Chief Magistrate Gregory F. Clifford has been a General Referee and Magistrate in the Cleveland Municipal Court since 1986 and Chief Magistrate since 2001. He was an Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor and in private practice before his long tenure at the Court. Chief Magistrate Clifford is a life member and long-time Board of Trustee for the Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association (CMLAA). He was instrumental in founding the Minority Outreach Committee to help new minority students at Cleveland-Marshall acclimate to law school and the profession through mentoring, programming, and social events. He has been honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award for Civic Involvement from Cleveland State University and served with distinction as President of CMLAA in 2016-17. Chief Magistrate Clifford also serves on the Board of Visitors of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, is a Past President of the Norman S. Minor Bar Association and Past President of the Ohio Association of Magistrates. He continues to serves on multiple CMLAA committees, including Minority Outreach and Social Justice and he continues to mentor students every year through the mentoring program. Inducted 2019.