Kenneth B. Liffman is Chairman of the Board and President of McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., L.P.A. He joined the firm in 1979 and was Managing Principal from 1993 until December 2017. The majority of his practice focuses on transactions, banking matters, and real estate law. Since 2004, Liffman has been recognized by his peers as one of Northeast Ohio’s Top Real Estate Attorneys, as an Ohio Super Lawyer®, and as a Best Lawyer in America. Liffman has maintained a strong presence in the community, including 12 years as a Trustee for Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, 17 years as a board member (three years as Vice-Chair) of United Jewish Cemeteries, nine years as a Cleveland Trustee for the Jewish National Fund, 10 years as a Trustee for the Cleveland Chapter of American ORT, and 10 years as a board member (three years as Chair) for the United States Committee Sports for Israel. Liffman has been President of the Firm’s Charitable Foundation since it was formed in 1993, is on the Board of Visitors of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, and has assisted in the coordination and implementation of funds and programs for both the College of Law and (reading programs) for the City of Cleveland School District. He is the recipient of the 2012 ORT Jurisprudence Award, a past recipient of the Sadie and Maurice Friedman Cleveland ORT Leadership Award, and the 2000 Chapter Supporter of the Year for American ORT. In 1996, he created the American ORT Jurisprudence Dinner for the Cleveland Chapter and served as its Chairman for 10 years. He was Co-Chair of the 2018 Jurisprudence dinner. In 2017, Liffman was named one of the 18 Difference Makers in our community by the Cleveland Jewish News. He sits on the Board of the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage and is the Chair of the Holocaust Memory Survivor Project, as well as being recently elected to the Board of InMotion to aid those with Parkinson’s disease.