Linn Raney majored in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Florida, participating in its engineering co-op program and graduating with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree, with honors, in 1963. Having worked in engineering positions during college, he concluded that he should obtain a graduate degree of some sort before joining the work force. Encouraged by his Patent Lawyer father, he joined the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C. as a Patent Examiner. He enrolled in American University’s evening law school program while working in Washington. He moved to Cleveland in 1965, enrolled in CSU College of Law’s evening law school program, and became licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent Office. He supported his family by working as a patent agent while attending Cleveland-Marshall’s evening program. While at Cleveland-Marshall, he was a Law Review editorial board member, authored a Law Review article that was re-printed, with attribution, in a commercial legal publication, and was named to Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. He graduated summa cum laude in 1968. In 1967, he joined the predecessor to Watts, Hoffmann Co. LPA, where he practiced all phases of Intellectual Property Law, representing numerous local and international industrial corporations, for 35 years. He eventually became Managing Partner before retiring in 2003. Raney is a long-time financial supporter of Cleveland-Marshall, member of the Board of Visitors, and has become particularly interested in CSU College of Law’s Solo Practice Incubator. In conjunction with his membership in Business Advisors of Cleveland (BAC), he has been instrumental in establishing an ongoing business consulting and mentoring relationship between BAC and lawyer-residents in the Incubator.