coach J.B. Bickerstaff sat in a Cleveland Browns meeting room with three of his assistants and might have been tempted to slump in his chair like an overwhelmed student.

In May, he brought associate head coach Greg Buckner, and assistant coaches Luke Walton and J.J. Outlaw to Berea for Browns organized team activities. As they observed part of the NFL’s offseason ramp-up period that includes educating players on schemes, Bickerstaff’s intentions were noble.

He hoped all would broaden their knowledge of coaching methods while Bickerstaff took another step in his growing friendship with Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski.

But as Stefanski and his staff took turns addressing the group, Bickerstaff was befuddled.

“Just the speed at which they talk and the cadence and their terminology, it’s like a foreign language,” Bickerstaff says.

Save for Outlaw, the son of a former NFL defensive back who played wide receiver at Villanova University and went to training camp with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2006-07, the Browns’ language was lost in translation.

“He’s the only one who had a clue,” Bickerstaff says.

The roles were reversed during the Cavs’ 2022-23 season when Bickerstaff invited Stefanski to hang out in the locker room before a game.

“I got to watch him go through his pregame routine and watch his coaches talk to the players about the game-plan adjustments,” Stefanski says. “Those are the type of things that are fun for us to see in a different sport.

There are so many similarities and so many differences we can both learn from.”

Stefanski also brought some Browns to the Cavs’ practice facility in Independence before that season. He sat in the stands at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse when the Cavs hosted the New York Knicks in the 2023 playoffs.

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on similarities. Bickerstaff is 44, Stefanski 41. Both have three children.

Bickerstaff’s are 10, 11 and 12; Stefanski’s 8, 11 and 13. Both grew up as Philadelphia Eagles fans, a passion Bickerstaff retains. Stefanski played defensive back for the University of Pennsylvania. Bickerstaff was a forward at Oregon State and Minnesota.

At its heart, their friendship is rooted in the fact that they are sons of NBA lifers, and that includes an unusual twist.

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Cavs’ senior basketball advisor, got his first job in the league in 1973. He served as head coach in Seattle, Denver, Washington, Charlotte and with the Los Angeles Lakers. He also was president and general manager of the Nuggets and general manager of the Bobcats. Ed Stefanski, 69, held general manager roles with the New Jersey Nets, Memphis Grizzlies, Philadelphia 76ers, Toronto Raptors and is now senior advisor to Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores.

Starting in 2014, Ed Stefanski spent four seasons as executive vice presi-

The jobs are completely different. J.B. Bickerstaff coaching basketball.

Kevin Stefanski coaching football.

But the two have found ways to bond and to share information and philosophies.

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dent of player personnel in Memphis, where he closely watched the coaching career of J.B. Bickerstaff, David Fizdale’s lead assistant from 2016-18.

Ed Stefanski saw the obstacles Bickerstaff was trying to overcome, the same kind of challenges Kevin was facing during his 14 years with the Vikings.

The elder Stefanski became a mentor to J.B. Bickerstaff and watched him take over after Fizdale was fired with a “We have a tough 7-12 record in 2017-18. job, but it’s about “Ed is a lot of the reason the human beings why I ended up getting the more than it is opportunity in Memphis,” Bickerstaff says. “He was about the sport.” really invested in what I – J.B. BICK E R STA F F was doing. He was looking out for me. He still sends me text messages on every holiday. Because he understood what Kevin was going through, he had an understanding of what I was really going through. He would talk to me about opportunities that Kevin interviewed for, was offered and at the end of the day wasn’t able to move.

“There were so many different things that got kind of in the way. But at the end of the day, it led us both here. I felt like I knew Kevin before I actually knew Kevin because Ed and I spoke so much about him.”

Bernie Bickerstaff has known Ed Stefanski since 1999, when Nets General Manager John Nash offered the elder Stefanski, at age 44 and in the mortgage banking business for nearly 20 years, his first full-time NBA job as a college scout.

During both careers, Ed Stefanski liked teaching and always tried to help those around him.

He thought so much of Bernie Bickerstaff that he invited him to be on the search committee when the Pistons hired Dwane Casey, the head coach from 2018-23 now working in Detroit’s front office.

“We hit it off very well in Memphis right away,” Ed Stefanski says of J.B.

Bickerstaff. “I knew J.B.’s father, he’s just a wonderful human being. Very fond of him, so maybe that had something to do with it. All the assistant coaches we had in Memphis, it was a young group, and it was not an easy situation at all. We had a good team, but the players all had different personalities and egos. J.B. was a big positive guy on our staff, assisting coach Fizdale.

“There’s no doubt in my mind when I was working with J.B., I knew eventually he would be a head coach. Now, there’s great opportunity in front of him.”

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philosophies, which Bickerstaff says goes back to their fathers.

“I think it has a lot to do with our upbringing,” Bickerstaff says. “I know my relationship with Ed and how he treats people. I know how my dad has always treated people. That’s one of the things I think is extremely important — how we interact as human beings every single day. Kevin is the same way. We have a tough job, but it’s about the human beings more than it is about the sport.”

What do they admire about each other? Bickerstaff appreciates Stefanski’s preparation. Stefanski went in a more personal direction.

“He does an awesome job in how he treats his players, how honest he is with his players,” Stefanski says. “I think he’s very, very authentic, both in the media, on the sidelines, I’m sure behind closed doors he’s very authentic, which I admire. I like going to games and watching him coach. I marvel at those guys in the NBA who have to do it 82 times a year because that’s an incredible grind.”

Ed Stefanski sees a lot similarities between the two.

“He doesn’t get way too high, and he doesn’t get way too low. He has an even keel about him, which I think plays well in professional sports, especially when you’re the lead guy,” Ed Stefanski says of Bickerstaff.

Bickerstaff saw the friendship with Kevin Stefanski deepened around a specific event: when police officers murdered George Floyd on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis. Bickerstaff had coached the Cavs’ final 11 games in 2019-20 after coach John Beilein stepped down. As protests raged, Bickerstaff and Stefanski were preparing for their first full seasons in charge. Stefanski was an assistant coach with the Minnesota Vikings before being hired to coach the Browns.

Two months into a global pandemic, they leaned on each other to navigate the social justice crisis.

“We began talking about how we were going to maneuver as people in this city in positions of leadership and working with our guys. Our relationship just kind of grew from there.” Bickerstaff says. “It was bigger than sports, and it was about our commitment to our community and human beings. It wasn’t just a conversation that we had about Xs CLEVELANDMAGAZINE.COM

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and Os. Now we started to have conversations about leading young men through turbulent times and purposes that were bigger than what our day-to-day jobs were.”

Stefanski saw it the same way.

“It was an interesting time for me and J.B., where we were in our careers and with leading young men in such a divisive time in our country,” Stefanski says. “We had some real honest conversations about what we were thinking and what we were hearing and how we were talking to our team and how we were listening to our team. It was a ripe time to have honest conversations and that certainly happened between J.B. and myself.”

Ed Stefanski thought Floyd’s murder “affected Kevin a lot.”

During that time, Stefanski took his family to a local protest.

“I know he made a big emphasis on it with his team and in the community,” Ed Stefanski says. “I can see where he and J.B. would join forces for something that was so important, not just to the community, but to the country. That probably just strengthened everything for both of them.”

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ball strategy. Sometimes their chats are lighthearted.

“We talk about everything. That’s the fun part about it, there are no secrets that we keep from one another,” Bickerstaff says. “I was asking him how and where does he take his wife out to dinner? Small things like that. ‘How often are you out in public? How do you maneuver through those things when you’re with your kids?’”

They also commiserate about the time they’re missing with their children.

“We talk about where we put our kids in basketball, in AAU. How they’re being coached and who they’re being coached by,” Bickerstaff says. “It’s more difficult because you can’t be there. We’re going on the road or he’s in meetings until 10 o’clock and the kids are asleep. We share in those more painful experiences and try to help each other through those moments.”

Their most visible time together happened by accident.

In February, Stefanski attended a St. Ignatius-St. Edward boys high school basketball game. Bickerstaff was also there with guards Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland to watch Buckner’s son, Ace, who played for St. Ignatius.

“We didn’t plan to be there at the same time. He just happened to be off and he came,” Bickerstaff says of Stefanski.

“I joked with him his entire staff was there. I said, ‘J.B., are you going to have a staff meeting here?’” Stefanski says.

“That was cool. I love high school sports and so does J.B., and he’s done a great job supporting his staff.

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board, he appreciates he has Bickerstaff to offer a different perspective.

“The stuff we deal with, the tough parts about our job, we can commiserate and provide counsel to each other,” Stefanski says. “Unless you’re in that seat, it’s hard to describe some of the things that come across your desk.

“He knows that I’ve got his back and I know the same.

It’s just helpful to have a guy in town that I “He knows that I’ve got know I can text, and his back and I know the he’s going to get right same. It’s just helpful to back to me, he can jump on the phone. have a guy in town that I I’m very blessed to know I can text and he’s have that.” going to get right back Bernie Bickerstaff, to me, he can jump on who has been in the the phone.”

NBA for 50 years, never had such a – K E VI N ST E FA N SK I close friendship with someone in another professional sport.

But he realizes the value in it.

“The exchanging of ideas and concepts, you have to become good listeners, and I think that’s what they’ve done. I think the relationship is really genuine,” Bernie Bickerstaff says. “I’ve seen it. I think it’s great to have relationships like that, especially when they’re from different sports. You can divulge conversations and you can talk about your players. We all need somebody to vent to that you trust.

It’s about people and we need more of that in terms of people who care. And it’s important to be able to trust.”

Even when hectic times lead to gaps in their conversations, J.B. Bickerstaff knows Stefanski will eventually surface.

“There’s no pattern of our conversation. A win, it’s a text sometimes. A loss, it’s a text sometimes,” Bickerstaff says. “Sometimes we get so caught up in our own stuff that we will get lost from it. But at the same time, out of nowhere when it seems like you need it most, there’s a text message, ‘Just checking on you. How you doing?’”

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hether a color spruce up or an allin remodeling project, a new year brings fresh inspiration for interior change. From Euro-shaker cabinets to designer laundry rooms to more wood, more color and more warmth, we’re honing in on the in-demand projects on designers’ dockets for 2024.

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ELEVATING LAUNDRY

Sometimes, the space is a carve-out by way of borrowing room from a garage bay, closet or breezeway. In other situations, the first-floor laundry-mudroom exists but it’s rudimentary. And for anyone who’s schlepping down to the basement to run a load of whites, the struggle is real. This is why a mudroom/laundry space is in demand and among the most sought-after renovations homeowners are seeking.

“Every situation is different, and it’s about recognizing the need and trying to find the most feasible solution,” Hurst says, noting that for years, builders neglected this important “drop spot” space when it’s an important part of how we live. “Where do you put

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“We like to help clients think over the long haul — not just what they want in their home now but also into the future and how their needs will evolve as their family grows and changes,” says Dan Hurst, owner and COO at Hurst Design Build Remodel in Westlake. “Then, we can create a master plan and prioritize where to focus first.”

During the pandemic, John Hall at The Hall Design Group in Chagrin Falls was fielding many requests for

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your shoes on? Is there a place to sit down? Where do the backpacks go?” Hurst relates.

Luxury laundry spaces include tongue-and-groove paneling on walls, custom shelving with pull-out hampers, and specific storage for vacuums and brooms, Hall says. “My clients are also going all in and putting in apron-front or farmhouse sinks in the laundry area.

And some request a combination craft area for supplies and a gift-wrapping station.”

Overall, the laundry room is held to a much higher standard. “People are not just saying, ‘Can you give me a place to put the washer and dryer?’” Hall relates.

“They want the designer laundry room.”

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Plus, sinks are more than a place to wash dishes and become workstations with accessories like a cutting board, roll-up dish rack, utensil holder and drying mat. “Manufacturers are transforming sinks — it’s evolving,” Schwarz says.

Hall is excited about a sleek new shaker door style with rails that are one-half inch wide rather than the typical 2.5 to 3 inches. “It gives the door a clean, European cut,” he says, adding that the middle recesses back only one-sixteenth of an inch versus the usual one-fourth inch. “We can make all of these little tweaks with the door style to achieve a soft contemporary or modern farmhouse look,” he says.

As for the farmhouse, Hall is incorporating different features than we saw with the previous all-white approach, such as live edges on countertops and shelving, ship-lapping bar area backsplashes and going rustic with flooring to juxtapose white finishes.

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While granite and engineered quartz are primary choices for countertops, there’s a move toward other natural stone — quartzite and soapstone, says Carol Payto at Mont Surfaces in Solon. “Soapstone is a durable material,” she says, pointing to a surface commonly used atop chemistry lab tables.

While engineered quartz is still a go-to for the allwhite kitchen, as we move into warmer colors and wood, colors and patterns for countertops are also evolving. For instance, veining is trending toward

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Two-toned cabinetry with painted wood in blues and greens for accent spaces are hallmarks of a warmer era for the kitchen. “White uppers and green base cabinets, white and navy — the two-toned look is definitely happening, and we are seeing this in bathrooms, too,” says Beth Orr, vice president at Dover Home Remodelers in North Olmsted. “We’re finally moving away from white-on-white and seeing some uniqueness that is more bold.”

Warmer colors and wood tones are coming back online, Hurst agrees. “It’s that balance of using warmer tones but letting the wood material shine,” he says.

In homes that never went white, Ken Perrin at Artistic Renovations in North Royalton says owners are sticking with the wood of a different ilk in kitchens. He is swapping golden oak cabinets for mid-tone cherry.

“They still want the warm colors because the rest of the house is oak and they don’t want to change everything,” he says.

Pantries are important. “We are doing large built-ins and walk-in pantry rooms with a separate sink, storage and countertop,” says Robert Schwarz of R.B. Schwarz in Chesterland.

Customizing the insides of cabinetry for smart storage is also a priority for the epicurean and everyday household that wants to control clutter. “We’re putting in larger drawers for pots and cabinets with pull-out shelves — and for chefs and home cooks, frameless cabinets contain all-steel baskets that pull out for supplies,” Schwarz says.

Perrin describes the closet-style pantry of yesteryear that is getting gutted for a more elevated walk-in space that flows from the kitchen with the same cabinetry colors. “We might install a sliding barn door or swing doors if clients want to close off the space,” he says.

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golds, greens and taupes — “more of a biophilic feel,” Payto describes. Indeed, there is a move away from white and gray.

And while marble isn’t for every household — especially those with busy kitchens and kids — the elegant yet more porous material is “aesthetically magnificent” and Payto is seeing a push toward green veining.

For accent surfaces or backsplashes, porcelain stones placed into resin like a vibrant puzzle is “more luxurious and expensive than your standard,” yet makes an eye-popping statement.

Inventive LED lighting strips transform dank to airy, as does incorporating glass instead of drywall to define spaces in a basement, Hall says. On one project, he “walled off” a basement bathroom with frosted glass that offers privacy while welcoming in light from the rest of the lower level.

Designer acoustical tile also creates the feeling of a lower level vs. basement. Essentially, homeowners are considering how they can fully utilize a subterranean space that falls within the home’s existing footprint.

LEVERAGING THE LOWER LEVEL

With higher real estate prices and interest rates compared to years past, more homeowners are choosing to build additions rather than upsize, Perrin says. Projects in older homes often include extending the second floor over a garage and creating an owner’s suite.

“We take the existing footprint and expand it,” he says, pointing to this solution for small lot sizes.

“We might make a ranch into a two-story home, turn a formal living room into a first-floor master and expand the kitchen with a hearth room and space for a big table,” Perrin describes of how clients are repurposing spaces. Another common design solution to open and expand a kitchen: delete the dining

Drop the idea of “basement” and shift to a “lower level” mindset. In some homes, there’s an entire unscripted floor plan to fulfill recreational needs, work-life, entertainment, exercise and even a guest bed and bath.

“Every family has different needs,” Hurst says. He has installed golf simulators, theater rooms and bars, of course.

High-end basement projects Hall is working on include those with glassed-in children’s play spaces, workout rooms and wine rooms that are also glassed in and serve as storage for collectors and a sophisticated visual statement.

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room. This makes way for double islands, another trend Perrin notes.

Orr also finds the same project demand from clients with cape cod or bungalow-style homes that have attached garages. Some even choose to convert the existing garage into a mudroom-laundry area, build up for the master suite, and construct a new attached garage instead.

“There is not a lot of adding on kitchens — it seems to be more master suite and the mudroom laundry area,” Orr says.

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Barrier-free showers, glass walls, wet rooms incorporating a stylistic tub and generous showers with high-end rain heads are some of the ongoing trends in luxury bathroom upgrades. Designers are creatively borrowing space to enlarge them, such as removing a closet, Schwarz says.

“Especially in older homes, bathrooms get really tired — old subway tile, old plumbing, the old tub-shower,” Schwarz relates. “We are making shower stalls larger, adding benches, and using lots of glass and LED lighting.”

Bathroom remodels have always been an indemand project. After all, consider how much time you spend in the bathroom, Hurst points out. “I added it up one time and at the end of the day, you might spend up to two hours a day in the bathroom, so why not make the space as nice as it can be?”

And why not make it easy to care for, too? “Large format tiles mean less grout, and even entire slabs of porcelain as a shower surround makes it easy to clean and beautiful,” Hurst says.

As for ease of maintenance, shower systems that offer seamless lines for a sleek look and simple cleaning are catching on, such as Mont Synthesis, Payto says, describing the true porcelain mechanical shower system that snaps into place. “It’s watertight and panels can be removed for plumbing repairs, if necessary,” she adds.

For fixtures, chrome dominated the market for years. Then, we moved to satin nickel—and now, a variety of finishes provide options: honey bronze, matte black, rose gold and polished nickel which is a departure from its predecessor.

“Matte black is a neat finish because you can mix it with polished nickel and gold tones,” Hurst points out.

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Digital shower panels allow you to personalize settings for his and hers, and touchless faucets sense that you’re ready to wash “and you don’t even have to wave your hand in front of it,” Hurst says. Smart fixtures and appliances are controlled by smartphone app.

Why lug loads to the lower level? That’s what some of Schwarz’s clients are asking.

“Second-floor laundries are a big ask,” he says.

Some are rustic, others grand and some contemporary — but they all offer a cozy warmth and glow. “I have a fireplace I finished where the whole wall looks like the Palace of Versailles, and another with very sleek, modern lines,” Hall says of the range in character.

Hall is steeped in Euro trends and finds styles and materials that eventually cross the pond. He reports, “Walnut is popular in the states now.”

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hat’s out is in. Exterior renovation projects can completely change the tune for a tired home, cranking up curb appeal so that pulling into your driveway is a point of pride. Not to mention, exterior remodeling efforts deliver a high return on investment.

And today, there’s more choice all around — color selections, materials types and technologies that improve efficiency and minimize maintenance.

“Building materials are making leaps and bounds in quality and features,” says Chris Kamis, president and CEO of Absolute Roofing and Construction in Cleveland. “Twenty years ago, we had six colors available for roof shingles and now we have dozens, plus they are rated for a lifetime versus 30 years.

Technology is increasing the lifespan of products and aesthetic value.”

Here’s a look at seven outdoor efforts that will transform your home in 2024 and beyond.

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ROOFING IS LOOKING UP

A midnight plum roof? Yes. What about aged copper?

It’s a thing. Kamis has been in the roofing and construction industry for 38 years, and says, “I never thought we’d see colors like this, but they are beautiful and they change the aesthetic of the home so much.”

Generally speaking, there are about 14 standard roof colors encompassing the usual suspects: black, gray and brown. But where roofing gets creative is in designer colors like Pacific Wave with variegated blues, Merlot with shades of deep red and rich brown, and Storm Cloud with its moody greens and grays.

How does a purple roof really look? “Midnight Plum on a gray-sided house with black gutters is stunning

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“Living is easy outdoors with fully equipped kitchens, fireplaces, covered spaces with retractable power screens and heating elements tucked into roof lines to extend the season,” says Beth Orr, vice president of Dover Home Remodelers in North Olmsted.

“Decks, patios, screened-in porches and outdoor

kitchens are popular projects that are continuing into 2024,” she adds.

These projects range in scale. “Some are as simple as removing and replacing a deck that is 30 years old and changing it from wood to TimberTech, and others are patio spaces with a built-in fire pit,” she says.

Mark Maltry, owner of JEMM Construction in Painesville Township, agrees outdoor projects can be simple, like a stamped concrete patio and elaborate as a multi-space design with areas for dining, cooking and recreation. “Outdoor living spaces are definitely a huge part of every one of our homes,” he says

when you see it all together,” Kamis says. He completed a home in Little Italy — a white house that moved from black shingles to aged copper. “It didn’t cost her anymore, she just chose the designer color,” he says.

(Her next project is new siding.)

Pair a roof project with new gutters, Kamis advises.

It’s not one of those “exciting” investments, but the visual result is well worth it. Plus, you’ll regret hanging on to tired gutters after refreshing the roof and/or siding.

“Nothing looks worse than putting on a new roof or siding and leaving the old gutters,” Kamis says. “I tell my clients every single time, ‘Hang the gutters.’

You usually want them to match the overhangs and trim. When your trim and gutter colors match and you choose a different color for the body of the siding, it’s visually appealing and there are many options today with the color selections that are available.”

A GRAND ENTRANCE

A grand entrance goes a long way — a statement door in steel or fiberglass that looks every bit like natural wood, textured grain and all. “There are different

types of glass you can have installed, accessories like handles and knockers. Doors have really advanced,” Kamis says.

High-impact door detail can include sidelites (the narrow vertical windows flanking the door), transoms that usher light in and glass inserts. And Kamis emphasizes, “without the maintenance,” as you can order custom colors.

“I’m a fan of the 8-foot-tall doors, and a double door if you have the space,” says Maltry. Custom doors add character to a home’s facade, such as custom archtop metal doors with an obscure class that Maltry had fabricated by an Amish craftsman.

As for color, the choice is highly personal. Some go vibrant, but Maltry notes a move toward deep hues like midnight blue.

And there’s more to a new door than the product itself. Enhancing the front entry and door space with a portico or canopy elevates the look, Kamis notes.

Beyond appearance, an updated door is energysmart and can prevent drafty air from seeping into the house. You’ll hike up the heat less. “Also, if you hear a

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lot of noise from the street through your door and you replace it with an energy-efficient model, it deadens the sound,” Kamis points out. “It really makes a huge difference in the outside noise you hear when you’re in your home.”

At the back of the home, connect a covered outdoor living space to the indoors by installing glass bi-folding doors, a costly improvement but one Maltry is executing more often. “It’s a 12-foot-wide door assembly that acts as a wall that you can open up completely to connect the interior and exterior spaces,” he describes.

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bors,” Kamis says, noting that front porch projects are becoming a more common ask. And related to enhancing the entry, a stylized front porch is a bold improvement, both when it comes to aesthetics and function. Kamis is designing them with cathedral covers, and rather than railings, columns with a stone base and siding that runs up to the peak.

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For years, the focus on outdoor living has been centered in the backyard — this remains the case still today, except now more homeowners are interested in bringing back the good, old front porch, a feature that all but disappeared from new construction until recently.

“More people are really wanting their front porches again as a place to sit, relax and interact with neigh-

ON YOUR SIDE

Darker hues are in, such as deep blue siding with white trim and a saturated sage, also juxtaposed with white or black trim. Hardie Board cement fiber siding is through the roof. Kamis reports a 500% sales increase since his company became a premium installer three years ago.

“We couple the Hardie Board with stone wainscotting on the front of the house up to three feet, and it’s a beautiful, architecturally pleasing look,” Kamis says.

The same treatment can be accomplished on a budget with vinyl siding. A vinyl stone product allows for several feet of base wainscotting followed by vinyl planks. Shake made from vinyl or cement fiber is low maintenance and ideal for accent siding on a garage front or gable.

Stone cladding on a front elevation, bay window bump-out or garage exterior levels up a home’s sophistication. And Maltry says there’s a resurgence of brick in linen or French vanilla. “We are applying the brick to front elevations while pairing it with standard lap siding and accent siding, whether shake or vertical board-and-

batten, which is very popular now,” he says.

Maltry sees a movement from the white-and-black exterior color scheme the farmhouse modern era introduced to deep grays and nature-inspired taupe. In one case, a homeowner selected charcoal siding with a deeper variation for the fascia, freeze board, gutter and soffits — monochromatic and impactful.

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New electrically charged glass allows you to touch a switch to transform the window from clear to opaque.

“They are smudge-proof, and you don’t need window treatments,” Kamis says. As for other window upgrades, a hybrid vinyl-wood window that is stained on the interior and painted a different color on the exterior is a trending look. “You are not stuck with white on the inside and outside,” Kamis says.

Maltry echoes windows with a black or bronze exterior, and for those who want to spare the expense of this upgrade on the entire house, choose this treatment for the front elevation only. “That way, you get the curb appeal,” he says.

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So, they did, booking the venue 15 months in advance and cost engineering some aspects of the event so they could have the wedding of their dreams at the location they desired while delivering a type of Tuscan winery getaway experience to guests.

“We told our florist and planner at

Gervasi we were looking for Tuscan vibes, and we even had our DJ play instrumental Italian music during dinner,” Alexis says, adding that she’s Greek and Jim is of German descent.

No Italian blood, but the mood-setting worked. “Guests told us, ‘We feel like we are on a trip in Italy,’” she says.

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He was a running back. She was a cheerleader. Jim and Alexis Dehnke met at a campus party at Wittenberg University.

Alexis needed a beer-pong partner, after all. “I was available," Jim laughs.

"Now, here we are eight years later."

Alexis remembers the first time Jim took her to Gervasi Vineyard in Canton for a special birthday dinner. “He was showing me around the grounds, and we saw the pavilion and I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, this is where I want to get married,’” she says.

Of course, this was well before those conversations began percolating.

The winery resort became a favorite special occasion destination for the couple for monthly dinners — and eventually, the venue they selected for their wedding. But the decision wasn’t so simple even if it seemed like fate.

“Growing up in a Catholic family, I was nervous to not get married in a church, and I even reached out to a deacon in my hometown of Springfield and said, ‘We have this venue where we envision ourselves getting married,' but the issue is that the Catholic church does not allow priests to perform marriages outside of the church,” she explains. But the deacon asked her, “What’s really important? Make it about the love. God is everywhere.”

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at the Pro Football Hall of Fame on the Sky Level Terrace. Shuttle service transported everyone to Gervasi.

Some advice from the Denhkes: Pay vendors as you sign the contracts.

“That way you are not hit with the 30day invoices right before the wedding all at once,” Jim says. “And don’t assume a venue is beyond your price point. “We were able to save on certain aspects while focusing on what was most important to us.”

Alexis adds, “It’s definitely surreal that we had our wedding there and I remember sitting at the table, turning to Jim and thinking, ‘Can you believe this is actually happening?’ It was the best day ever.’”

A DOWNTOWN LANDMARK FOR MR. AND MRS. CLEVELAND Rochelle and Rich Flores had only been dating a month when they decided to vacation in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for New Year’s. The trip became a tradition for the couple, who met on the dating app Bumble. At the time, Rich

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Some strategies to keep costs in line included limiting the variety of appetizers, selecting standard chairs rather than premium and minding the wine offerings. Alexis loved that they could serve Gervasi wines, Malbec her preference, which was featured at the wedding.

Plated entrees were a priority, and so was the tablescape with gold chargers and an overall scheme of neutrals, golds and hints of rose. “It was a classic, timeless white wedding,” Alexis says.

The menu included lemon chicken Milanese, Tuscan beef short rib with balsamic glaze and cheese ravioli.

The couple reserved the pavilion they walked around hand in hand years ago. “We maximized the areas of the venue and could be down by the water, access the Bistro and the vineyards were right there,” she says. “We wanted our friends and family who had never been there to experience as much of Gervasi as they could.”

The couple arranged for guest accommodations in downtown Canton, where they held their rehearsal dinner

was living in Columbus after completing dental school. Rochelle was and is a first-grade teacher in Olmsted Falls.

He planned to return to his hometown of Cleveland and wanted to know if Rochelle was all in with CLE for the long-term.

“I love it here, had just bought a house in Battery Park,” she says.

Fast-forward to the couple’s third trip to Fort Lauderdale in December 2020. Rich proposed on the beach at midnight on New Year’s Eve — and even arranged for a photographer to capture the moment. “I had no idea it was coming … it was very romantic,” Rochelle says.

That night, they had a conversation about what their wedding would look like. “We either needed to go big or go destination and we decided to go big,” Rochelle says, relating that they come from large families and have strong networks of friends.

They needed a venue that could accommodate about 250 people, which was a limiting factor. “It gets harder once you get over 200 people,” she says. “And we didn’t want to smoosh everyone in.”

They planned for a July 2022 wedding, allowing time to check out venues, save and hopefully move past COVID-19. Initially, The Old Courthouse was not on the list of venues to explore. The couple wasn’t sure about logistics such as bringing in everything from seating to silverware. “But when we visited, we were immediately like, ‘OK. Whatever the problems are, we’ll work it out.’ The space is so breathtaking that we could imagine having a wedding anywhere else,” Rochelle says.

And actually, the logistics were not so complex. “We loved that there was parking,” she adds.

The grandeur was a primary selling point. “Our entrance was down the staircase, and we loved the idea of our guests going up to the mezzanine for cocktail hour.” The couple customized a GOBO with an R&R insignia for their first names.

“Our guests really reveled in the fact

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Planning were the “masters of the room” and helped the couple pull together all the details. At this venue, Rochelle can’t imagine it any other way.

Another bit of advice: “Shape your venue around your guest count, don’t shape your guest count based on the site you choose.”

Rochelle says they joke, “We are Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland,” and their Downtown wedding location showcasing one of the city’s institutions was fitting.

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that they were inside the building and said it was the most beautiful place,” Rochelle says, relating that it required very little decor considering its rich, historic detail.

They rented portable air conditioning units, which kept the place cool while doubling as a wind machine for Beyonce hair-flowing posed pics, Rochelle jokes.

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A garden museum ceremony and industrial Downtown reception — the yin-yang of juxtaposing aesthetics appealed to Jillian and Eamonn Walsh, who wanted to showcase the city for all of their out-of-town friends and family. And it was a destination wedding for them, too, as residents of Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, though she grew up in Bay Village and he in Rocky River. They met as freshmen at Miami University.

Jillian wanted a secular service, and Eamonn grew up Catholic. He agreed to getting married in an outdoor setting, not in church, but hoped the ceremony could be a separate event from the reception like the traditional setup he was used to. This posed a bit of a challenge.

“We had to find a location that fit our vision for the day but was willing to do just the ceremony,” Jillian says.

They happened upon the Hanna Courtyard Garden at Western Reserve Historical Society. “We saw the pictures online and it checked all the boxes and almost seemed too good to be true,” Jillian says, relating that the architecture and history was a “true reflection of Cleveland.”

They could easily take pictures around Downtown and guests were close to their reception venue at Windows on the River. “There were really no hiccups for moving around, and with the gap after a 2 p.m. ceremony and cocktail hour, guests could choose their own adventure,” Jillian says, adding that they covered parking at the museum and Windows.

Jillian says months after their summer 2023 wedding, she is still receiving compliments about the food at Windows — a plated menu that included filet, sea bass or chicken. “When the sorbet came out served in martini glasses, that was a 10-out-of-10 moment, a definite highlight,” she says.

Considering the two separate Downtown venues for one, big day, it was seamless. And because the Hanna

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Courtyard Garden could supply its own chairs, sound system and had capacity for the party, the ceremony was turnkey, too.

Jillian says, “It all fell into place.”

ELEGANCE AT AN ELEVATED HISTORIC HOME A garden setting, sense of history and intimate gathering spaces sold Corinne and Andrew Wood on The Glidden House for their June wedding reception.

“We were looking for a place for our family and friends to stay on-site while keeping it quaint and intimate — that was the goal,” Corinne says, relating that there are plenty of hotel reception venue options, but The Glidden House’s charm won them over immediately. “We loved that it was an elevated house wedding.”

The Woods recently moved from New York City to Cleveland for Andrew’s fellowship at Cleveland Clinic.

They chose to make The Statler home, accustomed to urban living and appreciating the well-appointed landmark, much like how they felt with The Glidden House. Corrine works remotely for Columbia University Medical Center’s

PARTY CENTER D ONE RIGHT Many times, a party center or banquet hall is the best solution for budget, convenience, access and features like parking right out front. There are practical ways to personalize the space and achieve the vibe you desire for your big day. Here, Jessica Kraner, a partner in OH Hello Event Planning, explains.

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Look Down. Party up drab banquet hall floors with a wrap that has a pattern. “This is a great way to customize a room,” Kraner says. If a floor wrap is no-go, opt for your monogram on a GOBO. Think Texture. Look at the tablescape. Then just add layers, such as a linen tablecloth plus a runner or textured napkin. Remember color.

“You can have a charger or menu/ place cards on the table, and different patterns for the table numbers, as long as the colors go together,” Kraner says.

Add Draping. “You can really spice up the room with some draping,” Kraner says. “We have used this behind a head table to make it stand out and cover the walls behind the table."

Go Local. “Provide your guests with as much local information as possible, especially when inviting a large group of out-of-town guests,” Kraner says. This means booking a hotel block and providing this information plus parking details on your wedding website. Cheat sheet: go online to the Cleveland Visitors Center for maps, pre-postage postcards and brochures featuring dining and attractions — for free. “You can add local snacks like Malley’s Chocolates or Campbell’s Popcorn.”

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Elevated Lighting. “Uplighting around the room can bring a certain ambiance — also, candles are wonderful, affordable and can be placed on tables as centerpieces or add to an arrangement,” she says. “There are lighting options for GOBOs and

other specialty lighting to spotlight elements of the space like the head table or dance floor.”

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Still in New York while planning the wedding, the couple flew into Cleveland for a weekend and toured a handful of venues. Corinne says of selecting The Glidden House, “I was hoping we could have cocktail hour outdoors, and our families are big with outdoor games, so a cousin made a wood cornhole set for our last name and painted it beautifully, and after cocktail hour, most everyone spent time in the outdoor area.”

The Woods were married earlier in the day at Church of St. Dominic in Shaker Heights, then the bridal party boarded the white Mrs. Trolley to tour the town for photographs before 5 p.m. cocktail hour. Driftwood Catering plated and served chicken, filet, fish and vegan dishes for guests. The venue provided a list of vendors, as well.

A smart strategy: “We were planning a year out, so after we selected The Glidden House, we asked if we could see it set up for a wedding,” says Corinne, adding that they visited during the summer, which gave them a flavor of how their wedding would feel during the season of their big day.

“That helped us be more prepared for what to expect.”

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D R A M A -FREE DRESS SHOPPING Drama is not just possible — you should plan on it. Here’s how you can prepare for a salon experience to find “the one.” BY KRISTEN HAMPSHIRE I T ’ S L I K E L Y T H E M O S T important gar-

ment you’ll wear and with this comes a load of pressure to make the right wedding gown decision. At the same time, selecting a wedding dress is not only a rite of passage — it’s an integral experience in the wedding planning journey.

Here, three experienced bridal shop owners share advice for taking the drama out of dress shopping.

Know Before You Go. “Salons vary

in the styles and designers they carry, so learn about the shop in advance so you can be sure it’s a right fit for you,” says Miranda Park, owner of Miranda’s

Vintage Bridal in Tremont. For instance, Park’s shop carries vintage dresses and some new designer gowns that have a vintage aesthetic. And at Luxe Redux in Orange’s Pinecrest shopping village, you’ll find designer samples along with its line of branded gowns that extend the size range, since most samples are sizes 10 to 14.

Set a Budget. “We don’t ever want

a bride to fall in love with a dress that is outside of the budget and end up sad,” Park says. Budget can also determine where you decide to shop, Fork points out. “If you know you cannot

spend more than $2,500 on your dress, choose a store that can accommodate your budget,” she advises.

Bring Inspo and an Open Mind. Pin-

terest boards are helpful, and they can guide a bridal stylist toward looks that appeal to you. “But be open to different fabrics and aesthetics, because you never know what you will fall in love with in the end,” Park says.

“Trust your stylist,” Fork adds.

And keep in mind, the online images you pin and save are likely doctored up and so are the models. “You really don’t know what it will look like until you get

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.T N E M O M G N I K A T H T A E R B A into a salon and try it on, so while inspiration is important, the best is to have an open mind,” Fork says.

Jacqueline Stuyvesant’s shop, Liliana Bridal House in Lakewood, and many others offer a web tool that allows you to create a wish list by clicking on the dresses they carry that appeal to you.

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Most salons have party limits for appointments, and while there are always exceptions, the rule of thumb is generally no more than four guests. Otherwise, “it can make the appointment confusing for the bride,” Stuyvesant says.

Fork says she can definitely tell the difference in how smoothly an appointment runs when there are four vs. six guests. Her shop began limiting extras during the pandemic, and it has turned out to be a good thing for the bride’s experience.

If you suspect tension could arise, it’s a good idea to set expectations in advance. Fork notices the most communication breakdowns between mothers and daughters, and she suspects this is because their generation did not have so many bridal gown shopping options — or the pomp and circumstance

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body shaming yourself (and each other). That includes you, mom. “There are moms who comment, ‘That dress will not look good on your shape,’ and it’s one thing to hear it from your stylist and another to hear it from your mom,” Fork says, relating that the shop’s stylists are “half-trained therapists because of these situations.”

If you wear size 8 jeans, your bridal gown size will likely be quite different — so don’t get caught up in the number.

“Dresses run more on a couture size chart, and every designer’s size chart is different,” Park adds, “It’s always best to shop for the size you are now.” Sure, dresses can be altered. “If you do lose or gain weight, we can make adjustments, but it can be more costly.”

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“I do see some moms trying to live vicariously through their daughters, and sometimes there is pressure if the parents are holding the purse strings,” she says. “There is a lot of pressure on moms, too. It all boils down to communication, so have a conversation before you venture out shopping about what you’d like to try on and talk about how you think the appointment will go.”

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Stuyvesant echoes this advice. “I definitely do not recommend going to many places.” Generally, brides find “the one” within two appointments.

A Word About Online Shopping.

The pictures you see online are not necessarily the dresses that will arrive at your door. If you choose to buy a gown online, be sure you are ordering directly from the designer. “If you order from a site that shows you images of a designer and the dress comes from

China, that is not the dress you will receive,” Park says.

Luxe Redux offers an online shopping experience with an option called Luxe in a Box. For $50, the shop will ship the dress you select to your home, you can try it on, and if it’s not a fit, return it. “It allows you to create that in-store experience at your home if you prefer online shopping,” Fork says.

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As you step into the I-X Center, you will instantly sense the immersive atmosphere that has become our hallmark. Explore hundreds of pristine boats and over 300 exhibits featuring boating and fishing accessories, marinas, clubs, service providers, nautical fashion and enticing boating destinations.

Our show is not just about vessels and gear; it’s a hub of learning and entertainment. Dive into opportunities like kayak and paddleboard demonstrations in our Paddling Center, expert-led fishing clinics, family fun in the Kids Zone and relaxing moments on the Great Lawn with live music at the Main Stage.

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LEMTA is now OMTA. The organization once known as the Lake Erie Marine Trades Association has officially changed its name to the Ohio Marine Trades Association. While the name is new, the organization’s goals are not: to support and promote the boating industry across the state of Ohio.

In fact, the name change better reflects what the organization was already doing, according to Michelle Burke, OMTA’s president. “At one point there were three Marine Trades Associations in the state of Ohio,” she explains. “The only one that has lasted and sustained has been LEMTA.” Not only has LEMTA withstood the test of time (it’s been around for 66 years), but it’s already been reaching far beyond

the shores of Lake Erie. According to Burke, LEMTA has been serving the entire state’s marine industry for some time.

“LEMTA did the work on the lobbying and legislative work for the entire marine industry, including issues that affect boaters directly,” she says. “LEMTA was doing all this work, but our name and membership were relegated to Northeast Ohio.

So this move to [replace ‘Lake Erie’ and] include Ohio in our name is truly naming the organization what we already are.”

Burke hopes the new name will also send a clearer message around the state: Every boater in Ohio is welcome in, and supported by, the Ohio Marine Trades Association. “Ultimately, it’s LEMTA renaming itself as what it’s always been,” Burke summarizes, “and hopefully growing its support and membership all around the state.”

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Ohio Marine Trades Association (OMTA) really knows how to put on a show. Just ask Michelle Burke, the organization’s president. “[The Progressive Cleveland Boat Show] is the largest marine-related event that happens in the state of Ohio all year,” she says. “[It brings together] not only all the dealers — you’re getting boating clubs, government agencies, nonprofits, accessory vendors, service providers, marinas and boat dealers.”

With all these forces gathered together to support and celebrate Ohio boating, it’s no surprise the boat show likewise includes something for everyone, no matter their age or level of knowledge and experience. Here are five can’t-miss highlights:

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1 THE DEALS

If you’re in the market for a boat or other watercraft, the Progressive Cleveland Boat Show is the time to make your move, says Jim Armington, vice president of Buckeye Sports Center and board member of OMTA. “The Cleveland Boat Show … represents the best opportunity that consumers have had to see more boats at better pricing from the major boat dealers in the area than they have in several years,” he notes.

The boat show historically has been a place to get a great deal on a boat, adds Burke. “There have always been manufacturer rebates and deals that you couldn’t get outside of the show,” she says.

COVID made a secondary impact on prices in the boating world.

With everyone socially distancing, the draw of being out on a boat or watercraft safely away from strangers but with your inner circle made

boat sales increase. At the same time, inventory was getting thin, thanks to the sales rush and the pandemic-related work stoppages and closures around the globe. “So you had record sales but manufacturers who couldn’t get parts or had to shut down,” Burke explains.

Now, though, things are beginning to even out, says Armington.

“Inventories have gotten back to normal for most types of boats, and there are even some closeouts available at substantial discounts for consumers,” he says. Add to those the incentives and rebates that have always been offered at the boat show, and you’ve got yourself a deal.

“There will also be manufacturer rebates, special interest rates and accessory packages available for most boats at the show to help create the best deals boaters have seen in a long time,” Armington says.

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Jan.18 is the first day of the Greater Cleveland Boat Show. It’s also Put-in-Bay Day, when the wildly popular boating destination brings its island vibes to brighten up the Cleveland winter.

The Put-in-Bay Pavilion will be the site of a wide variety of attractions that will make visitors feel like they are at the Bay for a day, says Eric Booker, partner and operator of the Boardwalk Family of Restaurants. “Put-in-Bay boaters look forward to the boat show every year, when they can reconnect with one another and focus on boating season, especially in the middle of winter,” he says.

Anyone who has been to Put-in-Bay knows that nothing compares to a bowl of lobster bisque from The Boardwalk restaurant, and it’s available in the pavilion, along with the restaurant’s shrimp and crab Bloody Mary mix and Boardwalk hot sauce — all of which means you

can sit and sip while enjoying everything else the pavilion has to offer.

“There’s live music every day of the Boat Show, and on Thursday night we’ll feature a favorite Put-in-Bay performer,” says Burke. “We’ll also curate a number of Put-in-Bay giveaways from restaurants, businesses [and] golf cart rentals, as well as [for] ferry tickets and dockage.”

As a bonus, members of any of the Put-in-Bay clubs (The Crew’s Nest, Park Place Boat Club and Put-in-Bay Yacht Club) will receive a special entry discount to the show when they present their membership cards.

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of kayak and paddleboard along with specific use explanations and examples so our guests will be able to make stronger, educated choices when purchasing these products to fit their exact needs,” says Captain Jeannette Lloyd with the Progressive Cleveland Boat Show.

Not only can visitors get up close to kayaks and paddleboards at the Paddling Center, they’ll also be able to see them in action in the paddling pool. “We will have a variety of demonstrations in our pool such as whitewater play boating, recreational kayak rescues, sea kayak rescues, kayak fishing, kayak sailing, standup paddle boarding and coldwater safety. Visitors will be able to not only look at but put their hands on different types of paddlecraft,” says Kelly Rudolph, American Canoe Association Ohio state director and United States Coast Guard auxiliary flotilla staff officer AUXPAD (Paddlecraft Safety Division).

This will be the third year the Boat Show has featured a Paddling Center, reflecting the rise in popularity the sport — particularly kayaking — has seen since the pandemic. “More kayaks are purchased than any other paddlecraft,” notes Rudolph. “Participation in kayaking has seen a large growth from around 11 million in 2010 to nearly 20 million in 2018. It is the fastest-growing water sport.” Not only that, but it’s a great way to get your feet wet, so to speak.

“The common denominator between boating and paddling is the love for being out on the water,” says Lloyd. “One doesn't necessarily lead to the other, but they complement each other well and certainly open doors for each other. Paddling is a great way for folks to get out on the water without a major purchase.”

4 EDUCATION/SEMINARS

The Greater Cleveland Boat Show has educational opportunities and seminars for just about every aspect of the world of boating in Ohio, from boat repair to fishing tips to job opportunities. Again this year, the Greater Cleveland Boat Show is featuring the Ohio Marine Training Center and On The Water Ohio (OTWO) Education Pavilion.

“There is something for everyone, regardless of where you are on the maritime spectrum,” says Lloyd. “We have several [cutaway]

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displays to show you all of the internal components of a boat, as well as a new vessel joining the OTWO stage, loaded with information on all its operations.”

In addition, Lloyd says, there will be educational seminars for boat owners who want to maximize their investment and their time on the water. “[People will learn] how to care for and maintain their boats, ranging from proper cleaning techniques and hull detailing processes to proper routine maintenance schedules.”

People who love to fish, or want to learn to love to fish, can get some tips at the Boat Show, too, thanks to the Fishing Stages. “The Fishing Stages will cover current trends as well as best practices based on what species you are fishing for,” Lloyd explains. “The experts bring their favorite tips and tricks to the stage as well as their most successful lures and casting techniques.”

These are shown via live demonstrations in the clear-sided Berkley Fishing Tank, a fish-filled aquarium the size of a semi-truck. There will also be opportunities for visitors who want to make boating a part of their work life as well as their leisure time.

“The Ohio Marine Training Center will be showcasing all of the high-paying jobs in the industry and connecting these individuals with potential employers that are right on site,” says Lloyd.

Burke notes that there will be a job board listing open jobs in the marine trade, including positions at boat dealerships. “There are many lucrative careers in the marine trades,” she says, “and many places willing to train you.”

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“Twiggy is trained using methods very similar to training a puppy,” explains Norm Schultz, president emeritus of OMTA (and the first to hire Twiggy for the boat show, back in 1987). “First, you must earn the animal’s full trust so she recognizes you aren’t a threat but a companion. After that, you use simple word repetition and be generous with the rewards.”

This year, boat show audiences will witness the premiere performance of two squirrels water skiing behind a single radio-controlled boat. “For this part of the show, Chuck has dubbed Twiggy 10 ‘Twiglet’ and her companion skier [technically Twiggy 11] ‘DaBaby,’” Schultz says. Twiggy will appear daily in her heated pool at the south end of the boat show.

FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY If Twiggy’s not enough to draw the kids to the Progressive Cleveland Boat Show (but trust us, she will be), there’s the Kids Discovery Zone, back for its second year with even more fun to be had. Kids will have the chance to build and take home their own little boat, thanks to the Cleveland Amateur Boatbuilding and Boating Society (CABBS).

“Every day, members of CABBS will be a big part of the kids’ area, helping kids build a mini boat from a kit that they can take home with them,” says Burke.

The popular turf area will be back this year, and even bigger. “With Forever Lawn, we were able to bring a summer, outdoor vibe to the show,” Burke says, noting that there will be lawn games like ring toss available for families to play. “[Forever Lawn] does not look like your grandfather’s Astroturf,” Burke promises. “This stuff looks like a real lawn.”

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BOATS OF LAKE ERIE From paddle boards to yachts, there are so many ways to get out and enjoy the waters of Lake Erie. We asked two boat dealers who are members of OMTA for their top choices in boats for Lake Erie. Here’s a look at just a few.

Pontoons and Tritoons

If you haven’t heard of a tritoon, you probably will soon. It’s relatively new, especially to Lake Erie, but it’s ideal for our Great Lake. Captain Tim Schoening, owner of Vermilion Marina, explains the difference: “A pontoon has two aluminum tubes, or logs or toons, going the length of the boat, and a flat deck is placed on top of them. A tritoon

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is very simply the addition of a third tube to a pontoon.”

It’s what a tritoon can do that’s making it increasingly popular. “A tritoon can handle more capacity and passengers, can handle more horsepower on the back, and has more bow lift to handle bigger water,” says Jason Clemons, owner and general manager of Clemons Boats and board member of OMTA. “In simple terms, a tritoon is a high-performance version of a pontoon.”

The tritoon’s three-tube design allows it to skim atop rough water, providing a surprisingly smooth ride. “Lots of people will refer to them as taking their living room out on the water,” says Schoening.

That’s ideal for our lake’s conditions, notes Clemons. “We find that being on Lake Erie, we sell 90% tritoons to 10% pontoons,” he says.

Clemons notes that center consoles “have really taken over the Lake Erie market.”

They range in size from about 15 feet to over 60 feet, so there’s a wide variety of

Center Console

Center Consoles

In boat terminology, a console is a steering station. A center console has one steering station, positioned in the center of the boat. It makes for a good fishing boat, says Schoening.

“People enjoy them because the helm is in the center of the boat, allowing full access around the inside of the [boat’s upper edges].

When working a fish or with multiple people fishing at the same time, this flexibility and space allows for better flow and handling of the fish and rods.”

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“Our customers use their center consoles in various ways, from fishing to island hopping,” Clemons says.

Dual Consoles

Dual console boats have two consoles: one on the starboard side and one on the port side.

That means there’s more open space at the front of the boat, and therefore more space for passengers to sit. “Dual consoles are one of the most popular boats of today due to [their] more family-friendly interior [as compared to a single console],” Clemons notes.

Not only are they good family boats, but they’re also great for our area, notes Schoening. “What makes [a dual console] a great choice on Lake Erie is that the weather on our lake can be challenging, with high winds and colder water and air temperatures,” he says. “The dual console boat provides additional protection for the driver and passengers.”

“It’s a great riding boat that’s easy to take care of,” Clemons adds.

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Bowriders

Schoening refers to bowriders as “the family boat of choice for many years.”

These dual-windshield boats feature a walk-through to the front seating area, a ski tow eye or bar for water sports and plenty of seating. “The bowrider also has features such as a head compartment, refrigerators, anchor with windlass [used to lift and manipulate the anchor chain], adjustable seating and multiple stereo configurations,” he says. Key to Lake Erie, bowriders handle rough waters well.

Cabin Cruisers

If you picture a yacht, chances are you’re picturing a cabin cruiser. Cabin cruisers can be as simple or luxurious as a boater desires, says Schoening. “They come in so many configurations, [it’s] almost like purchasing an RV, but without the limitation on width,” he explains. A cabin cruiser that’s sufficiently equipped can support a trip that ranges from one night to months.

Fishing Boats

Aluminum fishing boats are ideal for Lake Erie, explains Schoening, because they are lightweight and durable against impact damage. Jon boats are a popular style, generally 10 to 18 feet long. They are flat-bottomed utility boats that sit atop the water rather than cruising through it. “It is important on Lake Erie to purchase a boat with a great entry angle and more of a modified V or deep V to improve the ride in rough water,” Schoening says.

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DiCello, Nicholas A. 4QBOHFOCFSH 4IJCMFZª -JCFS Cleveland DiSilvio, Marilena &MLª &ML $P .BZGJFMEª)FJHIUT Doyle, Terrence F. (Terry) $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME Cleveland Dunlap, Jeffrey S. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE Elliott, Rex H. $PPQFS &MMJPUU $PMVNCVT Farrell, Clifford M. .BOSJOHª 'BSSFMM %VCMJO Fried, Adam M. 3FNJOHFS $MFWFMBOE Friedman, Ian N. 'SJFENBO /FNFDFLª -POH $MFWFMBOE Friedman, Scott N. 'SJFENBOª .JSNBO $P $PMVNCVT Fuhrer, Loriann E. ,FHMFS #SPXO )JMMª 3JUUFS $PMVNCVT

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Roach, Adrienne J. ,FBUJOH .VFUIJOHª ,MFLBNQ $JODJOOBUJ

ROACH, ADRIENNE J. ,FBUJOH .VFUIJOHª ,MFLBNQ $JODJOOBUJ

Haynes, S. Scott )BZOFT ,FTTMFS .ZFSTª 1PTUBMBLJT 8PSUIJOHUPO

TRENEFF, CRAIG P. 5SFOFGG $P[[B -BX 8FTUFSWJMMF

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Rutter, Robert P. 3VUUFSª 3VTTJO $MFWFMBOE

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TOP 5 BASHEIN, W. CRAIG #BTIFJOª #BTIFJO $P $MFWFMBOE

Ahern, Ann-Marie .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª -JGGNBO $P Cleveland Bashein, W. Craig #BTIFJOª #BTIFJO $P $MFWFMBOE Briskin, Seth P. .FZFST 3PNBO 'SJFECFSHª -FXJT Cleveland

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Chesney, Michael N., Frantz Ward, Cleveland

O'Neil, Colleen M. $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME $MFWFMBOE

Ciano, Phillip A. $JBOPª (PMEXBTTFS #FBDIXPPE

Paris, David M. /VSFOCFSH 1BSJT )FMMFSª .D$BSUIZ $P Cleveland

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CRANDALL, STEVE $SBOEBMMª 1FSB -BX $MFWFMBOE

DeMarco, Daniel A. )BIO -PFTFSª 1BSLT $MFWFMBOE

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DiCello, Nicholas A. 4QBOHFOCFSH 4IJCMFZª -JCFS Cleveland

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Ungar, Michael N. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE

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Rourke, Michael J. 3PVSLFª #MVNFOUIBM $PMVNCVT

Gregory, Donald W. ,FHMFS #SPXO )JMMª 3JUUFS $PMVNCVT

,FHMFS #SPXO )JMMª 3JUUFS $PMVNCVT

(SPTTNBO -BX 0GGJDFT $PMVNCVT

Galeano, Judith E. .PXFSZ :PVFMMª (BMFBOP %VCMJO

Gosnell II, Gerhardt "SOPMEª $MJGGPSE $PMVNCVT

FUHRER, LORIANN E.

GROSSMAN, ANDREW S.

Organ, Shawn 0SHBO -BX $PMVNCVT

Gilligan, John P. *DF .JMMFS $PMVNCVT

ARNOLD, JAMES E.

Miller, Brian G. #SJBO ( .JMMFS $P 8PSUIJOHUPO

Friedman, Scott N. 'SJFENBOª .JSNBO $P $PMVNCVT

Furniss, III, John F. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE 1FBTF $PMVNCVT

TOP 5

TRENEFF, CRAIG P. 5SFOFGG $P[[B -BX 8FTUFSWJMMF

Saia, Jon J. 5IF -BX 0GGJDFT PG 4BJBª 1JBUU $PMVNCVT Schneider, Karl H. .D/FFT 8BMMBDFª /VSJDL $PMVNCVT Scott, Craig P. 5IF -BX 0GGJDF PG $SBJH 4DPUUª $P $PMVNCVT Sferra, Anne Marie #SJDLFS (SBZEPO $PMVNCVT Shroyer, David I. $PMMFZ 4ISPZFS "CSBIBN $PMVNCVT

Haynes, S. Scott )BZOFT ,FTTMFS .ZFSTª 1PTUBMBLJT 8PSUIJOHUPO

Thomas, David H. 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS $PMVNCVT

Horvath, Dennis E. 8PMJOFU[ª] )PSWBUIª] #SPXO $PMVNCVT

Treneff, Craig P. 5SFOFGG $P[[B -BX 8FTUFSWJMMF

Kemp, Jacqueline L. ,FNQ -BX (SPVQ %VCMJO

Weis, Amy 8FJT -BX (SPVQ $PMVNCVT

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Khouzam, Marie-Joëlle C. #SJDLFS (SBZEPO $PMVNCVT

TOP 25 WOMEN COLUMBUS

AN ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF THE WOMEN LAWYERS WHO RANKED TOP OF THE LIST IN THE 2024 OHIO SUPER LAWYERS NOMINATION, RESEARCH AND BLUE RIBBON REVIEW PROCESS.

Barley-McBride, Mary %JDLJF .D$BNFZª $IJMDPUF $PMVNCVT Beasy, Joanne S. *TBBD 8JMFTª #VSLIPMEFS $PMVNCVT Cozza, Andrea L. 5SFOFGG $P[[B -BX 8FTUFSWJMMF Drakatos, Eleni Andriana :BDPCP[[J %SBLBUPT $PMVNCVT Einstein, Dianne DiNapoli, Einstein Law, Westerville

Jodka, Sara %JDLJOTPO 8SJHIU $PMVNCVT

Menashe, Diane 5IF .FOBTIF -BX (SPVQ $PMVNCVT

Kemp, Jacqueline L. ,FNQ -BX (SPVQ %VCMJO

Mirman, Denise 'SJFENBOª .JSNBO $P $PMVNCVT

Khouzam, Marie-Joëlle C. #SJDLFS (SBZEPO $PMVNCVT

Oliver, Jami S. 0MJWFS -BX 0GGJDF %VCMJO

Kirila, Jill S. 4RVJSF 1BUUPO #PHHT $PMVNCVT Sferra, Anne Marie #SJDLFS (SBZEPO $PMVNCVT

Lasley, Aneca E. *DF .JMMFS $PMVNCVT

Watt, Kristin L. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE 1FBTF $PMVNCVT

Fuhrer, Loriann E. ,FHMFS #SPXO )JMMª 3JUUFS $PMVNCVT

Leveridge, Julia L. ,FNQ 4DIBFGGFSª 3PXF $P $PMVNCVT

Galeano, Judith E. .PXFSZ :PVFMMª (BMFBOP %VCMJO

Massucci, LeeAnn M. .BTTVDDJ -BX (SPVQ $PMVNCVT

Weis, Amy 8FJT -BX (SPVQ $PMVNCVT

Haupt, Erika L. 3PFU[FMª "OESFTT $PMVNCVT

McKinlay, Amy M. .D,JOMBZ -BX 0GGJDFT $PMVNCVT

Zuercher, Elizabeth J. 5IF ;VFSDIFS -BX 'JSN %VCMJO

Hensel, Jan E. %JOTNPSFª 4IPIM $PMVNCVT

McLafferty, Sydney S. 5IF 4UVDLFZ 'JSN 4QSJOHGJFME

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OHIO CLEVELAND & COLUMBUS 2024 Administrative Law ......................................... S-8 Alternative Dispute Resolution ...................... S-8 Antitrust Litigation .......................................... S-8 Appellate ......................................................... S-8 Aviation and Aerospace .................................. S-8 Banking............................................................ S-8 Bankruptcy: Business ...................................... S-8 Bankruptcy: Consumer...................................S-10 Business Litigation .........................................S-10 Business/Corporate .......................................S-12 Cannabis Law .................................................S-12 Civil Litigation: Defense .................................S-12 Civil Litigation: Plaintiff ..................................S-13 Civil Rights ......................................................S-13 Class Action/Mass Torts ................................S-13 Closely Held Business ....................................S-14 Constitutional Law .........................................S-14 Construction Litigation ..................................S-14 Consumer Law................................................S-14 Creditor Debtor Rights ...................................S-14 Criminal Defense ............................................S-14 Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI...........................S-15 Criminal Defense: White Collar .....................S-15 E-Discovery .....................................................S-16 Elder Law ........................................................S-16 Employee Benefits..........................................S-16 Employment & Labor .....................................S-16 Employment Litigation: Defense ...................S-17 Employment Litigation: Plaintiff ...................S-17 Energy & Natural Resources ..........................S-18 Environmental ................................................S-18 Environmental Litigation ...............................S-18 Estate & Trust Litigation ................................S-18 Estate Planning & Probate ............................S-18 Family Law......................................................S-19 General Litigation..........................................S-20 Government Contracts ..................................S-20 Government Finance .....................................S-20 Government Relations ..................................S-20 Health Care.....................................................S-21 Immigration ....................................................S-21 Insurance Coverage........................................S-21 Intellectual Property ......................................S-21 Intellectual Property Litigation......................S-21 Land Use/Zoning .......................................... S-22 Legislative & Governmental Affairs .............. S-22 Media and Advertising .................................. S-22 Mergers & Acquisitions ................................. S-22 Nonprofit Organizations .............................. S-22 Personal Injury General: Defense ................. S-22 Personal Injury General: Plaintiff.................. S-22 Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Defense ....................................................... S-23 Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff .......................................................S-24 Personal Injury Products: Defense ...............S-24 Personal Injury Products: Plaintiff ................S-24 Professional Liability: Defense .....................S-24 Professional Liability: Plaintiff ...................... S-25 Real Estate .................................................... S-25 Schools & Education ..................................... S-25 Securities & Corporate Finance .................... S-25 Securities Litigation....................................... S-25 Social Security Disability ...............................S-26 State, Local & Municipal ...............................S-26 Tax..................................................................S-26 Technology Transactions ..............................S-26 Transportation/Maritime ..............................S-26 Utilities ...........................................................S-26 Workers’ Compensation................................S-26

THE ANNUAL LIST

BY PRIMARY AREA OF PRACTICE

The list was finalized as of June 26, 2023. Only attorneys who data verified with Super Lawyers for the current year are included on the list that follows. All current selections and any updates to the list (e.g., status changes or disqualifying events) will be reflected on superlawyers.com.

Names and page numbers in RED indicate a profile on UIF TQFDJ¾FE QBHF 1IPOF OVNCFST BSF JODMVEFE POMZ for attorneys with paid Super Lawyers or Rising Stars print advertisements.

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW RISING STARS Smith, Brandon M. (SBGGª .D(PWFSO $PMVNCVT

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SUPER LAWYERS Alton, John +PIOª. "MUPOª $P $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 Bixenstine, Barton A., Bixenstine Resolutions, 4IBLFSª)FJHIUT Coleman, Deborah A., Coleman Law, Cleveland Dowling, William D. %PXMJOH .FEJBUJPO "LSPO Ernst, Christopher M. 5IF &SOTU -BX 'JSN Cleveland Godshall, Douglas N. %PVHMBTª/ (PETIBMM "%3 "LSPO Koesel, Margaret M. .BSHBSFUª. ,PFTFMª $P #SFDLTWJMMF Krantz, Brett S. ,PISNBO +BDLTPOª ,SBOU[ Cleveland Nemeth, John C. -BX 0GGJDF PG +PIOª$ /FNFUI Dublin Pohlman, William J. 1PIMNBO .FEJBUJPO 4FSWJDFT Columbus Ray, Frank A. 'SBOLª" 3BZ $P $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4 Repicky, Thomas G., Law Offices of Thomas 3FQJDLZ /FXª"MCBOZ Wachter, Mark I., Wachter Kurant, Cleveland Weiss, Jerome F. .FEJBUJPO 4IBLFSª)FJHIUT Woods, C. Craig 8PPET -BXª %JTQVUF 3FTPMVUJPO Columbus

ANTITRUST LITIGATION SUPER LAWYERS Scherzer, Donald S. 3PFU[FMª "OESFTT $MFWFMBOE RISING STARS Mundy, Kara M. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE 1FBTF Columbus

APPELLATE SUPER LAWYERS Fitzgerald, Timothy J., Koehler Fitzgerald, Cleveland Flowers, Paul W. 'MPXFSTª (SVCF $MFWFMBOE

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Giorgianni, Paul, Giorgianni Law, Columbus Johnson, Brenda M. /VSFOCFSH 1BSJT )FMMFSª McCarthy Co., Cleveland Leak, Doug G. )BOOB $BNQCFMMª 1PXFMM "LSPO Mountcastle, Colleen A., Burns White, Cleveland Sasse, Benjamin C. 5VDLFS &MMJT $MFWFMBOE Scialdone, Frank H. .B[BOFD 3BTLJOª 3ZEFS $P Cleveland Sferra, Anne Marie #SJDLFS (SBZEPO $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4 4 St. John, Kathleen J. /VSFOCFSH 1BSJT )FMMFSª McCarthy Co., Cleveland

RISING STARS Grube, Louis 'MPXFSTª (SVCF $MFWFMBOE Kulik, Danielle C. $PSEFMMª $PSEFMM *OEFQFOEFODF Saywell, James R., Jones Day, Cleveland

AVIATION AND AEROSPACE SUPER LAWYERS Lebovitz, Jamie R. /VSFOCFSH 1BSJT )FMMFSª McCarthy Co., Cleveland

BANKING SUPER LAWYERS Dreher, Darrell L. %SFIFS 5PNLJFT $PMVNCVT Dyczek, Carl J. #VDLJOHIBN %PPMJUUMFª #VSSPVHIT Cleveland Lowe, Lisa Arlyn .FZFST 3PNBO 'SJFECFSHª -FXJT Cleveland Makofsky, Michael D. .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª Liffman Co., Cleveland Nazette, Adam R. #BLFSª )PTUFUMFS $MFWFMBOE Stief, James E. .D%POBME )PQLJOT $MFWFMBOE Teplitzky, Ronald J. 4JOHFSNBO .JMMT %FTCFSHª Kauntz Co., Beachwood Tomkies, Michael C. %SFIFS 5PNLJFT $PMVNCVT

RISING STARS Diehl, Christopher, Thompson Hine, Cleveland Gherlein, Matthew J., Jones Day, Cleveland Oliver, Cauley Simmons 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE Pease, Cleveland Seger, Ann Z. $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME $MFWFMBOE

BANKRUPTCY: BUSINESS SUPER LAWYERS Allen, Thomas R. "MMFO 4UPWBMM /FVNBOª "TIUPO Columbus Barr, Robert D., Koehler Fitzgerald, Cleveland Campana, Jeremy M., Thompson Hine, Cleveland Cavalieri, Nick V., Bailey Cavalieri, Columbus Cobb, Tiffany S. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE 1FBTF Columbus Coffey, Thomas W., Coffey Law, Cleveland Coutinho, James A. "MMFO 4UPWBMM /FVNBOª "TIUPO $PMVNCVT Crist, Tyson A. *DF .JMMFS $PMVNCVT CONTINUED ON PAGE S-10

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corsarolaw.com (440) 871-4022

28039 Clemens Road Westlake, OH 44145

Joseph G. Corsaro

Standing L-R: Joseph M. Corsaro, Michael F. Halper, Carianne S. Staudt**, Joseph G. Corsaro*, Mark A. Kikta

Full-Service Tax and Legal Advisors for Businesses and Individuals Corsaro & Associates recently celebrated its 25-year anniversary. Founder and Managing Partner Joseph G. Corsaro attributes the firm’s success to the support of its clients. Satisfied clients spread the word faster and in a better way than any promotional means could. Corsaro’s success story would not be complete without its clients; the trust they have placed in the firm is what pushes the firm’s lawyers, accountants and staff to dedicate themselves every day to ensure its clients receive the quality and timely legal services for which Corsaro & Associates is known.

Partner Joseph G. Corsaro has again this year been recognized to Super Lawyers and Partner Carianne Staudt

Seated L-R: Michael M. Gardineer, Steven B. Beranek, Scott R. Poe *Selected to Super Lawyers **Selected to Rising Stars

to Rising Stars; however, the firm’s other partners are equally important components in the firm’s overall standard of excellence. Joseph G. Corsaro is one of only a handful of certified federal tax law specialists in the state of Ohio in accordance with the standards set forth by the Ohio Supreme Court. Partners Carianne Staudt, Mark Kikta, Michael Halper, Joseph M. Corsaro and Michael Gardineer contribute to the firm’s considerable expertise in the tax, estate and business planning practice areas. Partner Steven Beranek is the head of the firm’s commercial litigation practice and Partner Scott Poe focuses on transactions, ESOPs and IRS controversies.

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Debitetto, Rocco )BIO -PFTFSª 1BSLT $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 DeGirolamo, Anthony J. "UUPSOFZ BU -BX $BOUPO DeMarco, Daniel A. )BIO -PFTFSª 1BSLT $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 Ehrman, James W. 8IJUNFSª &ISNBO $MFWFMBOE Greenfield, Harry W. #FSOTUFJO #VSLMFZ $MFWFMBOE Hardy, Richard G. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE Kallergis, Gus $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME $MFWFMBOE

RISING STARS Ruffing, Lucas, Lucas Ruffing Law, Delaware

BUSINESS LITIGATION SUPER LAWYERS Abrams, James D. 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS Columbus Alverson, Malorie A. 8JDLFOT )FS[FS 1BO[B "WPO Anastos, Thomas L. "OBTUPT -BX $MFWFMBOE

Kostelnik, John F., Frantz Ward, Cleveland

Arnold, James E. "SOPMEª $MJGGPSE $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4

Lennox, Heather +POFT %BZ $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4

Bacon, Brett K., Frantz Ward, Cleveland

Lepene, Alan R., Thompson Hine, Cleveland Levinson, Jeffrey M., Levinson, Beachwood Logan, Jr., William B. -VQFS /FJEFOUIBMª -PHBO Columbus

Bain, Richard M. .FZFST 3PNBO 'SJFECFSHª -FXJT Cleveland Barni, Thomas A. %JOO )PDINBOª 1PUUFS Cleveland

Dubyak, Robert J. %VCZBL /FMTPO $MFWFMBOE Duncan, Matthew #SFOOBO .BOOBª %JBNPOE "LSPO Dunlap, Jeffrey S. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 Dunn, Jr., Theodore M. #VDLMFZ ,JOH $MFWFMBOE Fairweather, John C. #SPVTF .D%PXFMM "LSPO Farling, Harold Edward -BX 0GGJDF PG )BSPMEª& 'BSMJOH 3PDLZª3JWFS Ferguson, Kate, Kooperman Mentel Ferguson :BSPTT $PMVNCVT Fitzsimmons, Matthew T. /JDPMB (VECSBOTPOª Cooper, Cleveland Fleming, Jennifer A. Lesny, Matasar Jacobs, Cleveland Fogarty, Robert J. )BIO -PFTFSª 1BSLT $MFWFMBOE Fox, Kathleen 4UBSLª ,OPMM $P "LSPO

Becker, John W. )BSQTU #FDLFS 6OJPOUPXO

Lowe, Bruce J.L. 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS Cleveland

Francis, Tracy S. .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª -JGGNBO Co., Cleveland

Binau, Dan J. )BSSJT .D$MFMMBO #JOBVª $PY Columbus

Fuchs, Joshua B. 5IF .PTLPXJU[ 'JSN #FBDIXPPE

Merklin, Marc B. #SPVTF .D%PXFMM "LSPO

Bloomfield, Jr., David S. 1PSUFS 8SJHIU .PSSJTª "SUIVS $PMVNCVT

Oscar, Lawrence E. )BIO -PFTFSª 1BSLT Cleveland

Brennan, Terry M. #BLFSª )PTUFUMFS $MFWFMBOE

Fuhrer, Loriann E. ,FHMFS #SPXO )JMMª 3JUUFS $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4 4 Funk, Stephen W. 3PFU[FMª "OESFTT "LSPO Fusco, Mark S., Walter Haverfield, Cleveland

Parobek, Drew T. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE 1FBTF Cleveland

Broz, Alycia N. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE 1FBTF Columbus

Peer, Christopher W. 8JDLFOT )FS[FS 1BO[B "WPO

Burkhart, Matthew J. (BMMBHIFS ,BWJOTLZª #VSLIBSU $PMVNCVT

Gembala, Ryan M., Dooley Gembala McLaughlin 1FDPSB $P 4IFGGJFMEª7JMMBHF

Butler, David J. 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS Columbus

Giffen, Karen L., Perez Morris, Cleveland

Butz, David E. ,SVHMJBL 8JMLJOT (SJGGJUITª Dougherty Co., Canton

Goldfarb, Steven A. )BIO -PFTFSª 1BSLT Cleveland

Casarona, Robert B. $BTBSPOB -FHBM 4FSWJDFT $IBHSJOª'BMMT

Gosnell II, Gerhardt "SOPMEª $MJGGPSE $PMVNCVT 1H ª4

Chaney, John L. $IBOFZª %SFYFM $PMVNCVT

Green, Brian J. 4IBQFSPª (SFFO #FBDIXPPE

Chris, William G. 3PEFSJDL -JOUPO #FMGBODF "LSPO

Grendell, Henry G. ,BVGNBO %SP[EPXTLJª (SFOEFMM 1FQQFSª1JLF

Schaeffer, Matthew T., Bailey Cavalieri, Columbus Stefancin, Robert M. 8IJUNFSª &ISNBO Cleveland Stovall, Richard K. "MMFO 4UPWBMM /FVNBOª "TIUPO $PMVNCVT Terlecky, Myron N. 4USJQ )PQQFST -FJUIBSU .D(SBUIª 5FSMFDLZ $P $PMVNCVT Toole, Jeffrey C. #FSOTUFJO #VSLMFZ $MFWFMBOE Tucker, Michael S. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 Tuggle, Curtis L., Thompson Hine, Cleveland Whitmer, Mary K. 8IJUNFSª &ISNBO $MFWFMBOE Whittaker, David M. *TBBD 8JMFTª #VSLIPMEFS Columbus Wick, Christopher B. )BIO -PFTFSª 1BSLT Cleveland

RISING STARS Carr, Maria .D%POBME )PQLJOT $MFWFMBOE Horning, Nathan T. #BLFSª )PTUFUMFS $MFWFMBOE

BANKRUPTCY: CONSUMER SUPER LAWYERS Benson, David M., Benson Law Firm, Cleveland Hochheiser, Alan C., Maurice Wutscher, Beachwood Inembolidis, Athena "UIFOB -FHBM $PMVNCVT

Ciano, Phillip A. $JBOPª (PMEXBTTFS #FBDIXPPE 1H ªS-2 4 4

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Clark, Andrew 0OEB -B#VIO &SOTCFSHFSª #PHHT Co., Columbus Clifford, Damion M. "SOPMEª $MJGGPSE $PMVNCVT Cohan, Michael C. $BWJUDI 'BNJMPª %VSLJO $P Cleveland Collins, Tim L. 5ISBTIFS %JOTNPSFª %PMBO Cleveland

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Harris, Paul R. 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS Cleveland Hauser, Laura A. "UUPSOFZ BU -BX $MFWFMBOE Hicks, Todd C. 5ISBTIFS %JOTNPSFª %PMBO Chardon Holecek, Christopher A. 5ISBTIFS %JOTNPSFª Dolan, Cleveland Hughes, Maura L. $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 4

Jaffe, Ari H. ,PISNBO +BDLTPOª ,SBOU[ $MFWFMBOE

Cuppage, David M. .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª Liffman Co., Cleveland

DeSaussure, Jr., Hamilton 4UBSLª ,OPMM $P "LSPO

Romano, Joe, The Romano Law Firm, Cleveland

Hamed, Michael ,VTIOFSª )BNFE $P $MFWFMBOE

Crocker, Julie A. 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS Cleveland

Maggied, Pamela 1BNFMBª/ .BHHJFE $P Columbus

Richards, Ken -VQFS /FJEFOUIBMª -PHBO Columbus

Groza, Jonathon W. ,PISNBO +BDLTPOª ,SBOU[ Cleveland

Jackson, Emily J. )BSSJT .D$MFMMBO #JOBVª $PY Columbus

Curphey, James D. 1PSUFS 8SJHIU .PSSJTª "SUIVS $PMVNCVT 1H ª4

Nesbitt, Laura M., The Nesbitt Law Firm, Dublin

Gilligan, John P. *DF .JMMFS $PMVNCVT 1H ª4

Corroto, Gary A. 1MBLBT .BOOPT $BOUPO

Jump, W. Mark, Jump Legal Group, Columbus

Nemeth, Richard H. /FNFUIª "TTPDJBUFT Cleveland

Garcia, Dolores (Lola) 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE

Dillard, Jr., Michael L. "SOPMEª $MJGGPSE $PMVNCVT DiPalma, Douglas $BWJUDI 'BNJMPª %VSLJO $P Cleveland Dooley, Matthew A., Dooley Gembala McLaughlin 1FDPSB $P 4IFGGJFMEª7JMMBHF Dublikar, Ralph F. #BLFS %VCMJLBS #FDL 8JMFZª .BUIFXT /PSUIª$BOUPO

Jett, Stephen H. #VDLJOHIBN %PPMJUUMFª Burroughs, Cleveland Kaminski, Kerin Lyn, Perez Morris, Cleveland Kaufman, Steven S. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE Kessler, Marc J. 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS Columbus Kilgard-Schnupp, Celia M., Perez Morris, Columbus King, James A. 1PSUFS 8SJHIU .PSSJTª "SUIVS Columbus Koberna, Mark R. 4POLJOª ,PCFSOB $MFWFMBOE Koehler, Christopher C., Frantz Ward, Cleveland Kopp, Ronald S. 3PFU[FMª "OESFTT "LSPO

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OHIO CLEVELAND & COLUMBUS 2024 Kracht, Robert R. .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª -JGGNBO Co., Cleveland

Savage, III, James S. -VQFS /FJEFOUIBMª -PHBO Columbus

Weisensell, John C. 8FJTFOTFMM .BTUSBOUPOJPª 0SMBOEP "LSPO 1H ªS-28

Krebs, Patrick J. 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS Cleveland

Schiller, John Edward, Walter Haverfield, Cleveland

Williams, Christopher S. $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4

Kuhn, Christopher G., Rolf Goffman Martin Lang, 4PMPO Kushner, Philip S. ,VTIOFSª )BNFE $P Cleveland Lamb, Brian J., Thompson Hine, Cleveland Lambert, P. Wesley 4IVNBLFS -PPQª ,FOESJDL "LSPO Larsen, Lynn Rowe 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS Cleveland Lasley, Aneca E. *DF .JMMFS $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 Levasseur, Eric B. )BIO -PFTFSª 1BSLT $MFWFMBOE Lipps, Jeffrey A., Carpenter Lipps, Columbus Listati, Ezio A. 5ISBTIFS %JOTNPSFª %PMBO Cleveland

Silverman, Brent S. $JBOPª (PMEXBTTFS #FBDIXPPE 1H ªS-2 4 4

Wilson, Robin 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE

Spellacy, Jr., Leo M. 5ISBTIFS %JOTNPSFª %PMBO Cleveland

Witschey, Jeffrey T. 8JUTDIFZ 8JUTDIFZª 'JSFTUJOF $P "LSPO

Streb, Jude B. #VDLJOHIBN %PPMJUUMFª #VSSPVHIT Canton

Zagrans, Eric H., Zagrans Law Firm, Columbus,

Studeny, Nathan F. ,PISNBO +BDLTPOª ,SBOU[ Cleveland Susany, John P. 4UBSLª ,OPMM $P "LSPO

Zbiegien, Jr., Michael J. 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS Cleveland Zeiger, John W. ;FJHFS 5JHHFTª -JUUMF $PMVNCVT Zeiger, Matthew S. ;FJHFS 5JHHFTª -JUUMF Columbus

Thomas, Patrick J. 3JU[MFS $PVHMJOª 1BHMJB Cleveland Tigges, Steven W. ;FJHFS 5JHHFTª -JUUMF $PMVNCVT Todd, Adam R. " 5PEE -BX $PMVNCVT Triscaro, Joseph J. 5SJTDBSPª "TTPDJBUFT 4PMPO

Zidar, Rachelle K. 8JDLFOT )FS[FS 1BO[B "WPO

RISING STARS Adams, Zachary /FMTPO .VMMJOT 3JMFZª 4DBSCPSPVHI $MFWFMBOE

Little, Jr., Marion H. ;FJHFS 5JHHFTª -JUUMF $PMVNCVT 1H ª4

Turner, Peter .FZFST 3PNBO 'SJFECFSHª -FXJT Cleveland

Mack, Edmond J. .BDL -BX $P $BOUPO

Ungar, Michael N. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4

Ambrose, Matthew J. )BIO -PFTFSª 1BSLT Cleveland

Vargo, James G., Vargo Law, Dublin

Barbara, Matthew $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME Cleveland

Martinsek, Amanda 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 McHugh, James M. 1MBLBT .BOOPT $BOUPO Meluch, Maribeth ,PISNBO +BDLTPOª ,SBOU[ Columbus

Wallace, David H. 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS Cleveland

Alexander, Elizabeth S. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE Pease, Columbus

Barry, Joseph C., Jones Day, Cleveland

Michelson, Deborah J. #VDLMFZ ,JOH $MFWFMBOE

Wallach, Mark I. .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª -JGGNBO Co., Cleveland

Battles, Christopher S. 4POLJOª ,PCFSOB Cleveland

Miller, Robert Huff 3PCFSU )VGG .*MMFS $PMVNCVT

Wargo, Leslie E., Wargo Law, Cleveland

Burch, Christopher, Bailey Cavalieri, Columbus

Miller, Steven J. #VDLMFZ ,JOH $MFWFMBOE

Warren, Daniel R. #BLFSª )PTUFUMFS $MFWFMBOE

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Mills, Laura L. .JMMT .JMMT 'JFMZª -VDBT $BOUPO Mirman, Joel H., The Mirman Law Firm, Columbus Moul, Geoffrey J., Murray Murphy Moul + Basil, Columbus

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Niehaus, James B., Frantz Ward, Cleveland O’Neil, Colleen M. $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 4 Organ, Shawn 0SHBO -BX $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 Panza, Richard D. 8JDLFOT )FS[FS 1BO[B "WPO Parsell, Stuart G. ;FJHFS 5JHHFTª -JUUMF $PMVNCVT Patel, Ami J. ;BTIJOª 3JDI $P $MFWFMBOE Perez, Juan J., Perez Morris, Columbus Pettit, Christopher R. -VQFS /FJEFOUIBMª -PHBO $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 Plakas, Lee E. 1MBLBT .BOOPT $BOUPO

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Mr. Brankamp served in the United States Peace Corps in Paraguay following his graduation in 2012 from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science. While in Paraguay, Mr. Brankamp learned to speak Spanish and Guaraní and found his true calling for pursuing justice for underdogs through the court system.

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Cady, Allyson, Benesch Law, Cleveland

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Cavell, Hunter G. $BWFMM -BX 4PMPO

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Xie, Mengxue 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE

Kelley, Brenden #SFOEFO ,FMMFZ -BX $IBHSJOª'BMMT

BUSINESS/CORPORATE SUPER LAWYERS Barrett, Jr., David C. #BSSFUU &BTUFSEBZ $VOOJOHIBNª &TFMHSPUI %VCMJO Basil, Brian A., Murray Murphy Moul + Basil, Columbus Behal, Robert J., The Behal Law Group, Columbus Bobrow, Howard 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS Cleveland Brennan, Kimberly A. 1JMBXBª #SFOOBO $P Cleveland Brosse, Peter D. .FZFST 3PNBO 'SJFECFSHª -FXJT Cleveland

Firestine, David L. 8JUTDIFZ 8JUTDIFZª 'JSFTUJOF $P "LSPO

Hrina, David J. #SFOOBO .BOOBª %JBNPOE "LSPO Johnson, Gary W., Weston Hurd, Cleveland

Nee, Matthew M. /FF -BX 'JSN 8FTUMBLF Pinney, Jon J. ,PISNBO +BDLTPOª ,SBOU[ Cleveland

Prouty, Erika Dackin #BLFSª )PTUFUMFS $PMVNCVT Richards, Adam P. $PPQFS &MMJPUU $PMVNCVT

Rownd, James H. .FZFST 3PNBO 'SJFECFSHª Lewis, Cleveland Vail, James D. 4DIOFJEFS 4NFMU[ 4QJFUI #FMM Cleveland Warner, Timothy G. 8BSOFS -BX 8FTUMBLF Washbush, Thomas C., Washbush Business Law, Dublin Weigand, Lesley A. 4UBSLª ,OPMM $P "LSPO Willis, Jeffrey A. 8JMMJT $PMVNCVT Wolper, Beatrice E. &NFOT 8PMQFS +BDPCTª +BTJO Law Firm Co., Columbus

Saltz, Ashtyn N. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE

RISING STARS Benson, Hunter W. .FZFST 3PNBO 'SJFECFSHª Lewis, Cleveland

Seaman, Todd M., Thompson Hine, Columbus Tackett, Christopher W., Bailey Cavalieri, Columbus Tarney, Tyler (PSEPO 3FFT 4DVMMZ .BOTVLIBOJ Columbus Thomas, Caitlin Rose, Thompson Hine, Cleveland Thompson, Michelle, Perez Morris, Columbus

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Zion, Nathan B., Mulhall Zion, Cleveland Zonars, Frank C. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE 1FBTF Columbus

CANNABIS LAW RISING STARS Haren, Thomas G., Frantz Ward, Cleveland

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Stanley, Taeylor M. 4RVJSF 1BUUPO #PHHT Columbus

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Coyne, Anthony J., Mansour Gavin, Cleveland

Katz, Sarah E. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE

LaRocco, Christopher A. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE Pease, Columbus

Land, Kimberly, Bailey Cavalieri, Columbus

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Kolesar, Mitchell #VDLJOHIBN %PPMJUUMFª Burroughs, Canton

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Whaling, Gretchen $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME Columbus

Cira, Samantha M. ,PISNBO +BDLTPOª ,SBOU[ Cleveland Davis, Brandon 8JUTDIFZ 8JUTDIFZª 'JSFTUJOF $P "LSPO Dennison, Mary E., Wegman Hessler Valore, Cleveland

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Williams, James M. ,SVHMJBL 8JMLJOT (SJGGJUITª Dougherty Co., Canton Willits, Whitney L. #MBDL .D$VTLFZ 4PVFSTª "SCBVHI $BOUPO Zronek, Mark #BLFSª )PTUFUMFS $PMVNCVT

Hubbard, Edward G., Weston Hurd, Columbus Kmetz, Kimberlee Jo, Kmetz Law, Hudson,

Lavin, Angela M., Wegman Hessler Valore, Cleveland

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CIVIL RIGHTS SUPER LAWYERS Chandra, Subodh, The Chandra Law Firm, Cleveland

SUPER LAWYERS Garvine, Brian M. -BX 0GGJDF PG #SJBOª. (BSWJOF Columbus

Keyes, Barton R. $PPQFS &MMJPUU $PMVNCVT

Kenney, Jeffrey T. $PPQFS &MMJPUU $PMVNCVT

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RISING STARS Amador, Kelli J. %JOTNPSFª 4IPIM $PMVNCVT

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Milligan, Richard S., Milligan Pusateri Co., Canton

Cantu, Michael, Walter Haverfield, Cleveland

O’Brien, Gregory E. $BWJUDI 'BNJMPª %VSLJO $P Cleveland

Carpenter, Grant .BMFLª .BMFL $PMVNCVT

Rettig, Madeline J. .BSTIBMM 'PSNBO BOE 4DIMFJO Columbus

Lavin, Sean T., Flannery Georgalis, Cleveland Malone, Sean P., Malone Law, Cleveland Marvinney, Craig A. #SJDLFS (SBZEPO $MFWFMBOE

O’Neill, William J. .D%POBME )PQLJOT $MFWFMBOE Pilawa, Dennis M. 1JMBXBª #SFOOBO $P Cleveland Rymond, Richard J., Reminger, Cleveland Schaefer, David A. .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª -JGGNBO $P $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4

Ford, Caroline, Minc Law, Cleveland Jackson, Elisabeth C. 1MBLBT .BOOPT $BOUPO Jeckering, Bradley +FDLFSJOHª "TTPDJBUFT $PMVNCVT Pelagalli, Michael J., Minc Law, Cleveland Spyker, Thomas N., Reminger, Columbus

Schrader, Matthew Lawrence, Reminger, Columbus

Stebbins, Andrew C. #VDLJOHIBN %PPMJUUMFª Burroughs, Cleveland

Tallan, Mitchell M., Gallagher Gams Tallan #BSOFTª -JUUSFMM $PMVNCVT

Vaisa, Jeff ,PISNBO +BDLTPOª ,SBOU[ $MFWFMBOE

McLandrich, John T. .B[BOFD 3BTLJOª 3ZEFS $P Cleveland

Schlein, Samuel .BSTIBMM 'PSNBO BOE 4DIMFJO Columbus

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Boyle, Michael J., Meyer Wilson Co., Columbus Coughlin, Timothy J., Thompson Hine, Cleveland Gallucci, Anthony .D%FSNPUUª )JDLFZ 3PDLZª3JWFS Judge, Shawn, Gibbs Law Group, Columbus Karon, Daniel, Karon, Cleveland Oliss, Philip M., Jones Day, Cleveland Weinberger, Peter H. 4QBOHFOCFSH 4IJCMFZª Liber, Cleveland

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Frantz, Jr., Michael J., Frantz Ward, Cleveland Gregory, Donald W. ,FHMFS #SPXO )JMMª 3JUUFS $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4

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Gump, Patrick J. .D/FBM 4DIJDL "SDIJCBMEª #JSP Co., Cleveland

SUPER LAWYERS Frederick, Ronald I. 'SFEFSJDLª #FSMFS $MFWFMBOE

Hager, Robert A. #SFOOBO .BOOBª %JBNPOE Cleveland

Gerling, Andrew J. ,PIMª $PPL -BX 'JSN Columbus

Hahn, Peter W., Benesch Law, Columbus

Wilson, Matthew R., Meyer Wilson Co., Columbus

Gilman, Jeremy "UUPSOFZ BU -BX $IBHSJOª'BMMT

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Heck, Jeremiah -VGUNBO )FDLª "TTPDJBUFT %VCMJO

RISING STARS Chambers Reichard, Joyce, Kelley Ferraro, $MFWFMBOE 1H ªS-3

Haymond, Daniel M., Thompson Hine, Cleveland

Mac Murray, Helen M. .BD .VSSBZª 4IVTUFS /FXª"MCBOZ

Drocton, Mathew Gregory #BLFSª )PTUFUMFS Columbus Hulick, Kevin C. 4QBOHFOCFSH 4IJCMFZª -JCFS Cleveland Marinucci, Dante #BLFSª )PTUFUMFS $MFWFMBOE

Horrigan, Nicholas )BSQTU #FDLFS 6OJPOUPXO Kmiecik, Robert E. ,BNBOª $VTJNBOP $MFWFMBOE

Loftus, Nora E., Frantz Ward, Cleveland Madigan, Michael J. ,FHMFS #SPXO )JMMª 3JUUFS Columbus

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Richeson, Marques Hillman, Jones Day, Cleveland

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Seiler (Hamilton), Brooke L., Burns White, Cleveland

Miller, Barry J., Benesch Law, Cleveland

Myers, Daniel J., Myers Law, Cleveland

Natale, Andrew J. )BIO -PFTFSª 1BSLT $MFWFMBOE

Reo, Bryan, Reo Law, Mentor

CLOSELY HELD BUSINESS SUPER LAWYERS Hinkel, Kevin M., Frantz Ward, Cleveland Kahlenberg, Michael J., Kahlenberg Law, Canton Lum, David A. .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª -JGGNBO Co., Cleveland

Orlandini, David W. $PMMJOT 3PDIF 6UMFZª (BSOFS Dublin O’Rourke, R. Russell 0µ3PVSLFª "TTPDJBUFT $P Bratenahl O’Shaughnessy, Christopher 5IF 0µ4IBVHIOFTTZ -BX 'JSN /FXª"MCBOZ Patterson, David T., Weston Hurd, Columbus Reich, Allison Taller, Frantz Ward, Cleveland

Nemer, Charles A. .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª Liffman Co., Cleveland

Remington, Royce R. (Rob) )BIO -PFTFSª 1BSLT Cleveland

RISING STARS Ergun, Ayden R., Walter Haverfield, Cleveland

Rosenberg, Thomas L. 3PFU[FMª "OESFTT Columbus

Jasin, Kelly R. &NFOT 8PMQFS +BDPCTª +BTJO -BX Firm Co., Columbus Martinson, Cory $BWJUDI 'BNJMPª %VSLJO $P Cleveland

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Schockman, Douglas J. 'JTIFM %PXOFZ "MCSFDIUª 3JFQFOIPGG /FXª"MCBOZ Seifert, Patricia L. -BX 0GGJDFT PG 1BUSJDJBª- 4FJGFSU "WPO Soles, Jr., Robert E. 4PMFT -BX 0GGJDFT /PSUIª$BOUPO Truax, Philip J. 5SVBY -BX (SPVQ "WPO Vickers, F. Thomas 7JDLFST -BX (SPVQ $P 8FTUMBLF Winchester, Brian T. .D/FBM 4DIJDL "SDIJCBMEª Biro Co., Cleveland

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Grashoff, Matthew K. )BIO -PFTFSª 1BSLT Cleveland

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Hanna, Andrew M., Frantz Ward, Cleveland

Witkes, Ari 8JULFT -BX 'JSN #FBDIXPPE

Appelbaum, Jeffrey R., Thompson Hine, Cleveland

Lovdahl, Justin M., Benesch Law, Cleveland

Crist, Thomas O., Benesch Law, Cleveland

Nelson, Lindsay M., Kooperman Mentel Ferguson Yaross, Columbus

Cubar, John C. .D/FBM 4DIJDL "SDIJCBMEª #JSP $P Cleveland Dixon, James T., Brouse McDowell, Cleveland Edwards, Daniel F. 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS Columbus

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Jones, Ashley L. "+-+ -BX $MFWFMBOE

Calesaric, Robert E. $BMFTBSJD -BX /FXBSL

Blosser, Jeffery M., Blosser Law Office, Columbus

Kalis, Owen, Law Office of Owen Kalis, Dublin

Dominy, Shawn, Dominy Law Firm, Columbus

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Lund, Chelsea 'SFFNBOª -VOE $PMVNCVT

Campbell, April, Campbell Law, Dublin

Makridis, Dimitrios .BLSJEJT -BX 'JSN 8BSSFO

Fox, Steven T. 5IF 4UFWFOª5 'PY -BX 'JSN Columbus

Daiker, Paul B. 1BVM %BJLFS -BX *OEFQFOEFODF

McMullen, Justin, Joslyn Criminal Defense Law Firm, Columbus

Friedman, Ian N. 'SJFENBO /FNFDFLª -POH $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 Funkhouser, Douglas A. %PVHMBTª" 'VOLIPVTFS $P $PMVNCVT Gentile, Gregory, Gentile Law, Cleveland

Memsic, Katherine L. 4PSPLBª "TTPDJBUFT $PMVNCVT

MICHAEL J. GOLDBERG 5)& (0-%#&3( -"8ª'*3. $MFWFMBOEª

www.michaeljgoldberg.net Holderman, Gretchen A. -JMMJFª )PMEFSNBO *OEFQFOEFODF Jordan, Bret, Bret Jordan Co., Cleveland

O’Shea, Michael -JQTPO 0µ4IFB -FHBM (SPVQ $MFWFMBOE Probst, Michael S., Probst Law Office, Columbus Saia, Jon J. 5IF -BX 0GGJDFT PG 4BJBª 1JBUU $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4

KATHERINE L. MEMSIC 4030,"ª "440$*"5&4 ª--$ $PMVNCVTª

Goldberg, Michael J., The Goldberg Law Firm, $MFWFMBOE

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Peters, Colin E., Colin Peters Law, Columbus

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Petrillo, Ally, The Menashe Law Group, Columbus

Kakish, Jeffrey C. ,BLJTI -BX 8JMMPVHICZ

Newby, Joel, The Newby Law Office, Columbus

Saffold, Sydney Strickland 4BGGPME -BX $MFWFMBOE Tamilarasan, Priya D. 1SJZBª% 5BNJMBSBTBO &TR Columbus

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Welt, Derek S. %PVHMBTª" 'VOLIPVTFS $P $PMVNCVT

Lear, S. Michael ;VLFSNBO -FBSª .VSSBZ $P Cleveland

Will, Jacob T. .BMBSDJL 1JFSDF .VOZFSª 8JMM "LSPO

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Wolfe, Brad, Brad Wolfe Law, Cleveland

Barbin, Bradley D., Barbin Law, Columbus

Long, Eric F. 'SJFENBO /FNFDFLª -POH $MFWFMBOE Marein, Mark B. .BSFJOª #SBEMFZ $MFWFMBOE Menashe, Diane, The Menashe Law Group, $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 Milano, Jay, Milano, Cleveland Murray, Brian A. ;VLFSNBO -FBSª .VSSBZ $P Cleveland Nemecek, Eric 'SJFENBO /FNFDFLª -POH Cleveland

Berckmueller, Fritz E. $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME Cleveland

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Roshon, Jessica N. 5BQT 4VUUPOª 3PTIPO Columbus

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Urwin, Pamela M., Dooley Gembala McLaughlin 1FDPSB $P 4IFGGJFMEª7JMMBHF

Friedmann, Peter G., The Friedmann Firm, Hilliard

Cochran, Robert J., Robert Cochran Law, Columbus DeVan, Mark R. #FSLNBO (PSEPO .VSSBZª %F7BO Cleveland Georgalis, Christos N., Flannery Georgalis, Cleveland Lillie, Richard G. -JMMJFª )PMEFSNBO *OEFQFOEFODF McCaffrey, John F. 5VDLFS &MMJT $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 Mitchell, John R. 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 Ridings, Matthew David, Thompson Hine, Cleveland Schneider, Karl H. .D/FFT 8BMMBDFª /VSJDL $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 Sozio, Stephen G., Jones Day, Cleveland Thomas, David H. 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 Zukerman, Larry W. ;VLFSNBO -FBSª .VSSBZ $P Cleveland

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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SUPER LAWYERS Coyne, Michael P. 8BMEIFHFS $PZOF 8FTUMBLF Hoffman, Jr., Joseph C. 'BVMLOFS )PGGNBOª Phillips, Cleveland Love, Julia Ann, Thompson Hine, Cleveland Miller, Robert A. $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME Cleveland Naegele, Richard A. 8JDLFOT )FS[FS 1BO[B "WPO Shlonsky, Patricia A. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 Stansbury, Ronald C. 5VDLFS &MMJT $MFWFMBOE Stitt, Scott J. 5VDLFS &MMJT $PMVNCVT Zimon, Jeffrey D. ;JNPO $MFWFMBOE 1H ªS-28 RISING STARS Byler, Andrew J. ,SVHMJBL 8JMLJOT (SJGGJUITª Dougherty Co., Canton

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Herbert, Rhiannon, Mansell Law, Columbus

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Mansell, Greg, Mansell Law, Columbus

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Krol, Jonathan, Reminger, Cleveland

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Schloemer, Anne Marie, Perez Morris, Columbus Shumaker, Gregory T. 4QJU[ 5IF &NQMPZFFµT -BX Firm, Columbus Smith, Amanda S. ,BTUOFS 8FTUNBOª 8JMLJOT "LSPO

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Spitzer, Ryan C. *TBBD 8JMFTª #VSLIPMEFS Columbus

Floyd, Lydia 5IF -ZEJB 'MPZE -BX 'JSN 3PDLZª3JWFS

Squillante, Sarah K. 1PSUFS 8SJHIU .PSSJTª "SUIVS Columbus

Gittes, Frederick M., The Gittes Law Group, Columbus

Stevens, III, George L. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE Pease, Columbus

Glesius, Amy S. #PMFL #FTTFS (MFTJVT $MFWFMBOE

Vaisa, Emily O’Connor ,PISNBO +BDLTPOª ,SBOU[ Cleveland Zebedis, Brad M. ;BTIJOª 3JDI $P $MFWFMBOE Ziska, Jessi L. .D%POBME )PQLJOT $MFWFMBOE Zorc, Katie L., Reminger, Cleveland

Fruth, Daniel J. 4UFCFMUPO 4OJEFS -BODBTUFS

Groedel, Caryn Markowitz $BSZO (SPFEFMª "TTPDJBUFT $P $MFWFMBOE Haber, Richard C. )BCFS 1FQQFSª1JLF 1H ª4 4 Kabat, Andrew A. 1PML ,BCBU $MFWFMBOE Knoll, Laren E., The Knoll Law Firm, Dublin Margolius, Andrew L. .BSHPMJVT .BSHPMJVTª "TTPDJBUFT $MFWFMBOE

EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: DEFENSE

Marshall, John S. .BSTIBMM 'PSNBO BOE 4DIMFJO $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4

SUPER LAWYERS Chesney, Michael N., Frantz Ward, Cleveland 1H ª4 4 Gerak, John 0HMFUSFF %FBLJOT /BTI 4NPBLª 4UFXBSU $MFWFMBOE Gwin, Molly R. *TBBD 8JMFTª #VSLIPMEFS $PMVNCVT Jodka, Sara %JDLJOTPO 8SJHIU $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 Kluznik, Jack S., Weston Hurd, Cleveland McQueen, Karen Soehnlen ,SVHMJBL 8JMLJOT (SJGGJUITª %PVHIFSUZ $P $BOUPO Piersall, Drew C. ;BTIJOª 3JDI $P $PMVNCVT Pryatel, Keith L., Haneline Pryatel Law, Hudson

Moran, Jack E. .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª -JGGNBO Co., Cleveland O’Malley, William J., Law Offices of William John O’Malley, Columbus Petrov, Daniel P., Thorman Petrov Group Co., 4IBLFSª)FJHIUT Royer, Christina &NQMPZNFOU -BX 1BSUOFST *OEFQFOEFODF Vardaro, Jeffrey P., The Gittes Law Group, Columbus Wade, Claire I. 4PCFM 8BEFª .BQMFZ $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 CONTINUED ON PAGE S-18

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OHIO CLEVELAND & COLUMBUS 2024 EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: PLAINTIFF CONT’D FROM PAGE S-17

RISING STARS Breedlove, Trisha M. 4QJU[ 5IF &NQMPZFFµT -BX Firm, Columbus Briach, Michael, Dooley Gembala McLaughlin 1FDPSB $P 4IFGGJFMEª7JMMBHF Coffman, Matthew J.P., Coffman Legal, Columbus

ESTATE & TRUST LITIGATION SUPER LAWYERS Bales, Stephen M., Ziegler Metzger, Cleveland Fried, Adam M. 3FNJOHFS $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 Malemud, Franklin C. .D%POBME )PQLJOT $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4

Meyer, Richard F. 3 ' .FZFSª "TTPDJBUFT 8PSUIJOHUPO Michael, Jay E. +BZª& .JDIBFM -BX $PMVNCVT Monihan, M. Elizabeth 4DIOFJEFS 4NFMU[ 4QJFUI #FMM $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 Pacenta, Patricia A. #VDLJOHIBN %PPMJUUMFª #VSSPVHIT "LSPO Papesh, Amy L. &MLª &ML $P .BZGJFMEª)FJHIUT

George, Frank T. .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª -JGGNBO Co., Cleveland

McGee, Adriann S., Reminger, Columbus Meraglio, Jr., Russell J., Reminger, Cleveland

Peck, Jennifer Elizabeth 4PMPNPO 4UFJOFSª 1FDL .BZGJFMEª)FJHIUT

Grimsley, Matthew S., The Lazzaro Law Firm, .PSFMBOEª)JMMT

Thomas, John P. 4DISBGG 5IPNBT -BX 8JMMPVHICZª)JMMT 1H ªS-28

Racey, Susan L. 5VDLFS &MMJT $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4

Haney, Patrick -FHBM "JE 4PDJFUZ PG $MFWFMBOE Cleveland

RISING STARS Gallagher, Timothy J., Reminger, Cleveland

Hux, James, Hux Law Firm, Cleveland Self, Lindsey )BCFS 1FQQFSª1JLF Shattuck, Taurean J. 4QJU[ 5IF &NQMPZFFµT -BX Firm, Beachwood

ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES SUPER LAWYERS Williams, William G. ,SVHMJBL 8JMLJOT (SJGGJUITª Dougherty Co., Canton RISING STARS Flahive, Devan /FMTPO .VMMJOT 3JMFZª 4DBSCPSPVHI $MFWFMBOE Good, Andrew, Oliva Gibbs, Columbus Hehmeyer, Kari D., Benesch Law, Columbus Moore, Bruce A. (PSEPO 3FFT 4DVMMZ .BOTVLIBOJ Columbus Quay, J. Alex #VDLJOHIBN %PPMJUUMFª #VSSPVHIT "LSPO

ENVIRONMENTAL SUPER LAWYERS Brubaker, Robert L. 1PSUFS 8SJHIU .PSSJTª "SUIVS Columbus Caldwell, Jacqueline Bollas ,SVHMJBL 8JMLJOT (SJGGJUITª %PVHIFSUZ $P $BOUPO Farolino, Shane A. 3PFU[FMª "OESFTT $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 Friedman, Heidi B., Thompson Hine, Cleveland 1H ª4 Lavey, Wendlene M., McMahon DeGulis, Cleveland McMahon, Louis L., McMahon DeGulis, Cleveland Nash, David E., McMahon DeGulis, Cleveland Samuels, Stephen P., Frost Brown Todd, Columbus

Schneckenburger, Nicholas, Maguire 4DIOFDLFOCVSHFS -FHBM (SPVQ 5BMMNBEHF

ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE SUPER LAWYERS Acker, Alan S. $BSMJMF 1BUDIFOª .VSQIZ Columbus

Seich, John S. .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª -JGGNBO Co., Cleveland Shumaker, Roger L. .D%POBME )PQLJOT $MFWFMBOE Vanover, Amie L., Thompson Hine, Columbus Wayne, Ronald F. #VDLJOHIBN %PPMJUUMFª Burroughs, Cleveland

Braun, Dianne Blocker ,SVHMJBL 8JMLJOT (SJGGJUITª Dougherty Co., Canton Bright, James R. 4DIOFJEFS 4NFMU[ 4QJFUI #FMM Cleveland Burke, Richard W. #SFOOBO .BOOBª %JBNPOE "LSPO Culler, M. Patricia )BIO -PFTFSª 1BSLT $MFWFMBOE Davis, Richard E. ,SVHMJBL 8JMLJOT (SJGGJUITª Dougherty Co., Canton Dietz, James B. 'SJFENBOª 3VNNFMM $P $BOGJFME Dingwell, David L. 1MBLBT .BOOPT $BOUPO Dunn, Robert R., Bailey Cavalieri, Columbus Evans, Christina D’Eramo )BIO -PFTFSª 1BSLT Cleveland Furniss, III, John F. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE 1FBTF $PMVNCVT 1H ª4

Weibel, David G., Frantz Ward, Cleveland Wendel, Lee A. 4RVJSF 1BUUPO #PHHT $PMVNCVT Wensink, Katherine .D%POBME )PQLJOT $MFWFMBOE Wrightsel, Bradley B. 8SJHIUTFMª 8SJHIUTFM Columbus

RISING STARS Bennett, III, Lewis ‘Trey’ Edmond 4UBSLª ,OPMM $P "LSPO Bizzarri, Ashton E. M. 4DIOFJEFS 4NFMU[ 4QJFUI Bell, Cleveland Cavanaugh, Joel D. )BOOB 3BTOJDL &WBODIBO 1BMNJTBOP )PCTPOª 'PY "LSPO Cicero, Mark Allen, Cicero Law Firm, .JEEMFCVSHª)FJHIUT

Galloway, Robert R. #BLFSª )PTUFUMFS $MFWFMBOE

Davis, Emily K. 8JUTDIFZ 8JUTDIFZª 'JSFTUJOF $P "LSPO

Gariepy, Stephen H. )BIO -PFTFSª 1BSLT Cleveland

DeCapite, Dana Marie )BIO -PFTFSª 1BSLT Cleveland

Gee, Kyle B. 4DIOFJEFS 4NFMU[ 4QJFUI #FMM Cleveland

Draheim, Chad M. "SU[ %FXIJSTUª 8IFFMFS Columbus

Goldsmith, James A. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE

Finley, Brandon, The Behal Law Group, Columbus

Harris, III, Richard H. #SPVTF .D%PXFMM "LSPO Haupt, Erika L. 3PFU[FMª "OESFTT $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4 4

Watt, Kristin L. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE 1FBTF $PMVNCVT 1H ª4

RISING STARS Morse, Nathaniel B. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE Pease, Columbus

Lenz, David M. 4DIOFJEFS 4NFMU[ 4QJFUI #FMM Cleveland

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Savage, Jennifer A. 4DIOFJEFS 4NFMU[ 4QJFUI #FMM $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4

Vary, Jaclyn $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME $MFWFMBOE

Krall, Roy A. $BWJUDI 'BNJMPª %VSLJO $P Cleveland

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Saccogna, Patrick J., Thompson Hine, Cleveland

Balch, Jacintha, Balch Law, Columbus

Van Kley, Jack A., Van Kley Law, Columbus

SUPER LAWYERS DeGulis, Gregory J., McMahon DeGulis, Cleveland

Rowe, Steven D. ,FNQ 4DIBFGGFSª 3PXF $P Columbus

Apelis, Erika Flynn .D%POBME )PQLJOT $MFWFMBOE

Hochstetler, Matthew R. %BWJEª+ 4JNNPOTª "TTPDJBUFT $BOUPO

ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION

Ringer, Charles E. #VDLJOHIBN %PPMJUUMFª Burroughs, Canton

Layman, Brian C., Layman Law Group, Canton

Lile, Jennifer L. ,SVHMJBL 8JMLJOT (SJGGJUITª Dougherty Co., Canton Louis, Harlan S., Bailey Cavalieri, Columbus Lowder, Janet L. )JDLNBO -PXEFS -JESCBVDIª Welch Co., Cleveland Metzinger, Margaret M., Frantz Ward, Cleveland

Frye, Danielle Halachoff ,SVHMJBL 8JMLJOT (SJGGJUITª %PVHIFSUZ $P $BOUPO Garofoli, Veronica T. 4DIOFJEFS 4NFMU[ 4QJFUI #FMM Cleveland Grecol, John (SFDPM -BX /PSUIª0MNTUFE Greene, Christopher M. $ISJTUPQIFSª. (SFFOF &TR .FEJOB Kuchmaner, Ryan A. #MBDL .D$VTLFZ 4PVFSTª "SCBVHI $BOUPO Lehota, Stephanie ,SVHMJBL 8JMLJOT (SJGGJUITª Dougherty Co., Canton Lyons, Rachel E., Wegman Hessler Valore, Cleveland Manna, Cassandra #SFOOBO .BOOBª %JBNPOE Cleveland McHenry, Jamie E. 4DIOFJEFS 4NFMU[ 4QJFUI #FMM Cleveland

ATTORNEYS SELECTED TO SUPER LAWYERS AND RISING STARS WERE CHOSEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS ON PAGE S-2.

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OHIO CLEVELAND & COLUMBUS 2024 Orr, Christopher "MFS4UBMMJOHT /FXBSL Pappas, Abbie R. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE Payne, Brittany M. 4DIOFJEFS 4NFMU[ 4QJFUI #FMM Cleveland Schumacher, Melissa 5IF -BX 0GGJDF PG 8SJHIUª "TTPDJBUFT $PMVNCVT

Friedman, Scott N. 'SJFENBOª .JSNBO $P $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4

SCOTT N. FRIEDMAN

'3*&%."/ª .*3."/ $0 - 1 " $PMVNCVTª

www.friedmanmirman.com

Looney, David A. %BWJEª" -PPOFZ $P "LSPO Lowry, Mora 3BOEBM -PXSZª "TTPDJBUFT "LSPO Lowry, Randal A. 3BOEBM -PXSZª "TTPDJBUFT "LSPO MacAdams, Pamela J. .PSHBOTUFSO .BD"EBNTª DeVito Co., Cleveland

Sjöstrand-Post, Sheena Ann, Hayes Law Offices *OD 1BUBTLBMB

Gabinet, Sarah J. ,PISNBO +BDLTPOª ,SBOU[ Cleveland

Mannos, James G. 1MBLBT .BOOPT $BOUPO

Stackhouse, Zachary $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME Cleveland

Gemelas, James (FNFMBT 8JMTPO .FSSJMMª 'SJU[ $P &MZSJB

Massucci, LeeAnn M., Massucci Law Group, $PMVNCVT 1H ª4

Stark, Justin L. 4DIOFJEFS 4NFMU[ 4QJFUI #FMM Cleveland

Gentile, Leslie A. -FTMJFª" (FOUJMF $P 3PDLZª3JWFS

Thawley, Roanna 1PMJUPª] #VSLFª* 3PETUSPNª] 4[FQ 'BJSWJFXª1BSL 1H ªS-15

Gillespie, Ross A., Gillespie Law, Dublin

Trecaso, Joseph 5SFDBTP -BX 8FTUMBLF Vonau, Christopher Schmitt %FDLFS 7POBVª $BSS Columbus Wagner, Mark ,SVHMJBL 8JMLJOT (SJGGJUITª Dougherty Co., Canton Weyenberg, Ashley, Thompson Hine, Columbus

FAMILY LAW SUPER LAWYERS Akers-Parry, Deborah 8PMG BOE "LFST $MFWFMBOE Arthurs, Kaitlyn D., Northeast Ohio Family Law and .FEJBUJPO 4PMPO August, Steven L. 4UFWFOª- "VHVTU $P Beachwood Auten, Anthony R., Grossman Law Offices, Columbus Barnett, Troy D. 5SPZª% #BSOFUU 4BMFN Beasy, Joanne S. *TBBD 8JMFTª #VSLIPMEFS $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 Bergen, Ann S. 5IF -BX 0GGJDFT PG "OOª4 #FSHFO Willoughby Biacsi, Mary J., The Family Law Group Co., $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 Brill, Douglas M. %PVHMBTª. #SJMM $P "WPO Brown, Eric M. 8PMJOFU[ª] )PSWBUIª] #SPXO $PMVNCVT Brown, Robert H. "UUPSOFZ BU -BX "LSPO Buck, Elaine S. #VDLª 'JTI $PMVNCVT Costabile, Gregory S. #VDLMFZ ,JOH $MFWFMBOE Courtright, Joy Zeiler +PZ ;FJMFS $PVSUSJHIU &TR Beachwood Cozza, Andrea L., Treneff Cozza Law, Westerville, 1H ª4 4 4 Dahlberg, C. Gustav #BCCJUUª %BIMCFSH -BX $PMVNCVT

C. GUSTAV DAHLBERG #"##*55ª %")-#&3( -"8ª--$ $PMVNCVTª

www.bdfamilylaw.com

Gill, Alison A. .BUIFXTª (JMM 8FTUFSWJMMF Gottfried, Gary J. (BSZª+ (PUUGSJFE $P 8FTUFSWJMMF Graham-Hurd, Melissa A. .FMJTTB (SBIBN )VSEª "TTPDJBUFT (SFFO Gramza, Michelle L. 4DIBMMFS $BNQCFMMª 6OJUFE /FXBSL Grossman, Andrew S., Grossman Law Offices, $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4 Haynes, S. Scott )BZOFT ,FTTMFS .ZFSTª 1PTUBMBLJT 8PSUIJOHUPO 1H ª4 4 Heckert, Christopher E. )FDLFSUª .PSFMBOE Columbus Helfman, Jill F. 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 4 Helmbrecht, Laura "UUPSOFZ BU -BX $PMVNCVT Hertrick, Marc R., Dooley Gembala McLaughlin 1FDPSB $P 4IFGGJFMEª7JMMBHF Hollingsworth, Leigh Ann "UUPSOFZ BU -BX 1BSNB Horvath, Dennis E. 8PMJOFU[ª] )PSWBUIª] #SPXO $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4 Ibold, Dennis J. *CPMEª 0µ#SJFO $IBSEPO

Marks, Richard S. .BSLTª $IBOEMFS $P ,FOU

LEEANN M. MASSUCCI

."446$$* -"8 (3061ª--$ $PMVNCVTª

www.massuccilawgroup.com McKinlay, Amy M., McKinlay Law Offices, $PMVNCVT 1H ª4

AMY M. MCKINLAY

.$,*/-": -"8ª0''*$&4 ª--$ $PMVNCVTª

www.mckinlaylawllc.com McNair, Darren A. -BSEJFSF .D/BJS %J/JDPMBª 4UPOFCSPPL -UE )JMMJBSE Mirman, Denise 'SJFENBOª .JSNBO $P $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4 4

DENISE MIRMAN

'3*&%."/ª .*3."/ $0 - 1 " $PMVNCVTª

www.friedmanmirman.com

Murway, Carl A. 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 Nickolls, Lindsay K. 5IF /JDLPMMT -BX 'JSN Cleveland

Jambe, Suzanne M. #BLFSª )PTUFUMFS $MFWFMBOE

Nigh, Joseph A., The Nigh Law Group, Columbus,

Jansen, Edward R. &EXBSEª3 +BOTFO $P *OEFQFOEFODF

Nowlin, Ryan P. 4DIOFJEFS 4NFMU[ 4QJFUI #FMM $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4

Johnson, Eric W. 4PXBME 4PXBME "OEFSTPO )BXMFZª +PIOTPO $PMVNCVT

Okin, Gary S. %XPSLFOª #FSOTUFJO $P 1BJOFTWJMMF

Johnson, II, John P. $PPLF %FNFST /FXª"MCBOZ Kapusta-Dorogi, Jonetta +POFUUB ,BQVTUB %PSPHJ Cleveland

Pavlidis, Marietta M. 1MBLBT .BOOPT $BOUPO Petroff, Ronald, Petroff Law Offices, Columbus,

Keating, Amy M., Zashin Law, Cleveland

Piatt, Richard A.L. 5IF -BX 0GGJDFT PG 4BJBª 1JBUU $PMVNCVT

Kemp, Jacqueline L., Kemp Law Group, Dublin, 1H ª4 4

Pozzuto, Bridgette D., Pozzuto Family Law, Cleveland

Khan-Ajam, Nadia, Grossman Law Offices, Columbus

Rabb, Richard A. .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª -JGGNBO Co., Cleveland

Kirner, Peter S., Kirner and Boldt Co., /PSUIª3PZBMUPO

Raj, Manav H. ,WBMF "OUPOFMMJª 3BK $MFWFMBOE

Kleinman, Roger L. $BWJUDI 'BNJMPª %VSLJO $P Cleveland Kronenberg, Jacob A.H., Kronenberg + Belovich Law, Cleveland Kuenzi, Hans C. ,VFO[J 4PNPHZJ #FBDIXPPE Lane, James L. 3PTFOUIBMª] -BOF $MFWFMBOE Laubacher, Eric R. -BVCBDIFSª $P 3PDLZª3JWFS

MANAV H. RAJ

,7"-& "/50/&--*ª 3"+ $MFWFMBOEª

www.rardivorce.com

Ramsey, John D. ,PISNBO +BDLTPOª ,SBOU[ Cleveland

Delligatti, Michael J., Delligatti Law, Worthington

Lee, Karen E. 1BUUPOª -FF $IBHSJOª'BMMT

Ready, John J. +PIOª+ 3FBEZª "TTPDJBUFT 8FTUMBLF

DiPetta, Deanna L. .FZFST 3PNBO 'SJFECFSHª Lewis, Cleveland

Leveridge, Julia L. ,FNQ 4DIBFGGFSª 3PXF $P $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4 4

Reynolds, Christopher R. ;BTIJOª 3JDI $P $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4

Einstein, Dianne DiNapoli &JOTUFJO -BX 8FTUFSWJMMF 1H ª4

Lewis, Amanda J. 1BPMPOJª -FXJT ,FOU

Rich, Jonathan A. ;BTIJOª 3JDI $P $MFWFMBOE

Lewis, Gregg R., Harry Lewis Co., Columbus

Fantelli, Anne C. .FZFST 3PNBO 'SJFECFSHª -FXJT Cleveland

Liston, Jefferson E., Law Office of Jefferson Liston, Columbus

Roman, Barbara K. .FZFST 3PNBO 'SJFECFSHª Lewis, Cleveland

Fish, Jeffrey D. #VDLª 'JTI $PMVNCVT

Loeb, James A. #BLFSª )PTUFUMFS $MFWFMBOE

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Rosenthal, Scott S. 3PTFOUIBMª] -BOF $MFWFMBOE Santosuosso, Cara L. -BX 0GGJDFT PG $BSBª- 4BOUPTVPTTP 8FTUMBLF Singleton, Jenifere R. .FZFST 3PNBO 'SJFECFSHª Lewis, Cleveland

Hoover, Tad Orval )PPWFS ,BDZPO $VZBIPHBª'BMMT

Moore, Kristen S. 1MBLBT .BOOPT $BOUPO

Huck, Maggie, Grossman Law Offices, Columbus

Mordarski, Daniel R. .PSEBSTLJ -BX $PMVNCVT 1H ª4

Jun, Brian S., Greco Law, Dublin Kryvokolinska, Valeriya S. 'SJFENBOª .JSNBO $P $PMVNCVT

Murnane, Colleen C., Frantz Ward, Cleveland

Long, Chelsea 8PPEª -POH $PMVNCVT

O’Brien, Casey P. *CPMEª 0µ#SJFO $IBSEPO

Slagle, Ehren $PMMJOTª 4MBHMF $P $PMVNCVT

Meis, Michelle J., Trolinger Law Offices, Columbus

Phillips, Nicholas E. 1IJMMJQTª .JMMF $P .JEEMFCVSHª)FJHIUT

Sowald, Beatrice K. 4PXBME 4PXBME "OEFSTPO )BXMFZª +PIOTPO $PMVNCVT

Meloni, Kathryn E. .FZFST 3PNBO 'SJFECFSHª Lewis, Cleveland

Porter, II, William G. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE Pease, Columbus

Sowald, Heather G. 4PXBME 4PXBME "OEFSTPO )BXMFZª +PIOTPO $PMVNCVT

Miclot, Grace M., Miclot Law, Cleveland

Saks, Jeffrey 5IF 4BLT -BX 0GGJDF #FBDIXPPE

Morris, Briana Lynn, Miller Bahnson Law, Columbus

Saxer, Thomas M. "NFS $VOOJOHIBN $P "LSPO

Sponseller, Nancy L. -BX 0GGJDF PG /BODZª- 4QPOTFMMFS %VCMJO

Overstreet, Joseph, Greco Law, Dublin

Steely, Melody L. 4UFFMZ -BX 0GGJDF $JSDMFWJMMF

Parks, Kelly 1BSLTª .FBEF $PMVNCVT

Suriano, Susan M., Greco Law, Dublin

Price, Tara R. )BZOFT ,FTTMFS .ZFSTª 1PTUBMBLJT Worthington

Thomarios, Elizabeth A. &MJ[BCFUIª" 5IPNBSJPT &TR "LSPO Thurman, Adam J. 5IVSNBO BOE "TTPDJBUFT Richfield Treneff, Craig P., Treneff Cozza Law, Westerville, 1H ª4 4 Trolinger, Christopher L., Trolinger Law Offices, Columbus Urban, Brian M., Urban Collaborative Divorce Law 'JSN 8FTUMBLF Weis, Amy 8FJT -BX (SPVQ $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4 4 Wolf, Marshall J. 8PMG BOE "LFST $MFWFMBOE Wolinetz, Barry H. 8PMJOFU[ª] )PSWBUIª] #SPXO $PMVNCVT Yaeger, Nicholas W. -BX 0GGJDF PG /JDIPMBTª8 Yaeger, Columbus Zashin, Andrew A. ;BTIJOª 3JDI $P $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 Zollars, Courtney A., The Nigh Law Group, $PMVNCVT Zuercher, Elizabeth J., The Zuercher Law Firm, %VCMJO 1H ª4

RISING STARS Atkins, Arianna "ULJOT BOE "ULJOT $PMVNCVT Bahnson, Eimear, Miller Bahnson Law, Columbus Baron, Brittany A., Baron Family Law, Berea Bedtelyon, Joshua 4PSPLBª "TTPDJBUFT $PMVNCVT

Black, Rebecca M. .FMJTTB (SBIBN )VSEª "TTPDJBUFT (SFFO Borshchak, Dmitriy, Law Offices of Dmitriy #PSTIDIBL $PMVNCVT Boyd, Carly ,PISNBO +BDLTPOª ,SBOU[ $MFWFMBOE Buck, Thompson E. #VDLª 'JTI $PMVNCVT Cardenas, Jamie, Weis Law Group, Columbus

Queen, Kelly Y. 'SJFENBOª .JSNBO $P $PMVNCVT Saulnier, Eva, Zashin Law, Cleveland Shell-Ayer, Meredith W. 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS Columbus Sholk, Jenna .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª -JGGNBO $P Cleveland Small, Melinda K. 8PMJOFU[ª] )PSWBUIª] #SPXO $PMVNCVT Sobel, Heather B. 8PMJOFU[ª] )PSWBUIª] #SPXO $PMVNCVT Soeder, Carolyn C. .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª Liffman Co., Cleveland Sonderman, Hank, Law Offices of Dmitriy #PSTIDIBL $PMVNCVT Stewart Scalley, Janet ,PISNBO +BDLTPOª ,SBOU[ Cleveland VerSteeg, William 'SJFENBOª .JSNBO $P $PMVNCVT Weinfurtner, Kyleigh A., Zashin Law, Cleveland Zaleski, Allison 8PMJOFU[ª] )PSWBUIª] #SPXO $PMVNCVT Zukowsky, Ami ;VLPXTLZ -BX #FBDIXPPE

GENERAL LITIGATION

Dortch, Michael D. ,SBWJU[ #SPXOª %PSUDI Columbus

Goldstein, David A. %BWJEª" (PMETUFJO $P Columbus

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Zimmerman, Robert A., Benesch Law, Cleveland

RISING STARS Ashrawi, Yazan S., Frost Brown Todd, Columbus Bird, Jenna R. 4DIOFJEFS 4NFMU[ 4QJFUI #FMM Cleveland Burns, Justin M. %JOTNPSFª 4IPIM $PMVNCVT Dattilo, Alexandra V., Walter Haverfield, Cleveland Eisenbrei, Daniel, Milligan Pusateri Co., Canton Kamenitsa, T. Scott 'SJFENBOª 3VNNFMM $P Canfield Nienaber, Alexandra N. &QTUFJO #FDLFSª (SFFO Columbus Pugh, Samantha #BSOFTª 5IPSOCVSH $PMVNCVT Sohner, Jessica L. "SFOTUFJOª "OEFSTFO $P Dublin Valentine, Sara 4JUUFSMFZ 7BOEFSWPPSUª /JYPO Lancaster Whaling, Thomas J. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE Pease, Columbus

Castrodale, Joseph A., Benesch Law, Cleveland

Dawes, Shannon, Dawes Legal, Lancaster

Greco, Jr., Anthony W., Greco Law, Dublin

Turnbull, Tracey L. 1PSUFS 8SJHIU .PSSJTª "SUIVS $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4

SUPER LAWYERS Gupta, Manju 5VDLFS &MMJT $MFWFMBOE

Carpenter, Michael H., Carpenter Lipps, Columbus

Glickman, Robert T. .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª Liffman Co., Cleveland

Gibson, Megan M. &JOTUFJO -BX 8FTUFSWJMMF

Teetor, J. Stephen, Teetor Westfall, Columbus

Benson, William B. #FOTPOª 4FTTFS $PMVNCVT

Dahlberg, Dennis B. %BIMCFSH 4UBOMFZª 'PEFSFUUJ $PMVNCVT

Garvey, Erin 'SJFENBOª .JSNBO $P $PMVNCVT

Stadler, David P. "OLVEB 4UBEMFSª .PFMMFS Cleveland

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

Duhamel, Marcel C. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE Pease, Cleveland

Gallant, Amanda S. 5IF -BX 0GGJDFT PG +BNFTª.

Linehan, Columbus

Snow, Randolph L. #MBDL .D$VTLFZ 4PVFSTª "SCBVHI $BOUPO

SUPER LAWYERS Battle, Jennifer A.L., Carpenter Lipps, Columbus

Coady, Kelly E., Trolinger Law Offices, Columbus

Duvall, DeAnna J., The Behal Law Group, Columbus

Simpkins, Scott D. $MJNBDP 8JMDPY 1FDBª (BSPGPMJ Co., Cleveland

Holford, Andrew +PISFOEUª )PMGPSE $PMVNCVT Keim, Christopher G., Frantz Ward, Cleveland Koblentz, Richard S. ,PCMFOU[ 1FOWPTFª 'SPOJOH *OEFQFOEFODF Melko, Mark C. #FOTPOª 4FTTFS $PMVNCVT Miller, Joseph R. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE 1FBTF Columbus

GOVERNMENT FINANCE SUPER LAWYERS MacDougall, Irene M., Walter Haverfield, Cleveland

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS SUPER LAWYERS Liggett, Jr., Luther L. "UUPSOFZ BU -BX %VCMJO RISING STARS Feitl, Diana M. 3PFU[FMª "OESFTT $MFWFMBOE Mikkelson, Erik )JDLT 1BSUOFST $PMVNCVT Whalen, Madison L. $)8 "EWJTPST $PMVNCVT

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OHIO CLEVELAND & COLUMBUS 2024 HEALTH CARE SUPER LAWYERS Adams, Jennifer L. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE Brown, David S. 3PMG (PGGNBO .BSUJO -BOH 4PMPO Feltes, Joseph J. #VDLJOHIBN %PPMJUUMFª Burroughs, Canton Goffman, Ira S. 3PMG (PGGNBO .BSUJO -BOH 4PMPO Haran, Craig T., Frantz Ward, Cleveland Hickner, Kathryn (Kate) #SFOOBO .BOOBª Diamond, Cleveland

Russell, Kathryn P. #SPXO *NNJHSBUJPO -BX Cleveland Wilkinson, Yubia +BNFT *NNJHSBUJPO -BX Cleveland

Tucker, Robert )BOOB $BNQCFMMª 1PXFMM "LSPO Wright, Benjamin 5IF -BX 0GGJDF PG 8SJHIUª "TTPDJBUFT $PMVNCVT Young, Kevin M. 5VDLFS &MMJT $MFWFMBOE

RISING STARS Baker, Lucas P. $PMMJOT 3PDIF 6UMFZª (BSOFS Dublin

INSURANCE COVERAGE SUPER LAWYERS Bailey, Dan A., Bailey Cavalieri, Columbus

Finkbine, Arnold F. 8JMMJBNTª 4DIPFOCFSHFS $P Columbus

Berliner, Stacy 4IVNBLFS -PPQª ,FOESJDL "LSPO

Horacek, Sunny $PMMJOT 3PDIF 6UMFZª (BSOFS Dublin

Blower, Lucas M. 4IVNBLFS -PPQª ,FOESJDL "LSPO

Immell, Jennifer Lewis, Bailey Cavalieri, Columbus

Huryn, Christopher M. #SPVTF .D%PXFMM "LSPO

Carr, Adam E., Carr Law Office, Hudson

Peseski, William, Brouse McDowell, Cleveland

Kleinman, Stephen R. &QTUFJO #FDLFSª (SFFO Columbus

Collins, Gregory H. $PMMJOT 3PDIF 6UMFZª (BSOFS "LSPO

Santagate, Christopher P., Bailey Cavalieri, Columbus

Lang, Paul A. 3PMG (PGGNBO .BSUJO -BOH 4PMPO

Comstock, Jr., David C. #POF[[J 4XJU[FS 1PMJUPª Perry Co., Canfield

Talbert, James P., Bailey Cavalieri, Columbus

Martin, Aric D. 3PMG (PGGNBO .BSUJO -BOH 4PMPO Plinke, Eric J. %JOTNPSFª 4IPIM $PMVNCVT Reisz, Lisa Pierce &QTUFJO #FDLFSª (SFFO Columbus

RISING STARS Lansell, Allison 3PMG (PGGNBO .BSUJO -BOH 4PMPO Reed, Bradley D., Frantz Ward, Cleveland Smith Newsome, Allison 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS Cleveland

Connick, Thomas J. 4DIOFJEFS 4NFMU[ 4QJFUI #FMM Cleveland Demian, Mark, Rathbone Group, Cleveland Evans, III, Merle D., Milligan Pusateri Co., Canton Farnan, John G., Weston Hurd, Cleveland Faust, Laura (Megan) 3PFU[FMª "OESFTT "LSPO Gallagher, James R., Gallagher Gams Tallan #BSOFTª -JUUSFMM $PMVNCVT

Young, James M., Bailey Cavalieri, Columbus

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SUPER LAWYERS Barnes, Heather M. 5VDLFS &MMJT $MFWFMBOE Croft, David .FZFST 3PNBO 'SJFECFSHª -FXJT Cleveland Dimitrijevs, James A. %JOTNPSFª 4IPIM $MFWFMBOE

Thorn, Nicole M., Vanguard Health Law, Greentown

Gams, Mark H. (BMMBHIFS (BNT 5BMMBO #BSOFTª Littrell, Columbus

Watson, Ashley B. #SFOOBO .BOOBª %JBNPOE Columbus

Garner, Richard M. $PMMJOT 3PDIF 6UMFZª (BSOFS %VCMJO 1H ª4

Moskowitz, Suzann 5IF .PTLPXJU[ 'JSN Beachwood

Georgiton, Peter J. %JOTNPSFª 4IPIM $PMVNCVT

Rector, Susan D., Peterson Conners, Dublin

Janik, Steven G. +BOJL $MFWFMBOE

Watkins, Mark A. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE 1FBTF "LSPO

IMMIGRATION SUPER LAWYERS Aljijakli, Nadeen "MKJKBLMJ ,PTTFGGª 1SFOEFSHBTU Cleveland Bartell, Jonathan A. #BSUFMM (FPSHBMBTª +VBSF[ *OEFQFOEFODF Cozart Martin, Stacy E. .BSUJO +PMJDª "TTPDJBUFT *OEFQFOEFODF Dhinojwala, Duriya #SFOOBO .BOOBª %JBNPOE "LSPO DiFranco, Brian 3PESJHVF[ #FMMª %J'SBODP -BX Office, Columbus Larson, Jessica 0LVIª *CBSB $FDI -BX $MFWFMBOE Leopold, David W. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE Pinjuh, Lori A. 5IF 1JOKVI -BX 'JSN *OEFQFOEFODF 1H ªS-28 Prendergast, Heather Drabek "MKJKBLMJ ,PTTFGGª Prendergast, Cleveland Shihab, Gus 5IF -BX 'JSN PG 4IJIBCª "TTPDJBUFT Co., Columbus Wong, Margaret W. .BSHBSFUª8 8POHª "TTPDJBUFT $MFWFMBOE

RISING STARS Cericola, Kessia $FSJDPMB -FHBM 4PMVUJPOT Columbus

Leffler, Amanda M. 4IVNBLFS -PPQª ,FOESJDL "LSPO 1H ª4 4 4

Kwak, James L. 4UBOEMFZ -BX (SPVQ %VCMJO

Lester, David L. $PMMJOT 3PDIF 6UMFZª (BSOFS Cleveland

RISING STARS Butler, Christopher )BIO -PFTFSª 1BSLT Cleveland

Maluchnik, Crystal L. +BOJL $MFWFMBOE

Einsiedel, Mark S. #BLFSª )PTUFUMFS $PMVNCVT

Masch, Clifford C., Reminger, Cleveland

Fichtenberg, Todd A. 5"' -FHBM $PMVNCVT

Mesko, Jennifer L. 5VDLFS &MMJT $MFWFMBOE

Fischer, Marcus $PPQFS -FHBM (SPVQ )JODLMFZ

Nicholas, Jr., Joseph F. .B[BOFD 3BTLJOª 3ZEFS Co., Cleveland

Jenkins, Andrew W. 1FBSOFª (PSEPO $MFWFMBOE

Pousoulides, Dimitrios S., Pousoulides Law Offices, /PSUIª$BOUPO

Reel, Chris, The Reel Law Firm, Columbus

DIMITRIOS S. POUSOULIDES 106406-*%&4 -"8ª0''*$&4 */$ /PSUI $BOUPOª

www.ohiotriallawyer.com

Liu, Brad $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME $MFWFMBOE Smith, Jocelyn 6MNFSª #FSOF $PMVNCVT Stevens, Drew 5IF 4UFWFOT -BX 'JSN $PMVNCVT Wernow, Howard L. 4BOE 4FCPMUª 8FSOPX $P Canton

Rathbone, Kimberly L., Rathbone Group, Cleveland Rezie, Richard C. (BMMBHIFS 4IBSQ $MFWFMBOE Rice, Jay #POF[[J 4XJU[FS 1PMJUPª 1FSSZ $P Cleveland Roof, Brian E. #VDLMFZ ,JOH $MFWFMBOE Rose, Paul A. #SPVTF .D%PXFMM "LSPO Rutter, Bobby 3VUUFSª 3VTTJO $MFWFMBOE

Rutter, Robert P. 3VUUFSª 3VTTJO $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATION SUPER LAWYERS Bautista, Philip 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS Cleveland Marsh, John F., Bailey Cavalieri, Columbus Rodman, Rachael L. 6MNFSª #FSOF $PMVNCVT Skakun, III, Mark J. #VDLJOHIBN %PPMJUUMFª Burroughs, Canton

Georgalas, Lauren #BSUFMM (FPSHBMBTª +VBSF[ *OEFQFOEFODF

Smith, Michael E., Frantz Ward, Cleveland

He, Su #VDLMFZ ,JOH $MFWFMBOE

Sullivan, Brian D., Reminger, Cleveland

RISING STARS Koglman, Thomas S., Jones Day, Cleveland

Juarez, Jr., Jose A. #BSUFMM (FPSHBMBTª +VBSF[ *OEFQFOEFODF

Sullivan, K. James $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4

Smoot, Rachel 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS Columbus

Lugasy, Maya #SPXO *NNJHSBUJPO -BX $MFWFMBOE

Travis, John (BMMBHIFS 4IBSQ $MFWFMBOE

Stockett, Myra Barsoum, Perez Morris, Cleveland

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OHIO CLEVELAND & COLUMBUS 2024 LAND USE/ZONING SUPER LAWYERS Berns, Jordan #FSOT 0DLOFSª (SFFOCFSHFS Cleveland Berns, Sheldon I. #FSOT 0DLOFSª (SFFOCFSHFS Cleveland Lesiak, Theodore J. 3PEFSJDL -JOUPO #FMGBODF "LSPO Sugerman, Irving B. #SPVTF .D%PXFMM "LSPO RISING STARS Huber, Jennifer L. #SPTJVT +PIOTPOª (SJHHT Columbus

LEGISLATIVE & GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS SUPER LAWYERS Brey, Donald C. *TBBD 8JMFTª #VSLIPMEFS Columbus

MEDIA AND ADVERTISING RISING STARS Minc, Aaron M., Minc Law, Cleveland

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS SUPER LAWYERS DiPuccio, Dominic A. 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS Cleveland Doyle, Terrence F. (Terry) $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 Gibson, Rick J. -BQF .BOTGJFME /BLBTJBOª (JCTPO Powell Lape, Rodd B. -BQF .BOTGJFME /BLBTJBOª (JCTPO Powell Lewis, Scott M. .FZFST 3PNBO 'SJFECFSHª -FXJT Cleveland Malone, Robert W. #VDLJOHIBN %PPMJUUMFª #VSSPVHIT "LSPO Motheral, T. Ted, Walter Haverfield, Cleveland Neary, Douglas A. $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME Cleveland O’Neill, Brian M. 5VDLFS &MMJT $MFWFMBOE Pietrafese, Brent M. $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME Cleveland Sesnowitz, Douglas K. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE Stefanik, Jon R. #VDLJOHIBN %PPMJUUMFª #VSSPVHIT "LSPO RISING STARS Barbara, Samantha J., Benesch Law, Cleveland Davis, Casey -FXJT #SJTCPJT #JTHBBSEª 4NJUI "LSPO De Matteis, Michael 5BGU 4UFUUJOJVTª )PMMJTUFS Cleveland Glass, Daniel J., Thompson Hine, Cleveland Gullett, Ashley, Jones Day, Columbus Guy, Alanna C. #BLFSª )PTUFUMFS $MFWFMBOE Hull, Matthew R. ,SVHMJBL 8JMLJOT (SJGGJUITª Dougherty Co., Canton Java, Sachin V. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE

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Letsky, Alyson, Thompson Hine, Cleveland Luczkow, Anna M. -FXJT #SJTCPJT #JTHBBSEª 4NJUI "LSPO Mielcusny, Brian D., Benesch Law, Cleveland Murray, Lucas W. #VDLJOHIBN %PPMJUUMFª Burroughs, Canton Pasiadis, Charlotte Weatherford #BLFSª Hostetler, Cleveland Pretty, Adam $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME $PMVNCVT Pyatt, Courtney %JDLJOTPO 8SJHIU $PMVNCVT Roth, Steven Howard, Roth Firm, Cleveland

Berg, Aaron P. $BSBWPOBª #FSH $MFWFMBOE

AARON P. BERG

$"3"70/"ª #&3(ª--$ $MFWFMBOEª

www.cbjustice.com

Bolmeyer, Jr., Frank G. 4BNNPOª #PMNFZFS $P Cleveland Bowman, J. Scott (FJTFS #PXNBOª .D-BGGFSUZ $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4 Bressman, David, Bressman Law, Dublin Brian, Steven J. #SJBO -BX 0GGJDFT /PSUIª$BOUPO Brown, Chanda L., Walton + Brown, Columbus

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SUPER LAWYERS Ball, David T. 3PTFOCFSHª #BMM $P (SBOWJMMF RISING STARS Steiner, Katie Lynn )BIO -PFTFSª 1BSLT Cleveland

PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: DEFENSE SUPER LAWYERS Barnes, Belinda S., Gallagher Gams Tallan #BSOFTª -JUUSFMM $PMVNCVT Bush, Kevin R., Weston Hurd, Columbus Fischer, Mark F. 'JTDIFS &WBOTª 3PCCJOT $BOUPO

Brunn, Jr., Thomas L., The Brunn Law Firm, Cleveland Campbell, William P. &MLª &ML $P .BZGJFMEª)FJHIUT Carney, Christopher J. ,MFJOª $BSOFZ $P Beachwood Carrabine, James P. $BSSBCJOFª 3FBSEPO $P Mentor Carty, Matthew &MLª &ML $P .BZGJFMEª)FJHIUT Condeni, Joseph A., Condeni Law, Cleveland, 1H ªS-27

JOSEPH A. CONDENI

$0/%&/* -"8ª--$ 70*$& '03 5)& */+63&% $MFWFMBOEª

www.condenilaw.com

Cowan, Gary &MLª &ML $P .BZGJFMEª)FJHIUT Czack, Michael W. 5IF $[BDL -BX 'JSN $MFWFMBOE

Grigsby Jones, Kelly N., Perez Morris, Columbus

Davis, William J. "SPOTPO 'JOFNBOª %BWJT $P &BTUª-JWFSQPPM

Guice, Gregory G., Reminger, Cleveland

DiCello, Nicholas A. 4QBOHFOCFSH 4IJCMFZª -JCFS $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4

Hollern, Edwin J. )PMMFSOª "TTPDJBUFT 8FTUFSWJMMF Kerns, Brian D. #POF[[J 4XJU[FS 1PMJUPª 1FSSZ $P Medina Mazgaj, Frank G. )BOOB $BNQCFMMª 1PXFMM "LSPO Pelini, Craig G. 1FMJOJ $BNQCFMMª 3JDBSE /PSUIª$BOUPO 1H ª4 4 Rankin, Gregory D., Weston Hurd, Columbus

Drakatos, Eleni Andriana :BDPCP[[J %SBLBUPT $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 Dunson, Joseph P. %VOTPO -BX *OEFQFOEFODF Eisner, Michael L. 5IF -BX 0GGJDFT PG .JDIBFMª- &JTOFS $MFWFMBOE Elliott, Rex H. $PPQFS &MMJPUU $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4

Roller, Jan L., Perez Morris, Cleveland

Erney, Robert D. 3PCFSUª% &SOFZ BOE "TTPDJBUFT Co., Columbus

RISING STARS Bray, Daniel L. (BMMBHIFS 4IBSQ $MFWFMBOE

Ferruccio, Jr., Samuel J., The Ferruccio Law Firm, Canton

Kidd, Robert J. (BMMBHIFS (BNT 5BMMBO #BSOFTª Littrell, Columbus

Fifner, Curtis M. &MLª &ML $P %VCMJO

PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAINTIFF SUPER LAWYERS Acton, Shawn M., Kelley Ferraro, Cleveland, 1H ªS-3 Alkire, Richard C. #VDLMFZ ,JOH $MFWFMBOE Alter, Mitchell J. -BX 0GGJDFT PG .JUDIFMM "MUFS Columbus Baker, Andrew S. 5IF #BLFS -BX (SPVQ $PMVNCVT Barbour, Mark E. "UUPSOFZ BU -BX $MFWFMBOE Bashein, W. Craig #BTIFJOª #BTIFJO $P $MFWFMBOE 1H ªS-1 4 4

Fitch, John, The Fitch Law Firm, Columbus Flemming, Matthew S., Hoffman Legal Group, Cleveland Geiser, Michael K. (FJTFS #PXNBOª .D-BGGFSUZ Columbus Gervelis, Mark S., Gervelis Law Firm, Canfield Goldstein, Michael D. (PMETUFJOª (PMETUFJO #FBDIXPPE 1H ªS-27 Goldwasser, Andrew $JBOPª (PMEXBTTFS #FBDIXPPE 1H ªS-2 4 4

ANDREW GOLDWASSER $*"/0ª (0-%8"44&3 ª--1 #FBDIXPPEª

www.c-g-law.com

Gould, Justin D. +VTUJOª% (PVME -BX 8FTUMBLF Grant, David R. 1MFWJOª (BMMVDDJ $P $MFWFMBOE

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OHIO CLEVELAND & COLUMBUS 2024 Grieco, Paul (SJFDP -BX $MFWFMBOE

PAUL GRIECO

(3*&$0 -"8 ª--$ $MFWFMBOEª

www.grieco.law

Gundy, John M. %FONBO -FSOFSª (VOEZ .FOUPS Guttman, Rubin 3VCJO (VUUNBOª "TTPDJBUFT Beachwood Hardman, Kevin P. )BSENBO -BX "LSPO Harris, Sean ,JUSJDL -FXJTª )BSSJT $P $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4 Heck, J. Jeffrey 5IF )FDL -BX 0GGJDFT .BOTGJFME Henry, Eric W. 5IF &SJD )FOSZ -BX 'JSN $IBHSJOª'BMMT Hoffman, III, W. Andrew, Hoffman Legal Group, Cleveland Horning, Gerald R. /BHFS 3PNBJOFª 4DIOFJCFSH $P &VDMJE Ice, Matthew E. (FJTFS #PXNBOª .D-BGGFSUZ Columbus Inscore, Michael *OTDPSF -BX 0GGJDFT .BOTGJFME Joseph, Jr., Joseph T., Joseph Law Group, Beachwood Keefe, Jr., Stephen T., The Keefe Law Firm, -BLFXPPE Kerpsack, Jr., Robert W. 3PCFSUª8 ,FSQTBDL $P Dublin Kitrick, Mark ,JUSJDL -FXJTª )BSSJT $P $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4 Klein, Larry S. ,MFJOª $BSOFZ $P #FBDIXPPE Knabe, Kenneth J. ,OBCF -BX 'JSN -BLFXPPE

Olawale, Emmanuel O., The Olawale Law Firm, 8FTUFSWJMMF Oliver, Jami S., Oliver Law Office, Dublin, 1H ª4 4 O’Neil, John P. &MLª &ML $P .BZGJFMEª)FJHIUT Paris, Dana M. /VSFOCFSH 1BSJT )FMMFSª .D$BSUIZ Co., Cleveland Patno, Christian R. .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª -JGGNBO $P $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 S-28 Perantinides, Paul G. 1FSBOUJOJEFTª /PMBO $P "LSPO Perlmuter, Scott 5JUUMFª 1FSMNVUFS $MFWFMBOE Petersen, Susan E. 1FUFSTFOª 1FUFSTFO $IBSEPO Polito, Michael G. 1PMJUPª] #VSLFª* 3PETUSPNª] 4[FQ 'BJSWJFXª1BSL 1H ªS-15 Pomerantz, David I. 1PNFSBOU[ª $SPTCZ $P 4PMPO Price, William J. &MLª &ML $P .BZGJFMEª)FJHIUT 1H ª4 4 Reagan, John J. ,JTMJOH /FTUJDPª 3FEJDL 'BJSMBXO 1H ª4 4 Reich, Alexander B., Kalish Law Firm, Cleveland Rinehardt, John K. 3JOFIBSEU *OKVSZ "UUPSOFZT Mansfield

Darwal, Joseph 0CSBM 4JMLª 1BM $MFWFMBOE Davis, Michael P. "SPOTPO 'JOFNBOª %BWJT $P &BTUª-JWFSQPPM Fijalkovich, Ian &MLª &ML $P .BZGJFMEª)FJHIUT Gribble, Lauren 1MBLBT .BOOPT $BOUPO Grimm, Corey J. *OHSBN $BTTFTFª (SJNN Youngstown Harris, Katie 5JUUMFª 1FSMNVUFS $MFWFMBOE Hayden, Megan R. 4DIJGGª "TTPDJBUFT $PMVNCVT Heit, Corey, Heit Law, Columbus Hobbs, Thomas J. 5IF $[BDL -BX 'JSN $MFWFMBOE Kelley, Edward J., Constant Legal Group, Cleveland Lewis, Michael P. 4QBOHFOCFSH 4IJCMFZª -JCFS Cleveland Lindsey, Mark ,JTMJOH /FTUJDPª 3FEJDL 'BJSMBXO Magnone, Antonio ,BSS 4IFSNBOª .BHOPOF $P Columbus Martin, E. Michelle L., The Martin Law Firm, Columbus McCormick, Katherine &MLª &ML $P .BZGJFMEª)FJHIUT McCoy, C. Joseph .D$PZª .D$PZ /FXBSL Melling, Kyle -PXF 4DPUU 'JTIFS $P 3PDLZª3JWFS

Romaine, Daniel A. /BHFS 3PNBJOFª 4DIOFJCFSH $P &VDMJE

Nichols, Sara C. #FBVTBZª /JDIPMT -BX 'JSN Columbus

Roper, James M., Teetor Westfall, Columbus

Pal, Alexander L. 0CSBM 4JMLª 1BM $MFWFMBOE

Rossi, Gregg A. 3PTTJª 3PTTJ :PVOHTUPXO

Papuga, Amy 5IF -BX 'JSN GPS 5SVDL 4BGFUZ Cleveland

Rourke, Michael J. 3PVSLFª #MVNFOUIBM $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4 Saltzer, Michael A., Rumizen Weisman, Beachwood

Payne, Joshua /VSFOCFSH 1BSJT )FMMFSª .D$BSUIZ Co., Cleveland

Kuboff, Scott M. -PXF 4DPUU 'JTIFS $P $IBSEPO

Scott, Craig P. 5IF -BX 0GGJDF PG $SBJH 4DPUUª $P $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4

Rinehardt, Rachel 3JOFIBSEU *OKVSZ "UUPSOFZT Mansfield

LaMonica, Deneen -B.POJDB $PMFNBOª .BSUFMMP $MFWFMBOE 1H ªS-27

Scott, Stuart E. 4QBOHFOCFSH 4IJCMFZª -JCFS $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4

Rourke, Jr., Michael J. 3PVSLFª #MVNFOUIBM Columbus

Lazzaro, Lynn A. -B[[BSP -VLB -BX 0GGJDFT 3PDLZª3JWFS

Silk, Thomas J. 0CSBM 4JMLª 1BM $MFWFMBOE

Scebbi, Vincent /BHFS 3PNBJOFª 4DIOFJCFSH $P &VDMJE

Lebovitz, Jordan D. /VSFOCFSH 1BSJT )FMMFSª McCarthy Co., Cleveland

Spero, Scott A. #FOUPGGª 4QFSP $P $MFWFMBOE

Leikin, Jeffrey A. +FGGFSZª" -FJLJO #FBDIXPPE Lenson, Kevin L. &MLª &ML $P .BZGJFMEª)FJHIUT Lewis, Mark ,JUSJDL -FXJTª )BSSJT $P $PMVNCVT Liber, II, John R. 5ISBTIFS %JOTNPSFª %PMBO Cleveland Linnen, Jr., Jerome T. -JOOFO $P "LSPO Luka, Lori A. -B[[BSP -VLB -BX 0GGJDFT 3PDLZª3JWFS Madden, Justin F., Justin Madden Co., Russell Mahler, Timothy M. 3PVSLFª #MVNFOUIBM Columbus Maillis, Michael J. ,JTMJOH /FTUJDPª 3FEJDL 1PMBOE Manner, Mathias D., Manner Law Firm, Columbus,

McLafferty, Sydney S. 5IF 4UVDLFZ 'JSN 4QSJOHGJFME 1H ª4 4 McLaughlin, R. Craig &MLª &ML $P .BZGJFMEª)FJHIUT Meizlish, Sanford A. #BSLBO .FJ[MJTI %F3PTF $PY Columbus Miller, Brian G. #SJBOª( .JMMFS $P 8PSUIJOHUPO 1H ª4 4 Mote, Elizabeth A. 8PMGFª .PUF -BX (SPVQ Columbus

Snider, John M. 4UFCFMUPO 4OJEFS -BODBTUFS Sucher, Daniel M. %BO 4VDIFS -BX "WPO Tsarouhas, Antonios P. 1FSBOUJOJEFTª /PMBO $P "LSPO Tullis, Timothy T. ,FHMFS #SPXO )JMMª 3JUUFS Columbus Van Eman, Timothy L. 7BO &NBO -BX 1PXFMM

Vecchio, Robert J. 7FDDIJPª 7FHI $MFWFMBOE Wagoner, Robert J. %JUUNFS 8BHPOFSª 4UFFMF Columbus Weisman, Mitchell A., Rumizen Weisman, Beachwood Young, Andrew R. 5IF -BX 'JSN GPS 5SVDL 4BGFUZ Cleveland Young, D.J. 5IF -BX 'JSN GPS 5SVDL 4BGFUZ Cleveland Zurz, Jr., Richard V. 4MBUFSª ;VS[ "LSPO

RISING STARS Bodeman, Matthew F. 4PSPLBª "TTPDJBUFT $PMVNCVT

MATTHEW F. BODEMAN 4030,"ª "440$*"5&4 ª--$ $PMVNCVTª

www.sorokalegal.com

Nolan, Chris T. 1FSBOUJOJEFTª /PMBO $P "LSPO

Bond, Jonathan N. $PPQFS &MMJPUU $PMVNCVT

Obral, Mark J. 0CSBM 4JMLª 1BM $MFWFMBOE

Cox, Jason #BSLBO .FJ[MJTI %F3PTF $PY $PMVNCVT

Sieperda, Regan /VSFOCFSH 1BSJT )FMMFSª McCarthy Co., Cleveland Slone, Adam #SJBOª( .JMMFS $P 8PSUIJOHUPO

Staley, Brandi ,JUSJDL -FXJTª )BSSJT $P $PMVNCVT Strubbe, Christina /BHFS 3PNBJOFª 4DIOFJCFSH $P &VDMJE Walton, Jr., Sean, Walton + Brown, Columbus Weaver, Chelsea Clarke $PPQFS &MMJPUU $PMVNCVT Wincek, Jr., Christopher 8JMMJBNª/ .BTUFST $P Cleveland

PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: DEFENSE SUPER LAWYERS Beddow, Kenneth R. #POF[[J 4XJU[FS 1PMJUPª 1FSSZ Co., Mansfield Carulas, Anna Moore 3PFU[FMª "OESFTT $MFWFMBOE Foliano, Gregory B. "SOPME 5PEBSP 8FMDIª Foliano, Columbus Gannon, Brian T., Reminger, Cleveland Hupp, Steven J. )VQQ .BSHPMJTª -FBL $MFWFMBOE Kilbane, Thomas B., Reminger, Cleveland Lange, Brian F. #POF[[J 4XJU[FS 1PMJUPª 1FSSZ $P Cleveland CONTINUED ON PAGE S-24

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Cullers, Romney B. 5IF #FDLFS -BX 'JSN Cleveland

Maimbourg, Rita A. 5VDLFS &MMJT $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4

RISING STARS Dean, Brandon M. 4MBUFSª ;VS[ "LSPO

Davis, Adam J. "EBN %BWJT -BX $MFWFMBOE

Markus, John A., Leeseberg Tuttle, Columbus

Debevec, Rhonda Baker, The Debevec Law Firm, Cleveland

Mellino, Calder C., The Mellino Law Firm, 3PDLZª3JWFS

Meadows, William A., Reminger, Cleveland

DiSilvio, Marilena &MLª &ML $P .BZGJFMEª)FJHIUT 1H ª4 4 4

Moscarino, George M. #VDLJOHIBN %PPMJUUMFª Burroughs, Cleveland

Roberts, Kristin Michelle ,BNQJOTLJª 3PCFSUT Cleveland

Djordjevic, Michael M. %KPSEKFWJDª .BSNBSPT #FBDIXPPE 1H ªS-13

Moss, David T. )BOOB $BNQCFMMª 1PXFMM "LSPO

Eadie, William &BEJF )JMM 5SJBM -BXZFST $MFWFMBOE

Mullin, Jeanne M. 1FSF[ .PSSJT $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 4

Eisen, Brian N. 5IF &JTFO -BX 'JSN $P #FBDIXPPE

Margolis, Ronald A. )VQQ .BSHPMJTª -FBL Cleveland

PERSONAL INJURY PRODUCTS: DEFENSE

Munsell, Theodore M., Carpenter Lipps, Columbus

Evans, II, Gordon D., The Donahey Law Firm, $PMVNCVT 1H ª4

Oeschger, David 5IF #FDLFS -BX 'JSN $MFWFMBOE

Frantz Oldham, Megan J. 1MBLBT .BOOPT "LSPO

Perry, Bret C. #POF[[J 4XJU[FS 1PMJUPª 1FSSZ $P Cleveland

SUPER LAWYERS Dickerson, Denise A. 4VUUFS 0µ$POOFMM $P Cleveland

Griffin, Stephen P., Griffin Law, Canton

Hong, Laura K. 5VDLFS &MMJT $MFWFMBOE

Poling, Brant E., Poling Law, Columbus

Gurney, Todd E. 5IF &JTFO -BX 'JSN $P Beachwood

Klarfeld, Joshua A. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE

Polito, John S. #POF[[J 4XJU[FS 1PMJUPª 1FSSZ $P Cleveland

Hanson, Robert E. 4DIFSOFSª )BOTPO $PMVNCVT

Kline, James N. #POF[[J 4XJU[FS 1PMJUPª 1FSSZ $P Cleveland

Prislipsky, Thomas A., Reminger, Youngstown

Heller, Jeffrey M. /VSFOCFSH 1BSJT )FMMFSª McCarthy Co., Cleveland

Richards, Daniel A., Weston Hurd, Cleveland

Hill, Michael A. &BEJF )JMM 5SJBM -BXZFST $MFWFMBOE

Riemenschneider, Dirk E. #VDLJOHIBN %PPMJUUMFª Burroughs, Cleveland

Hirshman, Ellen Hobbs -PXF 4DPUU 'JTIFS $P Chardon

Murch, Kevin, Perez Morris, Columbus

Rossi, Gregory T. )BOOB $BNQCFMMª 1PXFMM "LSPO

Jacobson, William S. /VSFOCFSH 1BSJT )FMMFSª McCarthy Co., Cleveland

Rubin, Ryan K. -FXJT #SJTCPJT #JTHBBSEª 4NJUI Cleveland

Kampinski, Charles I. ,BNQJOTLJª 3PCFSUT Cleveland

O’Connell, Matthew C. 4VUUFS 0µ$POOFMM $P $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4

Sandacz, Beverly A. )BOOB $BNQCFMMª 1PXFMM "LSPO

Kelley, James M. &MLª &ML $P .BZGJFMEª)FJHIUT 1H ª4 4

Santoni, Christine, Perez Morris, Cleveland

Littrell, Rex A. 6MNFSª #FSOF $PMVNCVT McCrystal, Jr., James L. 4VUUFS 0µ$POOFMM $P Cleveland Novak, Jenifer E., Frantz Ward, Cleveland

Ramm, Brian N., Benesch Law, Cleveland Wright, Elizabeth B., Thompson Hine, Cleveland

RISING STARS Byrnes, Rachel /FMTPO .VMMJOT 3JMFZª 4DBSCPSPVHI $MFWFMBOE

Sellers, Sabrina S., Poling Law, Columbus

Kremer, Stephan Carl #BTIFJOª #BTIFJO $P $MFWFMBOE 1H ªS-1

Sewards, Frederick A. "SOPME 5PEBSP 8FMDIª Foliano, Columbus

Kulwicki, David A. .JTILJOE ,VMXJDLJ -BX $P Beachwood

Dennis, Madeline 5VDLFS &MMJT $MFWFMBOE

Switzer, Donald H. #POF[[J 4XJU[FS 1PMJUPª 1FSSZ Co., Cleveland

Kuri, Phillip A. &MLª &ML $P .BZGJFMEª)FJHIUT

Manno, Joseph A. 5VDLFS &MMJT $MFWFMBOE

Lancione, John A., The Lancione Law Firm, 3PDLZª3JWFS

Sanders, Emmanuel 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE

Treu, Kris H. #VDLJOHIBN %PPMJUUMFª #VSSPVHIT Cleveland Van Wagner, Jeffrey W. #POF[[J 4XJU[FS 1PMJUPª Perry Co., Cleveland Walters, Stephen E., Reminger, Cleveland

RISING STARS Bear, Madison L. )VQQ .BSHPMJTª -FBL $MFWFMBOE Glinka, Jaime, Poling Law, Columbus Hoover, Zachary, Poling Law, Columbus Palcko, Joseph T., Reminger, Cleveland Saferight, C. Ashley 5VDLFS &MMJT $MFWFMBOE

Lansdowne, Dennis R. 4QBOHFOCFSH 4IJCMFZª -JCFS $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 Leeseberg, Gerald S., Leeseberg Tuttle, Columbus Marmaros, Peter W. %KPSEKFWJDª .BSNBSPT #FBDIXPPE 1H ªS-13 Melewski, Ryan 3BGJEJ 1BMMBOUFª .FMFXTLJ Canfield Mellino, Christopher M., The Mellino Law Firm, 3PDLZª3JWFS Mester, Jonathan D. /VSFOCFSH 1BSJT )FMMFSª McCarthy Co., Cleveland Miller, Robert P. 3PVSLFª #MVNFOUIBM $PMVNCVT

PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: PLAINTIFF SUPER LAWYERS Abbarno, Kenneth P., DiCello Levitt, Mentor Abraham, Daniel N. $PMMFZ 4ISPZFS "CSBIBN $PMVNCVT Beausay, Jeffrey #FBVTBZª /JDIPMT -BX 'JSN Columbus Becker, Michael F. 5IF #FDLFS -BX 'JSN $MFWFMBOE

Mishkind, Howard D. .JTILJOE ,VMXJDLJ -BX $P Beachwood Monteleone, J. Michael, J Michael Monteleone, "WPOª-BLF Novak, William J. /PWBL $MFWFMBOE

Hatzis, Georgia 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE

Schiavone, Sara C. 1PSUFS 8SJHIU .PSSJTª "SUIVS Columbus

PERSONAL INJURY PRODUCTS: PLAINTIFF SUPER LAWYERS List, D. Andrew $MBSL 1FSEVFª -JTU $P $PMVNCVT Murphy, John Martin, Kelley Ferraro, Cleveland, 1H ªS-3 Paris, David M. /VSFOCFSH 1BSJT )FMMFSª .D$BSUIZ $P $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 Venizelos, Constantine P. (Dean), Constant Legal Group, Cleveland

PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY: DEFENSE

Pantages, Pamela /VSFOCFSH 1BSJT )FMMFSª McCarthy Co., Cleveland

SUPER LAWYERS Brown, Lori E. (BMMBHIFS 4IBSQ $MFWFMBOE

Robenalt, Thomas D., The Robenalt Law Firm, 8FTUMBLF

Dorman, Andrew J., Reminger, Cleveland

Shapero, Neal E. 4IBQFSPª] 3PMPGG $P $MFWFMBOE

Graff, Douglas (SBGGª .D(PWFSO $PMVNCVT

Shroge, Michael D. 1MFWJOª (BMMVDDJ $P $MFWFMBOE

Lammert, Cynthia A., Frantz Ward, Cleveland 1H ª4 4

Cooper, Jr., Charles H. $PPQFS &MMJPUU $PMVNCVT 1H ª4

Shroyer, David I. $PMMFZ 4ISPZFS "CSBIBN $PMVNCVT 1H ª4 4

Mathews, Jr., Alvin E. 6MNFSª #FSOF $PMVNCVT

Crandall, Steve $SBOEBMMª 1FSB -BX $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4

Tittle, Allen 5JUUMFª 1FSMNVUFS $MFWFMBOE Tuttle, Craig S., Leeseberg Tuttle, Columbus

Richthammer, Theresa A. (BMMBHIFS 4IBSQ Cleveland

Casey, James S., Casey Law Co., Mentor

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OHIO CLEVELAND & COLUMBUS 2024 Sansalone, Monica A. (BMMBHIFS 4IBSQ $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 4

Perry, Andrew S. .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª -JGGNBO Co., Cleveland

Trimacco, Courtney J., Winter Trimacco Co., Cleveland

Pittman Haas, Lori A. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE

Wilson, Arleesha -BX 0GGJDF PG "SMFFTIB 8JMTPO Cleveland

Winter, Jason, Winter Trimacco Co., Cleveland

Raker, Keith H. 5VDLFS &MMJT $MFWFMBOE

Worrel, Jacob, Kayne Law Group, Columbus

Robins, Harlan W., Frost Brown Todd, Columbus

Wrubel, Lindsey A. &RVFT -BX (SPVQ /PSUIGJFME

Zirke, Heather 5IF ;JSLF -BX 'JSN #FSFB

RISING STARS Froning, Nicholas E. ,PCMFOU[ 1FOWPTFª 'SPOJOH *OEFQFOEFODF Jerin, Maia E. (BMMBHIFS 4IBSQ $MFWFMBOE Lawson, Shane A. (BMMBHIFS 4IBSQ $MFWFMBOE Steele, Kenton H., Reminger, Columbus Watrous Ziolkowski, Jordan, Bailey Cavalieri, Columbus

PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY: PLAINTIFF SUPER LAWYERS Kettlewell, Charles J. $IBSMFTª+ ,FUUMFXFMM Columbus Stewart, Scott E. 4UFXBSUª %F$IBOU #BZª7JMMBHF RISING STARS Mikhaiel, Mark 4DIOFJEFS 4NFMU[ 4QJFUI #FMM Cleveland

REAL ESTATE SUPER LAWYERS Aronoff, James B., Thompson Hine, Cleveland Beasley, Teresa M. .D%POBME )PQLJOT $MFWFMBOE Catanzarite, Nick R., Walter Haverfield, Cleveland Cusimano, III, Joseph J. ,BNBOª $VTJNBOP $MFWFMBOE Dardis, Bryan J. .FZFST 3PNBO 'SJFECFSHª -FXJT Cleveland Daroff, Charles, Walter Haverfield, Cleveland Desberg, Gary S. 4JOHFSNBO .JMMT %FTCFSHª Kauntz Co., Beachwood Falk, Bryan H. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE 1FBTF Cleveland Gardner, G. Andrew, Walter Haverfield, Cleveland Goler, Michael D. #VDLMFZ ,JOH $MFWFMBOE Good, Darcy M. ,BNBOª $VTJNBOP $MFWFMBOE

Greenwald, Cathryn E., Thompson Hine, Cleveland Hastings, Scott G. ,SVHMJBL 8JMLJOT (SJGGJUITª Dougherty Co., Canton Hirsch, Evan S. 4JOHFSNBO .JMMT %FTCFSHª ,BVOU[ Co., Beachwood Hochman, Jason D. %JOO )PDINBOª 1PUUFS Cleveland Kooperman, Brian T., Kooperman Mentel Ferguson Yaross, Columbus Liffman, Kenneth B. .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª Liffman Co., Cleveland Lovett, Mary Forbes 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE Monroe, John William, Mansour Gavin, Cleveland Murphy, Kevin Patrick, Walter Haverfield, Cleveland Nitschke, Kathleen A., Perez Morris, Cleveland Oakes, Jared E., Benesch Law, Cleveland

Wetherbee, Christopher L., Wetherbee Law, Medina

Rodio, Mark L., Frantz Ward, Cleveland Schaeffer, Scott N. ,FNQ 4DIBFGGFSª 3PXF $P Columbus Sikora III, Michael J. 4JLPSB -BX $MFWFMBOE Singerman, Paul J. 4JOHFSNBO .JMMT %FTCFSHª Kauntz Co., Beachwood Slagter, John P. 5VDLFS &MMJT $MFWFMBOE Smyers, Robyn Minter, Thompson Hine, Cleveland 1H ª4 4 4 Sonkin, Rick D. 4POLJOª ,PCFSOB $MFWFMBOE 1H ªS-28 Sosin, Jeremy S. 4PTJO -BX 4IBLFSª)FJHIUT Stockman, Mark J., Frantz Ward, Cleveland Viola, Matthew T. ,PISNBO +BDLTPOª ,SBOU[ Cleveland

SCHOOLS & EDUCATION SUPER LAWYERS Gingo, Lindsay F. (JOHPª #BJS -BX *OEFQFOEFODF McIntosh, Sandra R. 4DPUU 4DSJWFO $PMVNCVT Peer, Christina Henagen, Weston Hurd, Cleveland Peters, Scott C. 1FUFST ,BMBJMª .BSLBLJT $P Cleveland Smith, David Kane %, 4NJUI -BX *OEFQFOEFODF Stone, Susan C. ,PISNBO +BDLTPOª ,SBOU[ Cleveland Supler, Kristina W. ,PISNBO +BDLTPOª ,SBOU[ Cleveland

Waldeck, Jr., John W., Walter Haverfield, Cleveland

Weiker, Mark A. "CEOPVS 8FJLFS $PMVNCVT

Waxman, David B. .D(MJODIFZ 4UBGGPSE $MFWFMBOE

RISING STARS Albeit, Leslie A. "MCFJU .BTUFST $PMVNCVT

Winkhart, Thomas William 8JOLIBSUª .JOPS /PSUIª$BOUPO

RISING STARS Altier, Brett C. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE Ashba, Amber N. "TICB -BX $IBHSJOª'BMMT Cepluch, Joshua R., Frost Brown Todd, Columbus Eddy, Justin J. 5VDLFS &MMJT $MFWFMBOE Fox, Justin M. 5IF 'PY -BX 'JSN /FXª"MCBOZ Garson, Danielle .D$BSUIZ -FCJU $SZTUBMª -JGGNBO Co., Cleveland Gold, Rachel Friedman ,FHMFS #SPXO )JMMª 3JUUFS Columbus Grauer, John +FSPNF (SBVFS BOE "TTPDJBUFT Cleveland Hurtuk, Joshua E., Walter Haverfield, Cleveland James, Jr., Nolan $BWJUDI 'BNJMPª %VSLJO $P Cleveland Kaman, Jeffrey E. ,BNBOª $VTJNBOP $PMVNCVT

Katz, Steven ,BU[ 1SZPSª %J$VDDJP $PMVNCVT Kocak, Brian %JDLJOTPO 8SJHIU $PMVNCVT Lipsyc, Lauren E., Benesch Law, Cleveland McEvoy, Robert L. #BLFSª )PTUFUMFS $MFWFMBOE Meinert, Nicholas ,BNBOª $VTJNBOP $MFWFMBOE

Mook, Dylan, Jones Day, Cleveland Neiman, Michael, Neiman Law, Columbus Noll, Kelly D., Benesch Law, Cleveland Parini, Solomon, Willis Law Firm, (SBOEWJFXª)FJHIUT Prentis, Mitchell R., Thompson Hine, Cleveland Pryor, Stephen ,BU[ 1SZPSª %J$VDDJP $PMVNCVT Schottenstein, Michael L. ,FHMFS #SPXO )JMMª Ritter, Columbus Seiler, Raymond D. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE Smith, Cody &NFOT 8PMQFS +BDPCTª +BTJO -BX Firm Co., Columbus Snyder, Oney $BSMJMF 1BUDIFOª .VSQIZ $PMVNCVT Teel, Richard A. -JFCFSNBO %WPSJOª %PXE 1FQQFSª1JLF

Bair, Megan J. (JOHPª #BJS -BX *OEFQFOEFODF Bullock, Anna E. ,PISNBO +BDLTPOª ,SBOU[ Cleveland Canaday, Chelsea L. Berger %JDLJOTPO 8SJHIU Columbus McWeeney, II, James M., Weston Hurd, Cleveland Moore, Jessica "CEOPVS 8FJLFS $PMVNCVT Sabo, Lauren A. 4BCP -BX $PMVNCVT Stromski, Renee "CEOPVS 8FJLFS $PMVNCVT

SECURITIES & CORPORATE FINANCE SUPER LAWYERS Groedel, Howard M. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE Hanselman, Suzanne K. #BLFSª )PTUFUMFS Cleveland Solecki, Michael J., Jones Day, Cleveland

RISING STARS House, Nicholas R. 7PSZT 4BUFS 4FZNPVS BOE Pease, Cleveland

SECURITIES LITIGATION SUPER LAWYERS Chapman, John S. $IBQNBO"MCJO $MFWFMBOE Goins, Frances Floriano 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE 1H ª4 4 Koehler, James F., Koehler Fitzgerald, Cleveland Matasar, Scott C., Matasar Jacobs, Cleveland Meyer, David P., Meyer Wilson Co., Columbus 1H ª4 4

RISING STARS Charlillo, Michael J. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE Nally, Brian P., Reminger, Cleveland Vujanov, Philip $IBQNBO"MCJO $MFWFMBOE Wilhelm, Brittany N., Jones Day, Cleveland CONTINUED ON PAGE S-26

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OHIO CLEVELAND & COLUMBUS 2024 SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY SUPER LAWYERS Balin, Paulette F., Balin Law, Mentor Farrell, Clifford M. .BOSJOHª 'BSSFMM %VCMJO 1H ª4 4 Kolligian, Scott M. )BOOB 3BTOJDL &WBODIBO 1BMNJTBOP )PCTPOª 'PY "LSPO Margolius, Marcia W. .BSHPMJVT .BSHPMJVTª "TTPDJBUFT $MFWFMBOE McDaniel, Eric 5IF -BX 0GGJDF PG .BMZVL .D%BOJFM ,BTQFS $VZBIPHBª'BMMT

Kadish, Matthew F., Frantz Ward, Cleveland 1H ª4 4

Brittain, Brian K. 3PTT #SJUUBJOª 4DIPOCFSH $P Cleveland

Shapiro, Michael J. .JDIBFMª+ 4IBQJSP .BZGJFMEª)FJHIUT

Campbell, Timothy C. )BOOB $BNQCFMMª 1PXFMM "LSPO

Widen, Frederick N. 6MNFSª #FSOF $MFWFMBOE

Caspary, Christopher D. -BX 0GGJDFT PG .JUDIFMMª" 4UFSO &VDMJE

Zaino, Michael J., Zaino Law Group, Dublin Zaino, Thomas M. ;BJOP )BMMª 'BSSJO $PMVNCVT Zwick, Gary A., Walter Haverfield, Cleveland

RISING STARS Heidinger, Benjamin C. 3PCFSUª+ 'FEPS &TR 8FTUMBLF

November, Andrew, Liner Legal, Cleveland

Momen, Marzooq $BWJUDI 'BNJMPª %VSLJO $P Cleveland

Smith, Scott F. 4NJUI (PEJPT 4PSFOTFO "LSPO

Pascu, Sebastian C., Walter Haverfield, Cleveland

RISING STARS Kasper, Matthew 5IF -BX 0GGJDF PG .BMZVL .D%BOJFM ,BTQFS $VZBIPHBª'BMMT

Robinson, Demetrius ,PISNBO +BDLTPOª ,SBOU[ Columbus

Liner, Michael, Liner Legal, Cleveland Michael, Leah O. /BHFS 3PNBJOFª 4DIOFJCFSH $P &VDMJE Rubin, Chelsea 1IJMJQª+ 'VMUPO -BX 0GGJDF Columbus

Staudt, Carianne S. $PSTBSPª "TTPDJBUFT $P 8FTUMBLF 1H ªS-9 Wolnik, Jonathan C. )BIO -PFTFSª 1BSLT Cleveland

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Shupe, Matthew J., Balin Law, Mentor Tefend, Molly .BOSJOHª 'BSSFMM $PMVNCVT

STATE, LOCAL & MUNICIPAL SUPER LAWYERS Climer, James Alan .B[BOFD 3BTLJOª 3ZEFS $P Cleveland

RISING STARS Roush, Kari R. 5TJCPVSJTª "TTPDJBUFT 8FTUFSWJMMF

TRANSPORTATION/MARITIME SUPER LAWYERS Blubaugh, Marc S., Benesch Law, Columbus

Glasgow, Aaron M. *TBBD 8JMFTª #VSLIPMEFS Columbus

Cotter, Chris 3PFU[FMª "OESFTT "LSPO

Hickman, Franklin J. )JDLNBO -PXEFS -JESCBVDIª Welch Co., Cleveland

Pappalardo, Joseph W. (BMMBHIFS 4IBSQ Cleveland

Pitchford, Marshal M. %J$BVEP 1JUDIGPSEª :PEFS "LSPO Zets, Brian M. *TBBD 8JMFTª #VSLIPMEFS $PMVNCVT

RISING STARS Boggs, Thaddeus M., Frost Brown Todd, Columbus Imbrogno, Amily .FZFST 3PNBO 'SJFECFSHª Lewis, Cleveland

Leonetti, III, Frank, Reminger, Cleveland

Turek, James J., Reminger, Cleveland Wright, Bradley A. 3PFU[FMª "OESFTT "LSPO

SUPER LAWYERS Ashton, Rick L. "MMFO 4UPWBMM /FVNBOª "TIUPO Columbus Callahan, Thomas J., Thompson Hine, Cleveland Corsaro, Joseph G. $PSTBSPª "TTPDJBUFT $P 8FTUMBLF 1H ªS-9 Dimengo, Steven A. #VDLJOHIBN %PPMJUUMFª #VSSPVHIT "LSPO Dodson, Katherine R. 5FSSFODFª" (SBEZª "TTPDJBUFT $P $PMVNCVT Fazio, Mario J. .FZFST 3PNBO 'SJFECFSHª -FXJT Cleveland

Copp, Matthew R. 1MFWJOª (BMMVDDJ $P $PMVNCVT Cowans, Timothy 4DPUU 4DSJWFO $PMVNCVT Curry, Robert J. 3VNNFMM $VSSZª 3FHHJOFMMP -BX Firm, Youngstown Dlott, Steven P. .FZFST 3PNBO 'SJFECFSHª -FXJT Cleveland Duber, Brandon #FOUPGGª %VCFS $P $MFWFMBOE Dusseau, Michael P. 1IJMJQª+ 'VMUPO -BX 0GGJDF Columbus Elzeer, II, Bradley E. 1MFWJOª (BMMVDDJ $P Cleveland Falvey, James #FOUPGGª %VCFS $P $MFWFMBOE Faranda, Christine M. "NFS $VOOJOHIBN $P "LSPO Fulton, Philip J. 1IJMJQª+ 'VMUPO -BX 0GGJDF Columbus Gallo, Jr., Charles Joseph (BMMPª (BMMP $P Cleveland Gallucci III, Frank L. 1MFWJOª (BMMVDDJ $P Cleveland Gardner, James E. "UUPSOFZ BU -BX "LSPO Goldberg, Richard 4DPUU 4DSJWFO $PMVNCVT Goodman, Jonathan H., Jon Goodman Law, Worthington Gray, II, David E., Levey / Gray, Cleveland Greve, Thomas F. .BUUZ )FOSJLTPOª (SFWF Cleveland

RISING STARS Karcher, Alexander 3PFU[FMª "OESFTT $PMVNCVT

Henrikson, Kirk R. .BUUZ )FOSJLTPOª (SFWF Cleveland

Pleines, Robert, Benesch Law, Cleveland

UTILITIES SUPER LAWYERS Lang, James F. $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME $MFWFMBOE RISING STARS Dove, Robert ,FHMFS #SPXO )JMMª 3JUUFS $PMVNCVT Pritchard, Matthew R. .D/FFT 8BMMBDFª /VSJDL Columbus

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SUPER LAWYERS Barnhart, David B. 1IJMJQª+ 'VMUPO -BX 0GGJDF Columbus

Grady, Terrence A. 5FSSFODFª" (SBEZª "TTPDJBUFT Co., Columbus

Bashein, Richard W. #BTIFJOª #BTIFJO $P $MFWFMBOE 1H ªS-1

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Coleman, J. Anthony )BOOB $BNQCFMMª 1PXFMM "LSPO

Hafenstein, Kenneth S. $POOPS ,JNNFUª Hafenstein, Columbus

Fedor, Jr., Robert J. 3PCFSUª+ 'FEPS &TR 8FTUMBLF

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Zalud, Eric L., Benesch Law, Cleveland

Razek, Christopher, Benesch Law, Cleveland

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Christine, Anthony P., Urban Co., Warren

Hernandez, Richard, Perez Morris, Columbus Hooper, Erin E. .BUUZ )FOSJLTPOª (SFWF Cleveland Hunter, Douglas S., Hoffman Legal Group, Cleveland Kranstuber, Charles W. -BX 0GGJDFT PG $IBSMFTª8 Kranstuber, Columbus Lallo, Matthew A. -BMMPª 'FMENBO $P 8JMMPVHICZ Lawther, Jennifer L. /BHFS 3PNBJOFª 4DIOFJCFSH $P &VDMJE Martello, James P. -B.POJDB $PMFNBOª .BSUFMMP Cleveland McCarty, David M. ,FHMFS #SPXO )JMMª 3JUUFS Columbus McMonagle, Matthew A., Kelley Ferraro, Cleveland, 1H ªS-3 Meyerson, David L. 4FBNBOª "TTPDJBUFT Beachwood Moro, Joseph A. )FMMFS .BBT .PSPª .BHJMM $P Youngstown Morrow, Tod T. .PSSPXª .FZFS /PSUIª$BOUPO

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District structures. The arrangement of a charcoal tufted-leather Chesterfield sofa, wood-arm swivel chairs with black leather cushions, and an oval cognac leather ottoman in front of the sitting-area fireplace conjures up visions of chatting with friends over glasses of port on one of those cold winter nights.

“I dubbed this project, ‘Entertainer’s Dream,’” says Hudson-based interior designer Laura Yeager Smith of the 9,000-square-foot Boston Heights

residence. “There are so many lovely spaces to entertain.” The pub is just one spot the husband-and-wife homeowners use to host everything from intimate family gatherings to largescale events to promote their business. Smith used the industrial decor the man of the house desired to create the look and feel of a discrete venue, someplace totally separate from the rest of the house.

The backyard pool area “There were a is perfect for outdoor entertainment, while couple of inspialso giving access to rations, or precthe destination pub on edent images the inside. that the client showed me,” she says. “It was really more to capture the moody vibe of the aesthetic than a literal translation. They liked that little bit more edgy material, someB Y LY N N E T H O M P S O N

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Industrial touches, like black metal and Edison bulb light fixtures, add a splash of sophisticated style to the home.

thing kind of unexpected.”

Smith obliged by outfitting the 518-square-foot space in the newly built home with a reclaimed wood ceiling, distressed brick walls and white oak hardwood floors. The fireplace boasts a facade clad in sheets of aluminum burnished by a local artisan and sandstone-slab hearth. Lighting in the sitting area is provided by a chandelier consisting of glass orbs on a geometric black metal form.

“It’s meant to draw your eye up into the high-volume space, a focal point piece,” she says.

To the left of the sitting area is the actual bar. The bottom row of wire-brushed oak slab-face cabinets, stained ebony and topped in a quartz with a thick profile edge that resembles concrete, includes a matching panel-covered dishwasher, ice maker and pull-out trash and recycling bins, along with a stainless steel refrigerator. Countertop appliance garages house blenders, juicers and utilitarian bar implements, and black metal shelves flanking the wall-mounted television overhead displays bottles of liquor and glasses. An oak trestle table surrounded by eight oak-frame barrel-back stools upholstered in cognac leather replace seating at the usual stretch of gleaming wood or granite.

Smith notes that the 36-inch-high “counter height” or “pub height” furnishings are generally more comfortable than 42-inch “bar height” counterparts, making them acceptable for more formal overflow dining. The table is illuminated by another black metal geometric chandelier.

“It’s an integrated LED fixture,” Smith notes, “so you don’t need to have light bulbs. It’s more [for] ambient lighting. We put can lights in for functional task lighting.”

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pub rather than a private home. An aviator chair upholstered in chocolate brown channel-tufted leather, the back of which is clad in riveted metal plates, attracts the attention of an unusual occasional chair while providing the comfort of more pedestrian seating. But arguably the best seat in the pub, if not the entire house, is a mink brown leather sectional recliner, nine and a half feet long. The backs of the motorized pieces fully recline to a flat position, making them the perfect places to crash after a night of revelry — or make up into beds if the house’s guest room and “bunk room” are full.

The finishing touch: swing-arm sconces with black metal mesh drum shades.

“That second floor of the pub is also

a place to escape, kind of getaway, where you’re not really visible to the rest of the house,” Smith observes.

It’s a place where a deal can be discussed during a business function — or a family member can find privacy.

“There’s a TV up there,” she adds.

“So if there was a game on, you could watch the game, look out at the backyard through the windows.” Cozy as the pub is, it gets plenty of use during the summer months. Sliding glass doors opposite the bar open onto a terrace overlooking the aforementioned pool.

“They can have those sliding doors open for indoor-outdoor entertaining,” Smith says — or escaping the hot sun with a cold beer.

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the property’s outdoor pool via a separate exterior door. Smith finished the floor in a river rock pebble mosaic mesh-mount tile — an unexpected feature that adds traction for wet feet — and tiled the bottom halves of the walls, along with the entire shower, in black. A spare Edison bulb light fixture, installed over a black wooden washstand with an integral sink in a concrete countertop, reinforces the industrial decor.

A circular staircase of black powdercoated steel, hand-forged and installed by a local blacksmith, leads to a 313-square-foot mezzanine over the bar. Smith calls the staircase “an element of the unexpected” that reinforces the feeling of being in a destination

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tion in Northeast Ohio in the years leading up to World War II, you had no shortage of opportunities.

The most well-known was the Harvard Club, on the street of the same name in Newburgh Heights. Not even a raid by new Cleveland Public Safety Director Eliot Ness could keep the place out of business. Lake County had the Mounds Club, Geauga County had the Pettibone Club and Trumbull County had the Jungle Inn. On Jan. 22, 1938, that number was one less, as Cleveland police raided the Monticello Club on Euclid Avenue. The club consisted of three rooms on the second floor of what was then the Lake Theater, including an “ultra-modern cocktail bar,” as The Plain Dealer described it. Police ended up confiscating nine slot machines, 136

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for 5-, 10- and 25-cent plays, and an indeterminate amount of gambling tables.

The Monticello Club’s lifespan was a short one, opening in 1937.

In 1939, agents were served after hours in violation of state liquor laws. In testimony at a subsequent hearing, agent J. Cornelius Sullivan was asked if the club provided “amusement.” His response: “Plenty! Men were dancing together and kissing one another!” The club was ordered closed.

The theater became the Esquire in 1948 and was initially a home for WXEL (later WJW) television studios. After WJW’s departure for its current studios on South Marginal Road, the theater fell into disrepair, finally being demolished in 1985. The Lumen apartment building stands on the site today.

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