The annual CSU|LAW Hall of Fame was established in 2017 to honor the outstanding contributions to the success and prestige of our law school by distinguished alumni, faculty, staff, friends and community leaders.

2024 INDUCTION CEREMONY

Friday, November 1, 2024 | 5:30 – 8:30 PM

CSU Student Center Ballroom
2121 Euclid Avenue | Cleveland, Ohio 44115

Hear from our students in a special ‘Thank You’ video

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2024 Hall of Fame Inductees

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KIM BIXENSTINE

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

BRENT BUCKLEY

Class of 1982

Managing Partner, Buckley King

KEVIN BUTLER

Class of 2001

Counsel, McDonald Hopkins, LLC

HON. CASSANDRA COLLIER-WILLIAMS

Class of 1990

Judge, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

MATTHEW CRAWFORD

Class of 1994

Chairman & CEO, ParkOhio Industries

JULIE CROCKER

Class of 2006

Partner, Taft Law

RONDA CURTIS

Class of 1992

Chief Corporate Counsel (Retired), City of Cleveland Law Department

ROSALINA FINI

Class of 1994

Chief Legal and Ethics Officer, Cleveland Metroparks

FRANK L. GALLUCCI III

Class of 2000

Partner, Plevin & Gallucci Co., L.P.A

MARY GROTH

Class of 1983

Director of Member & Donor Engagement, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

EDWARD T. HAGGINS

Class of 1966

Owner, Matthew Prison Ministries; Owner, Precious Realty

JACQUELINE JOHNSON

Class of 1983

First Assistant, Federal Public Defender, N.D. of Ohio

GERTRUDE BAUER MAHON

Class of 1940

Former Assistant Prosecutor, Cuyahoga County Prosecutors Office

HON. NANCY R. MCDONNELL

Class of 1985

Former Judge, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

HON. WILLIAM T. MCGINTY

Class of 1979

Judge, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

HON. TIMOTHY MCMONAGLE

Class of 1974

Judge (Retired), Ohio court of Appeals, 8th District

VICKI PLATA

Budget Director (Retired), CSU|LAW; Associate, Cleveland State University

CALLISTA PUCHMEYER

Class of 2007

Chief Counsel, Glenn Research Center, NASA

ROB REMINGTON

Class of 1988

Partner, National Litigation Area and Construction Practice Group Chair, Hahn Loeser

DANIEL RICHARDS

Class of 1992

Managing Partner, Weston Hurd, LLP

REV. DR. STEPHEN ROWAN

Class of 1980

Senior Pastor, Bethany Baptist Church

ROGER M. SYNENBERG

Class of 1977

Principal, Synenberg & Associates, LLC

FREDERICK WIDEN

Class of 1981

Partner, UB Greensfelder, LLP

2024 LEADER ON THE RISE:

DREW ODUM

Class of 2010

Senior Legal Counsel – Litigation, The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company