Teresa Metcalf Beasley

Class of 1992

  • Partner, Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

Teresa Metcalf Beasley, a partner with Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, assists clients with the legal aspects of real estate transactions, financing, and development; contracts; employment matters; litigation; construction matters; bond transactions; project labor agreements; and diversity plans. Beasley serves as Chair of Calfee’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee and is currently serving her second four-year term as Law Director of Warrensville Heights. She served as the Director of Law for the City of Cleveland and on Mayor Frank Jackson’s Special Commission on Missing Persons and Sex Crime Investigations. Beasley has received the following awards: Ohio’s Top 15 Women in Business Award from the National Diversity Council, YWCA Woman of Achievement, YWCA Woman of Professional Excellence, Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School Hall of Fame, Crain’s Women of Note, CREW Cleveland Deborah R. Klausner Leadership Award, and Kaleidoscope Magazine’s 40-40 Club. She serves on the following boards: Cleveland Neighborhood Progress Inc., University Hospitals’ 5805 Euclid Inc., The Cleveland Foundation, Downtown Cleveland Alliance, and Karamu House. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., In Counsel with Women, National Association of Bond Lawyers, Commercial Real Estate Women, Women in Public Finance, Executive Women’s Leadership Forum, Bluecoats Inc., and The Western Reserve (OH) Chapter of the Links, Inc.