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ELK & ELK CO., LTD.<br />

SERIOUS LAWYERS<br />

FOR SERIOUS INJURIES ®<br />

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ELK & ELK CO., LTD.<br />

Powerful advocacy for Ohio’s injured and victims of auto accidents,<br />

medical malpractice and products liablity.<br />

LEGAL LEADERS INDEX<br />

A comprehensive list of Cleveland’s Top Rated Lawyers of 2014.<br />

CLEVELAND LAW 2014<br />

Lawmakers and lawyers in the Forest City examined a case that touched<br />

on tip pooling in the restaurant industry, while recent high-profile cases—<br />

including Ariel Castro’s apparent suicide while imprisoned, a recent policeinvolved<br />

shooting, and the corruption scandal plaguing the Cuyahoga County<br />

Commissioner’s Office—continued to make waves.<br />

PROTECTING YOURSELF<br />

AGAINST BUSINESS LAWSUITS<br />

Educate yourself on the basics of corporate lawsuits before entering one.<br />

PRACTICE AREA INDEX<br />

An index of featured firms categorized by practice area.<br />

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ELK & ELK CO., LTD.<br />

PERSONAL INJURY, MEDICAL MALPRACTICE, PRODUCTS LIABILITY<br />

From Left: John O’Neil, Phillip Kuri, Arthur Elk, R. Craig McLaughlin, David Elk, William Campbell, Amy Papesh, William Price<br />

Elk & Elk has established a well-earned reputation as a powerful<br />

advocate for people who have been seriously injured or killed as<br />

a result of motor vehicle accidents, medical mistakes, workplace<br />

accidents, recalled drugs and medical devices, defective<br />

products and nursing home neglect.<br />

In the past decade alone, the firm has secured more than<br />

$500 million for its clients, including such notable recoveries as<br />

a $39 million jury verdict for the family of a construction worker<br />

killed on the job; a $10 million birth injury verdict; a $6 million<br />

hospital drug error settlement; a $5 million transportation<br />

accident settlement; and a $4.75 million construction site case.<br />

The seasoned litigation team at Elk & Elk comprises 19<br />

attorneys and an extensive support staff of dedicated paralegals,<br />

nurses, economists, accident reconstructionists and investigators<br />

located across Ohio. Many of the firm’s lawyers have been AV<br />

Preeminent ® rated by Martindale-Hubbell ® , listed in Ohio Super<br />

Lawyers or Rising Stars, honored as Million Dollar and Multi-<br />

Million Dollar Advocates or named among Ohio’s top 100<br />

attorneys by the National Trial Lawyers.<br />

Senior Partner David Elk has focused on litigating negligence<br />

cases for nearly 50 years, devoting his practice to helping injured<br />

people obtain justice. Known as a compassionate attorney, he<br />

has successfully represented thousands of clients in medical<br />

malpractice, personal injury and wrongful death cases.<br />

Managing Partner Arthur Elk, a former county prosecutor,<br />

recognized early on in his career that Ohio’s rural personal injury<br />

victims lacked access to high-quality legal services. “I saw large<br />

corporations and insurance companies with teams of attorneys<br />

on their side, and they would wave a check at injury victims that<br />

represented a fraction of what their case was really worth,” he<br />

notes. “I decided to help level that playing field so that all<br />

Ohioans would be treated fairly.”<br />

Partner James “Jay” Kelley focuses his practice on medical<br />

negligence and wrongful death claims. He serves on the Board<br />

of Trustees for the Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys and is a<br />

member of the American Association for Justice’s Leadership<br />

Forum. Kelley speaks internationally to medical and legal groups<br />

on the issue of birth injury and medical liability.<br />

Partner John O’Neil joined Elk & Elk in 2012 as one of the<br />

firm’s leading medical malpractice and personal injury attorneys.<br />

Prior to joining the firm, O’Neil spent 17 years at one of<br />

Cleveland’s top defense law firms. He has tried more than 90<br />

jury trials and has extensive experience in medical malpractice,<br />

transportation and catastrophic loss cases.<br />

Partner Phillip Kuri has extensive defense experience and concentrates<br />

on injuries arising from nursing home abuse and<br />

neglect, products liability, medical malpractice, trucking accidents<br />

and general personal injury claims. Kuri has spoken at the


Jim Baron<br />

LEGAL LEADERS<br />

WILLIAM CAMPBELL<br />

DAVID J. ELK<br />

JAY M. KELLEY<br />

R. CRAIG MCLAUGHLIN<br />

JOHN P. O’NEIL<br />

AMY PAPESH<br />

WILLIAM J. PRICE<br />

Experts’ Forum, addressing issues<br />

surrounding personal injury and other<br />

legal topics.<br />

Amy Papesh is the head of the firm’s<br />

probate division and concentrates her<br />

practice in the areas of estate planning,<br />

estate administration and guardianships.<br />

Papesh has lectured for the Ohio State<br />

Bar Association, the National Business<br />

Institute and various local professional<br />

groups and organizations on estate<br />

planning and administration issues.<br />

William Campbell has a wealth of<br />

experience representing personal injury,<br />

nursing home malpractice and medical malpractice clients. “It<br />

has been a privilege and a pleasure to represent bodily injury<br />

victims for the past 20 years,” Campbell says. “I look forward to<br />

continuing the fight for justice.”<br />

R. Craig McLaughlin represents those who have been seriously<br />

injured or killed as a result of motor vehicle crashes, defective<br />

products, workplace accidents and medical negligence.<br />

McLaughlin has served as lead counsel in dozens of jury trials<br />

and has lectured for the National Business Institute on litigating<br />

cases involving traumatic brain injuries and other personal injuries.<br />

William Price is a general tort, product and professional liability<br />

civil attorney. Price has experience in multiple civil areas of negligence,<br />

including motor vehicle crashes, motorcycle accidents,<br />

workplace accidents and product liability. He advocates for<br />

motorcycle safety through public awareness campaigns and by<br />

lecturing to motorcycle groups across Ohio.<br />

The attorneys of Elk & Elk understand the difficulties associated<br />

with catastrophic injuries and work tirelessly to provide clients<br />

with exemplary legal representation. Together, they are committed<br />

to achieving fair compensation for hard-working Ohioans.<br />

6105 PARKLAND BLVD., CLEVELAND, OH 44124<br />

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COVER SPOTLIGHT<br />

A SOLID FOUNDATION WITH<br />

AN EYE ON THE FUTURE<br />

The attorneys of Elk & Elk ® have continued to expand their practice while advocating for individuals, families and the community<br />

A passion for helping others has always been the driving force<br />

behind the law firm of Elk & Elk Co., Ltd. For five decades, David<br />

and Arthur Elk have served Ohio injury victims in cases ranging<br />

from personal injury and medical malpractice to worker’s<br />

compensation and social security disability claims.<br />

Never content to rest on its laurels, Elk & Elk has continued<br />

to expand its practice in reach and resources. Over the years,<br />

the firm has grown to encompass 19 attorneys, including three<br />

additional partners—John P. O’Neil, Phillip A. Kuri and James<br />

(Jay) M. Kelley—who each bring to the firm extensive defense<br />

experience.<br />

“By offering attorneys with experience on the defense side,<br />

we are able to provide great insight into the most appropriate<br />

strategies for representing our injured clients,” notes Arthur<br />

Elk, the firm’s managing partner. “This tactical move highlights<br />

our commitment to holding negligent parties accountable for<br />

many more years to come.”<br />

While many cases are settled out of court, the attorneys at<br />

Elk & Elk are not afraid to take on big business and insurance<br />

companies in the courtroom. For example, in a recent wrongful<br />

death case, Kuri spearheaded an effort that resulted in a $39<br />

million jury verdict on behalf of the widow of a construction<br />

worker who was killed on Interstate 271 near Richfield, Ohio.<br />

“When corporations place profits ahead of .safety, families suffer<br />

very real consequences,” says Kuri. “It is our wish that this<br />

verdict will put companies on notice and help prevent similar<br />

accidents in the future.”<br />

“We believe in<br />

helping families,<br />

building vibrant<br />

communities and<br />

making a positive difference<br />

where we work and live.”<br />

- JAMES (JAY) M. KELLEY, PARTNER<br />

Given the impact of their results, many of Elk & Elk’s attorneys<br />

have been recognized as leaders in their fields, with several attorneys<br />

named among Ohio’s top 100 attorneys by The National<br />

Trial Lawyers. In addition, seven lawyers have been rated AV<br />

Preeminent ® by Martindale-Hubbell ® and 11 have been listed<br />

as Ohio Super Lawyers or Rising Stars.<br />

Still, O’Neil notes that Elk & Elk has never made achieving accolades<br />

a priority; instead, the firm’s main focus is on providing<br />

the highest quality service: “For us, the client comes first,” he<br />

From left: John O’Neil, Arthur Elk, Phillip Kuri, David Elk<br />

says. “From multimillion-dollar medical malpractice cases to<br />

small personal injury claims, we help our clients navigate the<br />

morass of everyday problems. And at this firm, customer service<br />

doesn’t end with the client, it starts with the client; service is<br />

our foundation, so we’re constantly in the community giving<br />

back and finding ways to positively affect the lives of others.”<br />

Elk & Elk has always been committed to not only serving the<br />

needs of injured victims in Ohio, but also giving back to the<br />

community in a variety of ways. The firm supports a wide range<br />

of organizations and programs, including St. Augustine Hunger<br />

Center, the American Cancer Society, Ronald McDonald House,<br />

the Spanish American Committee, Cleveland Rape Crisis Center<br />

and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland. Elk & Elk has also<br />

been a longtime safety advocate and proudly sponsors None 4<br />

Under 21—an annual event for high school seniors that teaches<br />

about the serious consequences of drunk and distracted driving.<br />

“We believe in helping families, building vibrant communities<br />

and making a positive difference where we work and live,” explains<br />

Kelley. “And through our efforts as trial lawyers, we have<br />

been able to create a meaningful charitable legacy.” Indeed,<br />

philanthropy has become so rooted in Elk & Elk’s culture that<br />

the firm’s partners—inspired by their employees’ commitment to<br />

giving back—have decided to make each donation go further:<br />

Last year, the firm implemented a matching gifts program that<br />

matches 100 percent of its employees’ charitable donations.<br />

In its practice, the firm also works to better serve the families<br />

of Northeast Ohio by bringing added conveniences to its everexpanding<br />

client base. For example, the firm recently opened its<br />

ninth Ohio office across from MetroHealth Hospital at 3350 W.<br />

25th Street. “Our new West Side location makes us even more<br />

available to the victims of tragic accidents,” David Elk notes.<br />

With offices in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Akron, Canton,<br />

Dayton, Mayfield Heights, Toledo and Youngstown, Elk & Elk is<br />

prepared to meet the legal needs of injured Ohioans.<br />

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CLEVELAND’S TOP RATED LAWYERS<br />

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LEGAL TRENDS<br />

CLEVELAND LAW 2014<br />

Lawmakers and lawyers in the Forest City examined a case that touched on tip pooling in the restaurant<br />

industry, while recent high-profile cases—including Ariel Castro’s apparent suicide while imprisoned, a recent<br />

police-involved shooting, and the corruption scandal plaguing the Cuyahoga County Commissioner’s Office—<br />

continued to make waves.<br />

ARIEL CASTRO’S DEATH IN CUSTODY RAISES QUESTIONS<br />

In August 2013, Ariel Castro was sentenced to life in prison plus<br />

1,000 years for the abduction and sexual abuse of three women he<br />

held captive over the course of a decade in his Cleveland home. Less<br />

than a month later, Castro was found hanging in his cell in the<br />

Correction Reception Center in Orient, Ohio, dead of an apparent<br />

suicide. Castro’s death while in protective custody raised questions<br />

about how Castro was able to commit suicide as well as whether he<br />

received proper mental health screening and treatment while in custody.<br />

Prison officials reported that Castro was in a single cell, and that<br />

he was monitored every half hour. He had been taken off suicide<br />

watch, which involved constant surveillance by corrections officers.<br />

Castro had pled guilty to the charges against him in an attempt to<br />

avoid the death penalty. “I’m not a monster. I’m sick,” he said during<br />

his sentencing hearing.<br />

“This man couldn’t take, for even a month, a small portion of what<br />

he had dished out for more than a decade,” said Cuyahoga County<br />

Prosecutor Timothy McGinty. “Let this be a message to other child<br />

kidnappers: There will be a heavy price to pay when you are caught.<br />

You won’t enjoy the captive side of the bars.”<br />

The American Civil Liberties Association urged prison officials<br />

to investigate the former bus driver’s suicide. “Questions remain<br />

whether Mr. Castro was properly screened for suicide risk and mental<br />

illness. Prison officials must address these issues, not only to fully<br />

account for how Mr. Castro was able to commit suicide, but also to<br />

prevent this from occurring again,” ACLU of Ohio Executive Director<br />

Christine Link said in a statement. “With a prison system that is<br />

expanding, rather than contracting, mental health services are strained<br />

more than ever. Prisons must be safe in order for them to run effectively.<br />

While it is important to investigate Mr. Castro’s death and the events<br />

surrounding his suicide, prison officials must also take this opportunity<br />

to assess the entire system to ensure those most in need are provided<br />

treatment.” The ACLU noted that Castro’s was the seventh suicide<br />

in an Ohio prison during 2013.<br />

Shortly after his sentencing, another term of Castro’s plea deal<br />

was enforced. The City bulldozed his house, where he kept his victims<br />

captive, as well as two neighboring houses to the left of his home.<br />

“We didn’t want some kind of gruesome, macabre shrine, if you will,<br />

that would get gawkers and curiosity seekers,” Joseph Frolik of the<br />

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office told USA Today.<br />

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CLEVELAND POLICE OFFICER’S TRIAL DIVIDES CITY<br />

On Nov. 29, 2012, Cleveland Patrolman Michael Brelo and fellow<br />

officers chased a vehicle carrying Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams<br />

through the city for 22 minutes, and at speeds reaching 125 miles per<br />

hour. Officers initiated the chase because they believed someone in<br />

the car had fired a gun at them; a later investigation revealed that there<br />

were no weapons in the car.<br />

The sounds the officers had assumed to be shots were probably the<br />

sound of the car backfiring. The chase ended in an elementary school<br />

parking lot, where officers fired 137 shots at Russell’s 1979 Chevrolet<br />

Malibu, killing both Russell and Williams. Brelo was charged with<br />

two counts of voluntary manslaughter, and his trial has caused discussion<br />

and dissent throughout the city.<br />

According to trial documents, Brelo allegedly fired 49 shots at<br />

the couple’s car, including 15 as he stood on the car’s hood, after<br />

other officers had stopped firing. (Several of his colleagues were<br />

charged with dereliction of duty for their roles in the car chase; they<br />

have all pled not guilty.)<br />

In June, Brelo’s attorney, Patrick D’Angelo, requested a gag order<br />

on the case, claiming that statements by Cuyahoga County Prosecutor<br />

Timothy McGinty might prejudice a prospective jury. McGinty had<br />

described the officers as forming a “circular firing squad” around the<br />

victims. In July, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John<br />

O’Donnell ruled against Brelo, noting that a gag order “would operate<br />

to limit the openness of, and the public’s access to, a presumptively<br />

open criminal prosecution.” Despite the judge’s refusal to issue a gag<br />

order, D’Angelo is optimistic: “We look forward to our day in court,”<br />

he told the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. “We have been dealing with<br />

kangaroo courts since this began.”<br />

If Brelo is convicted of voluntary manslaughter, he will face between<br />

six and 22 years in prison.<br />

OHIO SUPREME COURT SUSPENDS FORMER JUDGE’S LICENSE<br />

AFTER CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION<br />

The corruption scandal that has plagued Cuyahoga County in<br />

recent years is far from being resolved, as former Cuyahoga County<br />

Common Pleas judge Bridget M. McCafferty learned earlier this<br />

summer. McCafferty, who served 14 months in prison for lying to the<br />

F.B.I. about her role in the county corruption scandal, found her law<br />

license indefinitely suspended by the Ohio Supreme Court this July.<br />

“Certainly McCafferty’s conduct warrants a severe sanction,”<br />

wrote Ohio Supreme Court Justice William O’Neill in his opinion<br />

for the majority. A minority of the judges argued that McCafferty<br />

should be disbarred from practicing law in the state ever again. “If<br />

the primary purposes of judicial discipline are to protect the public,<br />

guarantee the evenhanded administration of justice, and to bolster<br />

public confidence in the institution, then nothing short of disbarment<br />

should be imposed in this case,” Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger wrote<br />

in the dissenting opinion.<br />

In his opinion, O’Neill noted that McCafferty made false statements<br />

in one conversation with FBI agents, and that she should not be disbarred<br />

because she did not display evidence of premeditated criminal conduct.<br />

OHIO HOUSE CONSIDERS TIP FAIRNESS ACT<br />

While the federal minimum wage stands at $7.25 per hour,<br />

restaurant workers regularly make less than that amount, with the<br />

assumption that their tips will make up the difference. But such<br />

practices often result in unfair payment practices, according to<br />

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MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE AND MALPRACTICE –<br />

HOW CAN YOU PROTECT YOURSELF<br />

NEED TO KNOW<br />

If you are a victim of a treatment that led<br />

to short- or long-term effects on your<br />

health, you may be able to receive compensation<br />

for hospital bills, loss of income,<br />

or pain and suffering caused by the procedure.<br />

It is important to know where the<br />

blame lies in these cases so that you can<br />

protect yourself in the future.<br />

NEGLIGENCE VS. MALPRACTICE –<br />

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE<br />

While “negligence” and “malpractice”<br />

are often used interchangeably, there are<br />

important differences between the two.<br />

Negligence is defined as conduct that fails<br />

to meet the standard of care for a patient,<br />

whereas malpractice is considered improper,<br />

illegal, or unprofessional activity or treatment.<br />

It is possible for medical negligence<br />

to fall under the category of malpractice.<br />

Treatments that are classified as negligence<br />

rather than malpractice usually involve<br />

a lack of action on the part of the physician.<br />

For example, if a patient entering the hospital<br />

is wearing a medical alert bracelet<br />

which the staff fails to notice, and that person<br />

receives improper treatment as a result<br />

of this, the hospital can be sued for negligence.<br />

In comparison, a doctor who misdiagnoses<br />

a condition and then performs<br />

surgery might be accused of malpractice if,<br />

based on the evidence, other competent doctors<br />

would not have made the same mistake.<br />

LACK OF INFORMED CONSENT<br />

One kind of medical malpractice is based<br />

on a doctor’s failure to adequately inform<br />

you about a proposed medical procedure or<br />

treatment. You have the right as a patient<br />

to determine what you want done to your<br />

body. If you’re not given the right information<br />

and you’re injured during the treatment,<br />

you may have a medical malpractice case.<br />

“Consent” merely means your doctor<br />

gives you information about a medical treatment<br />

and you agree to it. You may consent<br />

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CHARLES V. LONGO CO., L.P.A.<br />

SERVING THE LEGAL COMMUNITY FOR OVER<br />

Personal Injury and Business Matters<br />

Charles V. Longo founded his firm in 1989. He has built<br />

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his clients, who have included the seriously injured due to<br />

fault of others and victims of professional negligence,<br />

nursing home negligence and product defects, as<br />

well as representing the devastated family members<br />

in wrongful death cases. Mr. Longo is recognized as<br />

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In addition to representing the injured, Mr. Longo has<br />

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including successfully defending a national real estate<br />

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Preparation is the key to a successful lawsuit, and<br />

Mr. Longo’s success stems from his constant desire to Charles V. Longo<br />

know the facts of his cases better than his opponents. Mr. Longo has been a<br />

longstanding AV Preeminent ® attorney and is a 1982 graduate of John Carroll<br />

University, BS Business Administration, and 1985 graduate of the Cleveland<br />

Marshall College of Law. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Ohio and<br />

the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.<br />

verbally or by an act showing consent, butmost<br />

states require written consent. You<br />

need to be told about and understand many<br />

things before treatment begins, including:<br />

The name of the doctor performing<br />

the procedure and their qualifications.<br />

Your medical condition.<br />

The purpose of the<br />

proposed procedure.<br />

The risks involved.<br />

Any alternative treatments or<br />

procedures and the risks involved.<br />

The chances of the procedure’s success.<br />

The expected recovery time.<br />

The approximate cost of the procedure<br />

and whether it is likely to be covered<br />

by your health insurance.<br />

Signing an informed consent form<br />

doesn’t mean your doctor or the hospital<br />

can’t be liable for malpractice. If the doctor<br />

exceeds the consent you gave, it may be malpractice.<br />

Proving your doctor didn’t get your<br />

informed consent is not always enough to<br />

win a medical malpractice lawsuit. There<br />

must be a connection between the lack of<br />

informed consent and your injury. You must<br />

prove that, with the right information you<br />

would not have consented to the medical<br />

treatment and the medical outcome would<br />

have been different.<br />

PATIENT ABANDONMENT<br />

Once a doctor-patient relationship is created,<br />

the doctor is obligated to treat the<br />

patient until the relationship ends. The doctor’s<br />

duty to treat a patient includes coverage<br />

for the patient when the doctor is away or<br />

otherwise unable to attend to the patient.<br />

Abandoning a patient in need of attention<br />

without making reasonable plans for care<br />

isn’t only unprofessional, but it is considered<br />

medical malpractice.<br />

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PROTECTING<br />

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Your business may face a lawsuit. A quick<br />

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RUNNING YOUR BUSINESS<br />

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Remember risk management when running<br />

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CORPORATE COMPLIANCE<br />

Take corporate compliance programs<br />

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the sponsors of a new bill making its way through the Ohio House.<br />

The Tip Fairness Act (HB 534), introduced by Nickie J. Antonio<br />

(D-Lakewood), would prohibit employers from requiring that employees<br />

participate in a tip pool. Tip pooling, in which restaurant workers are<br />

required to share a portion of the gratuities they receive with their<br />

co-workers, is intended to evenly distribute tip money among service<br />

workers, all of whom contribute to a restaurant’s level of service. But<br />

some workers object to them as being unfair.<br />

“We should grow our economy<br />

by offering sound business<br />

practices that respect workers<br />

rather than allow exploitive<br />

policies that would have<br />

workers picking up the tab for<br />

restaurant companies.”<br />

— REP. NICKIE J. ANTONIO<br />

“This legislation would correct an injustice that wait staff face,”<br />

Rep. Antonio said upon the legislation’s introduction. “We should<br />

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Robert F. Linton, Jr.<br />

grow our economy by offering sound business practices that respect<br />

workers rather than allow exploitive policies that would have workers<br />

picking up the tab for restaurant companies.”<br />

Several other states have laws in place prohibiting or regulating tip<br />

pooling. The Ohio bill, if passed, would not prohibit employees from<br />

participating in a voluntary tip pool.<br />

JIMMY DIMORA’S APPEAL REJECTED BY FEDERAL APPEALS COURT<br />

In April, a federal appeals court rejected former Cuyahoga<br />

County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora’s request to overturn his<br />

convictions for racketeering and corruption, and to reduce his<br />

28-year prison sentence.<br />

In the split 2-1 decision, judges cited Dimora’s pattern of corrupt<br />

activity as the reason for their decision. This corrupt activity includes<br />

receiving $30,000 in home improvements in exchange for government<br />

contracts, and taking a luxurious Las Vegas gambling trip, in exchange<br />

for county patronage. In 2012, Dimora was convicted of 31 corruption<br />

charges. He argued that these perks should have been considered gifts,<br />

not bribes. The appeals court judges disagreed.<br />

“These and other this-for-that arrangements were more than kindly<br />

gestures, more than mere ‘pleases’ and ‘thank yous’ among friends,”<br />

Judge Jeffrey Sutton wrote in the opinion.<br />

Dimora’s lawsuits are not yet over. In May, he sued both the state<br />

and the private prison company that owns Northeast Ohio Correctional<br />

Center in Youngstown, where he is serving out his sentence. Dimora<br />

slipped in a puddle of water and suffered unspecified injuries. He is<br />

seeking $50,000 from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and<br />

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and emotional distress.<br />

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BUYING AND SELLING<br />

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE<br />

Commercial real estate transactions are<br />

typically more complex than residential<br />

transactions. They often involve large<br />

sums of money and increased liability for<br />

both parties. Unlike a residential transaction<br />

where the law provides basic consumer<br />

protection for the buyer, the law takes a neutral<br />

approach to its treatment of commercial<br />

transactions. Courts expect that both parties<br />

to commercial real estate transactions<br />

are sophisticated enough to understand the<br />

contract terms. Therefore, they will hold the<br />

parties to the terms of any sales agreement<br />

— absent illegality or fraud. For these reasons<br />

and others, a buyer and seller of commercial<br />

real estate should both have professional help<br />

closing the deal.<br />

PROPERTY VALUATION<br />

A large part of buying and selling commercial<br />

real estate is the process of determining<br />

a value for the property. By nature, real<br />

estate is a unique product that may have no<br />

exact sales comparison. For example, a buyer<br />

may be looking to purchase a movie theater<br />

in an area where there is no other theater<br />

that has sold to establish a market for the<br />

property. Further, commercial property often<br />

has an income component that adds to the<br />

value of the property, and typically has a<br />

current and future income stream that must<br />

be factored in to the sales price. Buyers and<br />

sellers will hire a professional valuation expert<br />

to set a price for the property.<br />

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SALES NEGOTIATION AND DUE DILIGENCE<br />

Buying and selling commercial real estate<br />

is typically subject to intense negotiation.<br />

Commercial buyers cannot fall back on consumer<br />

protection laws if an aspect of the deal<br />

ends up not being fair. Buyers are expected<br />

to conduct due diligence. In other words,<br />

they must investigate the transaction thoroughly<br />

before making a decision. During<br />

the sales negotiation, the buyer has leeway<br />

to determine facts that impact the value of<br />

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The core principle of our business philosophy is the provision<br />

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the property and attempt to gain concessions<br />

from the seller to offset any problems. This<br />

negotiation can ultimately impact your bottom<br />

line and whether the commercial asset<br />

saves or costs you money.<br />

ASSUMING LIABILITY<br />

Another important aspect of buying and<br />

selling commercial real estate is the potential<br />

transfer of legal liability to the new owner.<br />

If commercial property is found to violate<br />

certain laws it can be subject to government<br />

regulation. For example, once it is determined<br />

that a commercial property is the site of<br />

an environmental hazard, the current<br />

owner must clean it up — regardless of<br />

who created the hazard. Environmental<br />

clean-up can cost more than the property<br />

itself is worth. The process of buying and<br />

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types of professional assessments to ensure<br />

that the new buyer is not taking on an eventual<br />

liability.<br />

LAND USE REGULATIONS<br />

Once financing is secured, you must establish<br />

your exact purpose for the building<br />

and the land on which it sits. If your business<br />

creates products and goods, its use is different<br />

than operating a traditional office building<br />

which only provides services.<br />

LOSS OF LIQUIDITY<br />

Commercial real estate transactions<br />

typically tie up large sums of liquid assets.<br />

In a down market, owners can have a hard<br />

time selling the property. Owners can have<br />

trouble with tenants and vacancy rates that<br />

affect their ability to make financing payments<br />

on the property. If payments to the<br />

lender fall behind, commercial property is<br />

subject to foreclosure.<br />

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WWW.LEVINANDASSOCIATES.COM<br />

Services are provided for both Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution<br />

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HERMANN, CAHN & SCHNEIDER LLP<br />

1301 EAST NINTH STREET, SUITE 500<br />

CLEVELAND, OH 44114<br />

PH: 216.781.5515 | FAX: 216.781.1030<br />

JCAHN@HCSATTYS.COM<br />

WWW.HCSFAMILYLAW.COM<br />

Shale S. Sonkin founded the law firm that was re-named<br />

Sonkin • Koberna in 1996 and has over 50 years of experience<br />

in the areas of family law, personal injury and real<br />

estate. He has represented numerous businesses, and his<br />

advice and counsel have helped many small companies<br />

grow into profitable, highly successful ventures.<br />

Rick D. Sonkin represents a wide variety of closely-held<br />

organizations and national corporations in all aspects of<br />

business and real estate law. He has significant experience<br />

in real estate acquisitions, dispositions, and leasing. His<br />

experience also includes providing owners of businesses<br />

with succession planning advice and “general counsel”<br />

services. He has significant experience representing automobile<br />

dealerships.<br />

Mark R. Koberna handles a wide variety of matters<br />

for the firm’s diverse client group. He has obtained significant<br />

verdicts, arbitration awards and settlements in<br />

many different kinds of cases, ranging from complex<br />

construction litigation to medical malpractice, misappropriation<br />

of trade secrets and other employment-related<br />

matters. Mark is also the lead trial lawyer in cases involving personal injury, consumer<br />

litigation and professional negligence. He represents injured persons and their families<br />

in a wide range of cases, including automobile collisions, workplace accidents, product<br />

liability, premises liability and medical malpractice.<br />

SONKIN & KOBERNA, LLC<br />

3401 ENTERPRISE PARKWAY, SUITE 400<br />

CLEVELAND, OH 44122<br />

PH: 216.514.8300 | FAX: 216.514.4467<br />

WWW.SONKINKOBERNA.COM<br />

SHALE S. SONKIN, RICK D. SONKIN,<br />

MARK R. KOBERNA<br />

BUSINESS, REAL ESTATE, PERSONAL INJURY<br />

WILLIAM ZAVARELLO<br />

TRIAL LAWYER<br />

W ILLIAM ZAVARELLO CO., LPA<br />

313 S OUTH HIGH STREET<br />

A KRON, OH 44308 • PH: 330.762.9700<br />

WILLIAMZAVARELLO@ATT.NET<br />

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BSPH is proud to have six of their attorneys selected for inclusion<br />

in Cleveland’s Top Rated Lawyers, including William D. Bonezzi,<br />

Steven J. Hupp, John S. Polito, Beth A. Sebaugh, Donald H. Switzer,<br />

and Jeffrey W. Van Wagner. Founded in 1998, BSPH is an AV rated ®<br />

firm recognized for handling complex litigation and providing<br />

superior courtroom representation. With offices in Ohio and<br />

Florida, BSPH is a full-service civil defense trial firm handling the<br />

representation of physicians, hospitals, and nursing homes in medical<br />

and nursing negligence actions, as well as the representation of<br />

clients in matters involving product liability, general property and<br />

casualty liability, labor and employment law, workers’ compensation<br />

law, environmental law, professional liability, appellate litigation and<br />

alternative dispute resolution. To achieve successful results in<br />

complex litigation, you need more than just the facts on your side. Our<br />

clients recognize the need for experienced counsel who can investigate<br />

the evidence and persuasively present this evidence to a judge<br />

and jury in order to achieve results. It is this level of expertise and<br />

resources that have resulted in the attorneys at BSPH being called<br />

upon to serve as advocates while offering objective analysis to ensure<br />

efficient representation designed to achieve the goals of our clients.<br />

1300 EAST 9TH STREET, SUITE 1950, CLEVELAND, OH 44114<br />

PH: 216.875.2767 • TOLL FREE: 877.875.2767 • FAX: 216.875.1570<br />

FLORIDA OFFICE: 727.826.0909<br />

WWW.BSMPH.COM<br />

BANKING & FINANCE, LITIGATON, BUSINESS & COMMERCIAL, REAL ESTATE<br />

GREGG S. LEVY<br />

ROBERT R. KRACHT<br />

KIMON P. KARAS<br />

TOBIAS J. HIRSHMAN<br />

MCCARTHY, LEBIT, CRYSTAL<br />

& LIFFMAN CO., L.P.A.<br />

KENNETH B. LIFFMAN CHRISTIAN R. PATNO CHARLES J. PAWLUKIEWICZ<br />

Since its inception in 1959, McCarthy, Lebit,<br />

Crystal & Liffman has evolved into one of the toprated<br />

boutique law firms in America, specializing in<br />

Banking & Finance, Business & Commercial, Real Estate<br />

& Tax Planning, and Litigation & Trial matters.<br />

Over decades, the Firm has represented professional<br />

sports interests, corporations, banks and individuals,<br />

and has continued to do so at a fair and<br />

competitive price. Today, McCarthy Lebit is comprised<br />

of 40 attorneys and is consistently recognized as one<br />

of the best law firms in America. Many of our Principals<br />

are recognized by their peers in the Best Lawyers in<br />

America, and Super Lawyers. The Firm’s attorneys work<br />

together as a diverse team with a common goal, setting<br />

McCarthy Lebit above and beyond the rest, year after<br />

year and decade after decade.<br />

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101 W. PROSPECT AVENUE, SUITE 1800, CLEVELAND, OH 44115<br />

PH: 216.696.1422 | FAX: 216.696.1210<br />

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F<br />

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INDEX OF<br />

FEATURED FIRMS<br />

BY PRACTICE AREA<br />

BANKING & FINANCE<br />

McCarthy, Lebit,<br />

Crystal & Liffman Co., L.P.A..........................17<br />

BANKRUPTCY<br />

Irving S. Bergrin LPA Co........................................ 19<br />

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz PLL...................12<br />

BUSINESS & COMMERCIAL<br />

Callahan Law Offices....................................19<br />

Charles V. Longo Co., L.P.A..........................10<br />

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz PLL...................12<br />

McCarthy, Lebit,<br />

Crystal & Liffman Co., L.P.A..........................17<br />

Sonkin & Koberna, LLC................................16<br />

Walter | Haverfield LLP.................................2<br />

Wickens, Herzer, Panza, Cook & Batista Co....11<br />

Ziegler Metzger, LLP.....................................12<br />

CHILD INJURY & ADVOCACY<br />

Landskroner Grieco Merriman, LLC............9<br />

CIVIL LITIGATION<br />

A. Steven Dever Co., L.P.A...........................19<br />

Wargo and Wargo Co., L.P.A...........Back Cover<br />

CIVIL TRIAL DEFENSE<br />

Bonezzi Switzer Polito & Hupp Co. L.P.A.... 17<br />

CLASS ACTIONS<br />

Landskroner Grieco Merriman, LLC............9<br />

Steven M. Goldberg Co., LPA.....................19<br />

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION<br />

A. Steven Dever Co., L.P.A...........................19<br />

Charles V. Longo Co., L.P.A......................... 10<br />

Justin Madden Co. LPA................................11<br />

Landskroner Grieco Merriman, LLC............9<br />

Levin & Associates Co., L.P.A.......................16<br />

Stege & Michelson Co., L.P.A......... Back Cover<br />

Ziegler Metzger, LLP.....................................12<br />

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CONSTRUCTION<br />

Waxman Blumenthal LLC...................................... 14<br />

CRIMINAL DEFENSE AND DUI<br />

Luftman Heck & Associates LLP..................19<br />

EDUCATION<br />

Walter | Haverfield LLP.................................. 2<br />

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS<br />

Zimon LLC.........................................Back Cover<br />

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW<br />

Waxman Blumenthal LLC...................................... 14<br />

ERISA LITIGATION<br />

Zimon LLC.........................................Back Cover<br />

FAMILY LAW<br />

Hermann, Cahn & Schneider LLP................16<br />

HEALTH CARE<br />

Walter | Haverfield LLP................................. 2<br />

IMMIGRATION<br />

Robert Brown LLC.........................................19<br />

INSURANCE DEFENSE<br />

Janik L.L.P......................................................19<br />

INSURANCE LITIGATION<br />

Justin Madden Co. LPA................................11<br />

INVESTMENT FRAUD<br />

Landskroner Grieco Merriman, LLC............ 9<br />

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT<br />

Gary C. Johnson & Associates, LLC............... 19<br />

John H.M. Fenix............................................19<br />

Walter | Haverfield LLP.................................2<br />

Ziegler Metzger, LLP.....................................12<br />

LITIGATION<br />

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz PLL...................12<br />

McCarthy, Lebit,<br />

Crystal & Liffman Co., L.P.A..........................17<br />

The Linton Law Firm Co. L.P.A.....................13<br />

Walter | Haverfield LLP.................................2<br />

Wargo and Wargo Co., L.P.A...........Back Cover<br />

Waxman Blumenthal LLC...................................... 14<br />

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE<br />

A. Steven Dever Co., L.P.A...........................19<br />

Bonezzi Switzer Polito & Hupp Co. L.P.A....17<br />

Elk & Elk Co., Ltd........................................ 4, 7<br />

Justin Madden Co. LPA................................11<br />

Mishkind Law Firm Co., L.P.A.......... Back Cover<br />

Stege & Michelson Co., L.P.A......... Back Cover<br />

The Linton Law Firm Co. L.P.A.....................13<br />

PERSONAL INJURY<br />

A. Steven Dever Co., L.P.A...........................19<br />

Bonezzi Switzer Polito & Hupp Co. L.P.A....17<br />

Callahan Law Offices....................................19<br />

Charles V. Longo Co., L.P.A..........................10<br />

Elk & Elk Co., Ltd........................................ 4, 7<br />

Justin Madden Co. LPA................................11<br />

Mishkind Law Firm Co., L.P.A........... Back Cover<br />

Sonkin & Koberna, LLC................................16<br />

Stege & Michelson Co., L.P.A.......... Back Cover<br />

Steven M. Goldberg Co., LPA.....................19<br />

The Linton Law Firm Co. L.P.A.....................13<br />

PRODUCTS LIABILITY<br />

Elk & Elk Co., Ltd........................................ 4, 7<br />

PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY<br />

Charles V. Longo Co., L.P.A..........................10<br />

Janik L.L.P......................................................19<br />

Levin & Associates Co., L.P.A.......................16<br />

PUBLIC / MUNICIPAL LAW<br />

Walter | Haverfield LLP...........................................2<br />

REAL ESTATE<br />

McCarthy, Lebit,<br />

Crystal & Liffman Co., L.P.A..........................17<br />

Sonkin & Koberna, LLC................................16<br />

Walter | Haverfield LLP.................................2<br />

Waxman Blumenthal LLC...................................... 14<br />

Ziegler Metzger, LLP.....................................12<br />

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY<br />

Shifrin Newman Smith Inc................Back Cover<br />

TAXATION<br />

Walter | Haverfield LLP.................................2<br />

Wickens, Herzer, Panza, Cook & Batista Co....11<br />

TRIAL LAWYER<br />

Wargo and Wargo Co., L.P.A.......... Back Cover<br />

William Zavarello Co., LPA...........................16<br />

TRUSTS & ESTATES<br />

The O’Brien Law Firm LLC...........................15<br />

Wickens, Herzer, Panza, Cook & Batista Co....11<br />

Ziegler Metzger, LLP.....................................12<br />

VETERANS’ BENEFITS<br />

Shifrin Newman Smith Inc................Back Cover<br />

WRONGFUL DEATH<br />

Charles V. Longo Co., L.P.A..........................10<br />

Elk & Elk Co., Ltd........................................ 4, 7<br />

Landskroner Grieco Merriman, LLC............9<br />

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IRVING S. BERGRIN<br />

BANKRUPTCY<br />

For over 37 years, attorney Irving<br />

Bergrin has helped his fellow<br />

Clevelanders, and their businesses, through the difficult<br />

processes involved in consumer and business bankruptcies.<br />

In the role of counselor, advisor, and friend, attorney Irving<br />

Bergrin has represented debtors, trustees and numerous<br />

other parties in adversarial bankruptcy proceedings, including<br />

preference actions, objections to discharge and dischargeability<br />

of debt, and related tax issues. In addition to<br />

consumer and small business bankruptcy, for years Irving<br />

Bergrin has helped families keep their homes through<br />

foreclosure defense actions and loan modifications.<br />

Experience, pragmatism and common sense have lead<br />

attorney Irving Bergrin to success in adversarial proceedings<br />

and case resolution.<br />

IRVING S. BERGRIN LPA CO<br />

27600 CHAGRIN BLVD., SUITE 340, CLEVELAND, OH 44122<br />

PH: 216.831.3424 | FAX: 216.831.6584<br />

WWW.IRVINGBERGRINLAW.COM<br />

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ROBERT L. BROWN<br />

IMMIGRATION<br />

Serving clients in Ohio, throughout the<br />

country, and across the world, Robert<br />

Brown LLC provides exceptional legal<br />

counsel and dedicated representation to clients in all types<br />

of immigration cases. Our firm maintains an international<br />

immigration practice encompassing all aspects of immigration<br />

law including employment and family visas, citizenship<br />

and deportation defense. We represent individuals, families,<br />

and companies ranging from small businesses to large corporations<br />

with their immigration needs. Robert Brown’s extensive<br />

experience working for immigration at diverse levels and the<br />

wide-ranging in-depth experience in practice of our attorneys<br />

gives us a unique insight and ability in helping our clients<br />

achieve innovative and effective solutions to their problems.<br />

With Offices in Ohio, North Carolina and Florida, Robert Brown<br />

LLC provides confidence in experience.<br />

ROBERT BROWN LLC<br />

1468 WEST NINTH STREET, SUITE 800<br />

CLEVELAND, OH 44113<br />

PH: 216.861.4414 | TOLL FREE: 888.861.4414<br />

FAX: 216.861.4408 | WWW.BROWN-IMMIGRATION.COM<br />

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MICHAEL CALLAHAN<br />

PERSONAL INJURY,<br />

BUSINESS & COMMERCIAL<br />

For more than 20 years victims of serious<br />

injuries have turned to Michael Callahan to help them get fair<br />

compensation and justice.<br />

Mr. Callahan has several office locations throughout<br />

Cleveland and all of Northeast Ohio and is committed to helping<br />

injured clients and their families get their lives back to as<br />

normal as possible after suffering serious or catastrophic<br />

injuries. He also prides himself on providing personal attention<br />

to each client.<br />

Mr. Callahan has recovered millions of dollars on behalf of<br />

his clients and has considerable experience representing victims<br />

who have been harmed by the careless conduct of others.<br />

In addition to helping thousands of injured clients, Mr.<br />

Callahan has also worked for Ernst & Young and American<br />

Greetings Corporation. He has also been a certified contract<br />

advisor for the NFL Players Association and has provided legal<br />

services to several professional athletes.<br />

CALLAHAN LAW OFFICES, LLC<br />

3401 ENTERPRISE PARKWAY, SUITE 340<br />

CLEVELAND, OH 44122<br />

PH: 216.291.1718 | WWW.CALLAHAN-LEGAL.COM<br />

PROOF - FOR APPROVAL ONLY<br />

STEVE DEVER<br />

CIVIL & BUSINESS LITIGATION, PERSONAL<br />

INJURY, MEDICAL MALPRACTICE<br />

Steve Dever is a Trial Attorney who is<br />

licensed to practice law in Ohio and<br />

Florida. During the course of his career, he has litigated<br />

over 200 jury trials, establishing himself as a leading trial<br />

lawyer with proven success in the courtroom. Mr. Dever<br />

worked for 25 years in the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s<br />

Office with over 10 years as the Chief Trial Attorney. He<br />

has established an excellent reputation through quality<br />

service for clients in a broad range of contested matters.<br />

His areas of practice include civil and business litigation,<br />

accidents and personal injury, medical malpractice, trust<br />

and estates, employment and contract law.<br />

Mr. Dever has been recognized by the Drug Enforcement<br />

Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and<br />

the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and<br />

Urban Development for his efforts in the pursuit of justice.<br />

Mr. Dever serves as General Counsel for the Ganley<br />

Automobile Dealerships, Ohio’s largest auto group.<br />

A. STEVEN DEVER CO., L.P.A.<br />

13363 MADISON AVENUE, LAKEWOOD, OH 44107<br />

PH: 216.228.1166 | FAX: 216.228.3484<br />

ASTEVENDEVER@AOL.COM | ASTEVENDEVER.COM<br />

PROOF - FOR APPROVAL ONLY<br />

JOHN H. M. FENIX<br />

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT<br />

John Fenix is a sole practitioner in<br />

Westlake, Ohio. He focuses his<br />

practice on traditional labor relations.<br />

He has over 25 years of experience representing<br />

management in complex matters, including contract<br />

negotiations; arbitration; NLRB proceedings; matters<br />

under the National Labor Relations Act; and international<br />

labor and employment matters.<br />

He is admitted in Ohio, Florida; South Africa, and<br />

before the United States Supreme Court.<br />

JOHN H. M. FENIX<br />

1700 KING JAMES PARKWAY<br />

WESTLAKE, OH 44145<br />

PH: 216.272.5759<br />

JHNFNX@YAHOO.COM<br />

PROOF - FOR APPROVAL ONLY<br />

STEVEN M. GOLDBERG, ESQ.<br />

CLASS ACTION, PERSONAL INJURY<br />

Mesothelioma, Defective Medical<br />

Device and Dangerous Drug Actions,<br />

Medical Malpractice Litigation<br />

Steven Goldberg and his firm represent those who have been<br />

severely injured, and families of those who have died from<br />

lung cancer/mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure;<br />

from dangerous prescription drugs and defective medical<br />

devices; from highway crashes; and from medical mistakes.<br />

Through trials, litigation, and negotiation, Steven has<br />

obtained millions of dollars for clients, thus entitling him to<br />

lifetime membership in Million Dollar Advocates<br />

Forum ® , and The Top Trial Lawyers in America ® ;<br />

Steven has earned Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer<br />

review rating, AV Preeminent ® , for legal ability and<br />

highest ethical standards, and he is a member of The<br />

National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 Trial Lawyers ® , an<br />

invitation-only, professional association composed of<br />

America’s most accomplished trial lawyers in each state.<br />

STEVEN M. GOLDBERG CO., LPA<br />

SOLON BUSINESS CAMPUS<br />

31300 SOLON ROAD, SUITE 12, SOLON, OH 44139<br />

PH: 440.519.9900 | WWW.SMGLEGAL.COM<br />

PROOF - FOR APPROVAL ONLY<br />

STEVEN G. JANIK<br />

INSURANCE DEFENSE,<br />

PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY<br />

Steven G. Janik is the founder and<br />

Managing Partner of Janik L.L.P., a small<br />

firm with a national practice, having offices in Ohio, California<br />

and South Carolina. Steve has over 38 years of experience<br />

in insurance defense work, and focuses his practice on<br />

coverage, bad faith, and professional liability cases. He is<br />

admitted to practice before the state and federal courts of<br />

Ohio, California, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri,<br />

North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, West Virginia,<br />

Texas, and the District of Columbia. Steve is a life member<br />

of the Sixth Circuit and Ohio Court of Appeals Judicial<br />

Conferences, and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America,<br />

Ohio Super Lawyers, and Cleveland’s Best Lawyers for<br />

commercial litigation, insurance law, and personal injury<br />

litigation.<br />

JANIK L.L.P.<br />

9200 SOUTH HILLS BLVD., SUITE 300<br />

CLEVELAND, OH 44147<br />

PH: 440.838.7600 | FAX: 440.838.7601<br />

WWW.JANIKLAW.COM<br />

GARY C. JOHNSON<br />

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT<br />

Gary C. Johnson is the founder of Gary C.<br />

Johnson & Associates, LLC, which offers<br />

professional legal services in Labor-<br />

Management Relations to counties, municipalities, school districts,<br />

corporations and other private sector employers. Mr. Johnson and the<br />

firm specialize in negotiating labor contracts, fact finding and arbitration<br />

hearings, unfair labor practice hearings, bargaining unit determinations,<br />

civil service disciplinary hearings, EEOC and OCRC proceedings,<br />

employee evaluation procedures, job classification plans, work<br />

rule evaluation, work rules implementation, school and municipal<br />

law, workers’ compensation and contract administration, including<br />

negotiating over 1,000 contracts on management’s behalf.<br />

Mr. Johnson serves as Chief Spokesman for the State of Ohio in<br />

collective bargaining matters and Special Counsel to the Ohio<br />

Attorney General. Consultant and Instructor for the Intergovernmental<br />

Personnel Agency (IPA), Ohio Department of Administrative Services,<br />

on the entire spectrum of labor relations for state agencies, counties,<br />

cities, villages, and schools. Member of the Labor Law Section of the<br />

Ohio Bar Association. Mr. Johnson is admitted in Ohio and New York.<br />

GARY C. JOHNSON & ASSOCIATES, LLC<br />

635 WEST LAKESIDE AVENUE, SUITE 600, CLEVELAND, OH 44113<br />

PH: 216.696.5222 | FAX: 216.696.5288<br />

INFO@JMSLAW.NET | JMSLAW.NET<br />

BENJAMIN L. LUFTMAN<br />

CRIMINAL DEFENSE, DUI<br />

Practicing law for over a decade,<br />

Benjamin Luftman is an Ohio-based<br />

criminal defense and DUI attorney.<br />

After graduating from Capital University Law School in<br />

Columbus, Ohio, he co-founded Luftman, Heck &<br />

Associates. He has since been featured in numerous<br />

media outlets, including The New York Times, U.S. News<br />

& World Report, Yahoo!, MSN, Fox Business, and The<br />

Columbus Dispatch. Ben has achieved some of the<br />

highest ratings possible for businesses and lawyers;<br />

Luftman, Heck & Associates has an A+ rating by the<br />

Better Business Bureau, while Ben is listed in Super<br />

Lawyers, rated 10.0 by Avvo, and has achieved a<br />

Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent ® rating. He speaks<br />

regularly on DUI topics and has also co-authored a<br />

chapter in The Legality of Search and Seizure in DUI<br />

Cases.<br />

LUFTMAN, HECK & ASSOCIATES LLP<br />

580 E. RICH ST., FL 2, COLUMBUS, OH 43215-5335<br />

PH: 614.500.3836 | FAX: 614.413.2886<br />

ADVICE@COLUMBUSCRIMINALATTORNEY.COM<br />

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HOWARD D. MISHKIND<br />

PERSONAL INJURY,<br />

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Howard D. Mishkind has 34 years of<br />

experience in representing victims of medical negligence,<br />

birth injuries and other serious personal injuries. Mr.<br />

Mishkind represents children and adults in cases against<br />

physicians, hospitals and other health care providers. He<br />

handles vaccine injury claims and other catastrophic and<br />

wrongful death claims throughout Ohio. He is proud of<br />

the fact that serious personal injury claims are frequently<br />

referred to him by other attorneys, doctors, nurses,<br />

insurance representatives and a long list of satisfied<br />

clients. He has been selected as an Ohio Super Lawyer<br />

each year from 2006 through the present and has been<br />

recognized by his peers for two decades as an AV<br />

Preeminent ® attorney for the highest ethical standards<br />

and professional excellence. Mr. Mishkind is a former<br />

adjunct professor of law who taught future lawyers on<br />

the subject of medical malpractice.<br />

MISHKIND LAW FIRM CO., L.P.A.<br />

23240 CHAGRIN BLVD., SUITE 101, CLEVELAND, OH 44122<br />

PH: 216.595.1900 | FAX: 216.595.1633<br />

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DIANNE R. NEWMAN<br />

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY AND<br />

VETERANS’ BENEFITS<br />

Dianne R. Newman is the founder of<br />

the law firm Shifrin Newman Smith Inc., a six-person law<br />

firm that focuses on Social Security Disability and Veterans’<br />

Benefits. Newman and her partners help disabled individuals<br />

navigate the complex Social Security system for disability,<br />

children’s benefits, widow’s benefits and Veteran’s<br />

disability benefits. Newman frequently speaks to both<br />

professional and lay groups about the disability process. She<br />

is also involved in the greater community serving on the<br />

advisory committee for the Northern District of Ohio Federal<br />

Courts, is president of the Akron Art Museum and secretary<br />

of the board of the University of Akron Foundation. Her<br />

leadership in philanthropy has been recognized by her<br />

having received the Athena Award in 2013.<br />

SHIFRIN NEWMAN SMITH INC.<br />

411 WOLF LEDGES PARKWAY, SUITE 400, AKRON, OH 44311<br />

PH: 330.762.6474, 877.230.5500 | FAX: 330.762.2127<br />

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PROOF - FOR APPROVAL ONLY<br />

E. RICHARD STEGE<br />

PERSONAL INJURY, MEDICAL<br />

MALPRACTICE, COMMERCIAL LITIGATION<br />

Rick is a versatile and tireless advocate.<br />

He is a wise advisor to his clients. As Abe Lincoln explained,<br />

an outstanding lawyer has to wear two hats with distinction:<br />

an advocate’s hat and an advisor’s hat. A good lawyer must<br />

put the needs of clients ahead of making money.<br />

Rick handles commercial cases and medical malpractice/<br />

personal injury cases. He belongs to the Million Dollar<br />

Advocates Forum, The Top Lawyers in Ohio, and is ranked<br />

AV Preeminent ® , Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer-review<br />

rating for over 30 years. He is an accomplished trial lawyer<br />

and has taught trial skills to lawyers at the national, state<br />

and local level and to students at Cleveland’s two law<br />

schools. Rarely will you find a lawyer who is as adept at<br />

winning landmark cases before the United States Supreme<br />

Court and at trying challenging cases to judges and juries<br />

– and, who is down-to-earth and easily approachable.<br />

STEGE & MICHELSON CO., L.P.A.<br />

6001 COCHRAN RD., SUITE 204, SOLON, OH 44139<br />

PH: 440.519.0900<br />

RSTEGE@STEGE-LAW.COM | WWW.STEGE-LAW.COM<br />

THOMAS M. WILSON, ESQ.<br />

LITIGATION AND TRIAL COUNSEL<br />

Preparation, hard work and a thorough<br />

understanding of both the client and the<br />

client’s goals are the guiding principles<br />

which Mr. Wilson brings to the table on behalf of each of his<br />

clients. Mr. Wilson combines a meticulous attention to detail<br />

with a long and varied legal background to craft result<br />

oriented legal strategies for his clients.<br />

Attorney Wilson joined Wargo and Wargo, Co., L.P.A. in 2014<br />

as head of the Firm’s Civil Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Wilson<br />

brings with him over 26 years of trial and litigation experience<br />

in numerous Ohio state courts as well as in federal courts<br />

throughout the U.S. As an experienced trial attorney, Mr. Wilson<br />

understands that litigation is not always the best way to resolve<br />

issues for his clients. Rather, by working closely with the Firm’s<br />

other practice areas, Mr. Wilson is able to provide his clients<br />

with a full range of options to resolve issues in a cost effective<br />

manner. The end result is that Mr. Wilson is able to provide his<br />

clients with a large-firm experience at a small-firm cost.<br />

WARGO AND WARGO CO., L.P.A<br />

30 PARK DRIVE, P.O. BOX 332, BEREA, OH 44017<br />

PH: 440.234.0662 | FAX: 440.234.4179<br />

WWW.WARGOANDWARGO.COM<br />

JEFFREY D. ZIMON, ESQ.<br />

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION,<br />

ERISA LITIGATION<br />

Jeff Zimon is the Founder of Zimon LLC,<br />

a boutique employee benefits and<br />

compensation law firm.<br />

Our firm was founded to provide businesses and other<br />

law firms with access to cost-effective, full service, benefits<br />

and compensation counsel. With more than 20 years of<br />

experience, and having led the practice in this area at a large<br />

regional firm, we represent our clients on fundamental and<br />

sophisticated matters in virtually every area of employee<br />

benefits and compensation law. Our clients are advantaged<br />

by our lower cost and fixed fees and our unique combination<br />

of technical capability, a consultative approach, and direct<br />

litigation experience. Honored to be AV Rated ® from<br />

Martindale-Hubbell ® , listed in Chambers and as a Super<br />

Lawyer, we handle matters from fiduciary duty and government<br />

audits, 401(k) plans to underfunded defined benefit<br />

plans, multiemployer union plans, ACA compliance and wrap<br />

plans, executive compensation and litigation and disputes.<br />

ZIMON LLC<br />

6120 PARKLAND BOULEVARD, SUITE 206, CLEVELAND, OH 44124<br />

PH: 216.678.9300<br />

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Kolor Law Firm, P.C.<br />

Evans Flores, P.L.L.C<br />

Thomas & Young Law<br />

Lorem Ipsum, LLC<br />

Joyce Attorney at Law<br />

Topper Leevy, PLLC<br />

Macinto, Webber, Fool<br />

Martin Cooper, L.L.C<br />

Soupe & Pleser Law<br />

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CLEVELAND’S<br />

TOP RATED LAWYERS OF 2014<br />

CLEVELAND’S TOP RATED LAWYERS BY SPECIALTY<br />

Administrative...........................................22<br />

Alternative Dispute Resolution...............22<br />

Appellate Law...........................................22<br />

Arbitration.................................................22<br />

Asbestos Litigation...................................22<br />

Banking & Finance...................................22<br />

Bankruptcy................................................23<br />

Business & Commercial...........................23<br />

Civil Law.....................................................26<br />

Civil Rights.................................................26<br />

Class Actions.............................................26<br />

Collections Law.........................................26<br />

Commercial Litigation..............................26<br />

Construction Law......................................27<br />

Consumer Law..........................................28<br />

Criminal Defense - White Collar.............28<br />

Criminal Law..............................................28<br />

Debtor and Creditor................................28<br />

Dental Malpractice...................................28<br />

Discrimination...........................................28<br />

Education..................................................28<br />

Eminent Domain.......................................29<br />

Energy and Natural Resources................29<br />

Entertainment Law...................................29<br />

Environmental...........................................29<br />

Family & Elder Law...................................29<br />

Franchise Law............................................30<br />

General Practice.......................................30<br />

Government Law......................................33<br />

Health Care Law.......................................33<br />

Homeowners Association........................33<br />

Immigration Law.......................................33<br />

Insurance Law...........................................33<br />

Intellectual Property.................................34<br />

Internet Law..............................................34<br />

Labor and Employment...........................34<br />

Legal Malpractice Law.............................35<br />

Litigation...................................................35<br />

Medical Malpractice.................................37<br />

Personal Injury...........................................38<br />

Products Liability......................................40<br />

Professional Liability.................................40<br />

Real Estate Law.........................................40<br />

Securities...................................................41<br />

Social Security Disability..........................41<br />

Taxation.....................................................42<br />

Technology................................................42<br />

Transportation...........................................42<br />

Trusts and Estates.....................................42<br />

Workers’ Compensation..........................43<br />

Zoning, Planning and Land Use..............44<br />

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Baker & Hostetler LLP<br />

CHARLES J. FRENCH<br />

Berns, Ockner & Greenberger, LLC<br />

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Boyko & Dobeck & Weaver Attorney at<br />

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TIMOTHY G. DOBECK<br />

Burdon & Merlitti<br />

JAMES L. BURDON<br />

BurkesLaw, LLC<br />

JOHN FRANCIS BURKE<br />

Cooper, Spector & Weil Co., L.P.A.<br />

GERALD F. COOPER<br />

Cornrich & Cornrich, Co., L.P.A.<br />

SIDNEY M. CORNRICH<br />

Eugene L. Kramer Attorney at Law<br />

EUGENE LEO KRAMER<br />

Fisher & Phillips LLP<br />

WILLIAM E. BLACKIE<br />

Gary C. Johnson & Associates, LLC<br />

GARY C. JOHNSON<br />

Harold A. Ross Attorney at Law<br />

HAROLD A. ROSS<br />

Hickman & Lowder Co., L.P.A.<br />

FRANKLIN J. HICKMAN<br />

James Michael Petro Attorney at Law<br />

JAMES MICHAEL PETRO<br />

Janet R. Beck<br />

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John D. Ryan<br />

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John R. Irwin, M.D., Co., L.P.A.<br />

JOHN R. IRWIN<br />

Kadish, Hinkel & Weibel A Legal<br />

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AARON H. BULLOFF<br />

Kendis & Associates Co. L.P.A.<br />

JAMES DONALD KENDIS<br />

Kolick & Kondzer<br />

DANIEL J. KOLICK<br />

Mary L. Cibella<br />

MARY LOUISE CIBELLA<br />

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak &<br />

Stewart, P.C.<br />

ROBERT C. PETRULIS<br />

Petersen & Ibold<br />

JERRY A. PETERSEN<br />

Rademaker, Matty, McClelland & Greve<br />

DAVID J. MATTY<br />

Richard Rings Hollington Attorney at Law<br />

RICHARD RINGS HOLLINGTON<br />

Robert T. Bennett<br />

ROBERT T. BENNETT<br />

Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional<br />

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G. FREDERICK COMPTON, AMANDA E.<br />

GORDON, ROBERT D. PRITT, GEORGE<br />

REED SARKIS<br />

Russell David Kornblut Attorney at Law<br />

RUSSELL DAVID KORNBLUT<br />

Shifrin Newman Smith, Inc.<br />

DIANNE R. NEWMAN<br />

Sol Tushman Attorney at Law<br />

SOL TUSHMAN<br />

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP<br />

THOMAS J. LEE<br />

Thompson Hine LLP<br />

MICHAEL L. HARDY<br />

Tucker Ellis, LLP<br />

RAYMOND J. MARVAR<br />

Ulmer & Berne LLP<br />

INAJO THERESA DAVIS CHAPPELL,<br />

CRAIG S. MILLER<br />

Walter Haverfield LLP<br />

WILLIAM R. HANNA, CHARLES T. RIEHL<br />

Warren L. Udisky, Attorney at Law<br />

WARREN LEZAR UDISKY<br />

Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg A Legal<br />

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Willacy, LoPresti & Marcovy<br />

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Daniel G. Zeiser<br />

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Janik L.L.P.<br />

THOMAS D. LAMBROS<br />

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Joseph E. Cirigliano Attorney at Law<br />

JOSEPH E. CIRIGLIANO<br />

Koehler Neal LLC<br />

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Law Office of Arthur A. Kola<br />

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Littler Mendelson P.C.<br />

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BARBARA FRIEDMAN YAKSIC<br />

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NIKI Z. SCHWARTZ<br />

Squire Patton Boggs<br />

GEORGE M. VON MEHREN<br />

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STEVEN D. BELL<br />

Theodore M. Mann, Jr. Law Firm<br />

THEODORE MELVIN MANN<br />

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Vivian L. Solganik Attorney at Law<br />

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Weston Hurd LLP<br />

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DANIEL P. BATISTA, DANIEL ARTHUR<br />

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BANKRUPTCY<br />

Alan J. Treinish Co., L.P.A.<br />

ALAN J. TREINISH<br />

Baker & Hostetler LLP<br />

BRIAN A. BASH, WENDY J. GIBSON,<br />

MATTHEW R. GOLDMAN, JOSEPH F.<br />

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Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP<br />

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Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich<br />

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RICHARD L. MCNELLIE, PHYLLIS A.<br />

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James Lloyd Hardiman Attorney at Law<br />

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Kenen & Snider Co., L.P.A<br />

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BRETT S. KRANTZ<br />

BYRON S. KRANTZ<br />

MARC C. KRANTZ<br />

LUTHER L. LIGGETT, JR.<br />

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KEVIN T. O’CONNOR<br />

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ALAN M. RAUSS<br />

SUSAN O. SCHEUTZOW<br />

STEVEN C. WEINGRAD<br />

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Leiby, Hanna, Rasnick, Towne, Evanchan,<br />

Palmisano & Hobson, LLC<br />

RONALD N. TOWNE<br />

Levinson LLP<br />

JEFFREY M. LEVINSON<br />

Marc N. Silberman Attorney at Law<br />

MARC N. SILBERMAN<br />

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McGlinchey Stafford<br />

BARBARA FRIEDMAN YAKSIC<br />

Mentzer and Mygrant Ltd.<br />

HOWARD E. MENTZER, JOHN W.<br />

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Michael J. Linden Co., LPA<br />

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Michelle B Creger Attorney at Law<br />

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Ralph T. Skonce, Jr.<br />

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Tucker Ellis, LLP<br />

MICHAEL C. BRINK<br />

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DREW T. PAROBEK<br />

Wallace W. Walker, Jr.<br />

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Ellen Holland Keller<br />

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ERIC R. HOFFMAN<br />

Fauver, Keyse-Walker & Donovan A Legal<br />

Professional Association<br />

KEVIN WM. DONOVAN<br />

Frantz Ward LLP<br />

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GLADSTONE, CHRISTOPHER G. KEIM,<br />

JAMES B. NIEHAUS<br />

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Gerald A. Innes<br />

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ABDOUL RAHIM ABDOULKARIM<br />

GILLOMBARDO LAW OFFICES<br />

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GLENN E. BILLINGTON<br />

Goldman & Rosen, Ltd.<br />

MARC P. GERTZ, MICHAEL BERNERD<br />

HENDLER<br />

Goldman Scarlato Karon & Penny, P.C.<br />

DANIEL R. KARON<br />

Gordon Stanfield Kaiser Attorney at Law<br />

GORDON STANFIELD KAISER<br />

Greg J. Callaghan Attorney at Law<br />

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Gregory Louis McCann Attorney at Law<br />

GREGORY LOUIS MCCANN<br />

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP<br />

ANDREW AGATI, DOUGLAS C.<br />

CARLSON, WARREN GOLDENBERG,<br />

STANLEY R. GOROM, ROBERT D.<br />

MARKUS, GREGORY MICHAEL NOLFI, F.<br />

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STEVEN H. SNEIDERMAN, CRAIG<br />

OWEN WHITE<br />

Hawkins & Company LLC<br />

ANN MARIE HAWKINS<br />

Hermann, Cahn & Schneider, LLP<br />

ROBERT WARREN<br />

Hohmann, Boukis & Curtis Co., L.P.A.<br />

CHRIST BOUKIS, KENNETH BOUKIS,<br />

JACK CURTIS, WILLIAM T. HOHMANN<br />

Hoover & Gialluca LLC<br />

DEAN STEVEN HOOVER<br />

Howard J. Freedman, LLC<br />

HOWARD J. FREEDMAN<br />

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EDWARD A. HURTUK, MARK BRIAN<br />

RADEFELD<br />

Irving S. Bergrin<br />

IRVING S. BERGRIN<br />

Jack M. Schulman Attorney at Law<br />

JACK M. SCHULMAN<br />

James D. Wilson LLC<br />

JAMES D. WILSON<br />

James M. Lyons, Jr.<br />

JAMES M. LYONS<br />

James Michael Petro Attorney at Law<br />

JAMES MICHAEL PETRO<br />

Javitch, Block & Rathbone L.L.C.<br />

VICTOR M. JAVITCH<br />

Jeffrey G. Wyner Co., L.P.A.<br />

JEFFREY G. WYNER<br />

Jeffrey Wayne Leonard Attorney at Law<br />

JEFFREY WAYNE LEONARD<br />

Joan U Allgood Co. LPA<br />

JOAN U. ALLGOOD<br />

John A. Marksz Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN A. MARKSZ<br />

John G. Papandreas<br />

JOHN G. PAPANDREAS<br />

John L. Cullen Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN L. CULLEN<br />

John S. Steinhauer<br />

JOHN S. STEINHAUER<br />

John Walter Solomon Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN WALTER SOLOMON<br />

Jones Day<br />

LYLE G. GANSKE, PATRICK J. LEDDY,<br />

JOHN M. NEWMAN, GEOFFREY J.<br />

RITTS, STEPHEN G. SOZIO, HUGH R.<br />

WHITING<br />

Joseph A. Carbone Co., L.P.A.<br />

JOSEPH ANTHONY CARBONE<br />

Joseph D. Carney & Associates, LLC<br />

JOSEPH D. CARNEY<br />

Joseph E. Feighan Attorney at Law<br />

JOSEPH E. FEIGHAN<br />

Joseph W. Diemert, Jr. & Associates Co.,<br />

LPA<br />

DIANE A. CALTA, JOSEPH W. DIEMERT<br />

JP Amourgis & Associates<br />

MARGARET ANNE MCDEVITT<br />

Julius E. Kovacs & Associates Co., L.P.A.<br />

JULIUS EDWARD KOVACS<br />

Kadish, Hinkel & Weibel A Legal<br />

Professional Association<br />

KEVIN M. HINKEL, MATTHEW F.<br />

KADISH, STEPHEN L. KADISH, KARL E.<br />

MAY, DEAN M. ROONEY, JAMES H.<br />

ROWND<br />

Kaffen, Zimmerman, DiCaudo & Yoder<br />

RONALD O. KAFFEN<br />

Kahn Kruse Co., LPA<br />

MARK F. KRUSE<br />

Kaman & Cusimano, LLC<br />

ROBERT E. KMIECIK<br />

Karberg & Associates Co., LPA<br />

BRUCE K. KARBERG<br />

Karen A. McKeogh Attorney at Law<br />

KAREN A. MCKEOGH<br />

Karl D. Kammer<br />

KARL D. KAMMER<br />

Kathryn A. Belfance & Associates, L.L.C.<br />

KATHRYN A. BELFANCE<br />

Kehoe & Associates, LLC<br />

ROBERT D. KEHOE<br />

Kenneth J. Fisher, Co., L.P.A.<br />

KENNETH J. FISHER<br />

Koehler Neal LLC<br />

JAMES F. KOEHLER, P. WESLEY<br />

LAMBERT<br />

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz PLL<br />

JAMES W. EHRMAN<br />

SARAH J. GABINET<br />

ROBERT S. GILMORE<br />

ARI H. JAFFE<br />

S. LEE KOHRMAN<br />

BRETT S. KRANTZ<br />

BYRON S. KRANTZ<br />

MARC C. KRANTZ<br />

LUTHER L. LIGGETT, JR.<br />

STEVEN A. MARRER<br />

KEVIN T. O’CONNOR<br />

DAVID R. POSTERARO<br />

ALAN M. RAUSS<br />

SUSAN O. SCHEUTZOW<br />

STEVEN C. WEINGRAD<br />

MARY K. WHITMER<br />

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Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty<br />

Co., L.P.A.<br />

DAVID J. LEWIS<br />

Lance B. Johnson<br />

LANCE BARRY JOHNSON<br />

Law Office of Lichko & Schechter<br />

GREGORY MICHAEL LICHKO<br />

Law Office of Robert E. Glaser, Esq.<br />

ROBERT E. GLASER<br />

Law Office of William Smith<br />

WILLIAM KELLER SMITH<br />

Law Offices of Levine & Levine<br />

DAVID L. LEVINE<br />

Law Offices of Michael A. Poklar<br />

MICHAEL A. POKLAR<br />

Lee A. Chilcote Esq.<br />

LEE A. CHILCOTE<br />

Leonard F. Carr, Co., L.P.A.<br />

LEONARD F. CARR<br />

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LEWIS TERRY BARR<br />

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DENNIS P. MULVIHILL<br />

M.H. (Bart) Sauer Attorney at Law<br />

M.H. (BART) SAUER<br />

Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

ANTHONY J. COYNE, ERNEST P.<br />

MANSOUR, THOMAS M. TURNER<br />

Marc N. Silberman Attorney at Law<br />

MARC N. SILBERMAN<br />

Mary Lee T. Pilla Attorney at Law<br />

MARY LEE T. PILLA<br />

Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., L.P.A.<br />

THOMAS S. MAZANEC<br />

McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal &<br />

Liffman Co., L.P.A.<br />

LARRY CRYSTAL<br />

JON FITZPATRICK<br />

TOBIAS J. HIRSHMAN<br />

KIMON P. KARAS<br />

ROBERT R. KRACHT<br />

GREGG S. LEVY<br />

KENNETH B. LIFFMAN<br />

CHRISTIAN R. PATNO<br />

CHARLES J. PAWLUKIEWICZ<br />

RICHARD A. RABB<br />

DAVID L. ROSENZWEIG<br />

CHARLES P. ROYER<br />

DAVID A. SCHAEFER<br />

JOHN S. SEICH<br />

ELLEN S. SIMON<br />

MICHAEL W. VARY<br />

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McCray, Muzilla, Smith & Meyers Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

RAYMOND A. MUZILLA<br />

McDonald Hopkins LLC<br />

MICHAEL J. MEANEY, JOHN T.<br />

MULLIGAN<br />

McMahon DeGulis LLP<br />

DAVID EDWARD NASH<br />

Mentzer and Mygrant Ltd.<br />

HOWARD E. MENTZER<br />

Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis<br />

ROBERT A. FUERST, SCOTT M. LEWIS,<br />

ANNE L. MEYERS<br />

Michael A. Jiannetti<br />

MICHAEL A. JIANNETTI<br />

Michael A. Shore Co., LPA<br />

MICHAEL A. SHORE<br />

Michael B. Shagrin<br />

MICHAEL B. SHAGRIN<br />

Michael D. Stovsky Attorney at Law<br />

MICHAEL D. STOVSKY<br />

Michael J. Shapiro, Inc.<br />

MICHAEL JAY SHAPIRO<br />

Michael Joseph O’Brien Attorney at Law<br />

MICHAEL JOSEPH O’BRIEN<br />

Michelle B Creger Attorney at Law<br />

MICHELLE B CREGER<br />

MILLER GOLER FAEGES LAPINE LLP<br />

MICHAEL D. GOLER<br />

Moriarty & Jaros, P.L.L.<br />

STANLEY T. JAROS<br />

Nelson, Sweet & Hurley<br />

JOHN JOSEPH HURLEY<br />

Nicola, Gudbranson & Cooper, LLC<br />

JAMES R. CHRISZT, RICHARD A.<br />

COOPER, ROBERT N. GUDBRANSON, L.<br />

JAMES JULIANO, ANTHONY R. TROIA<br />

Norchi Forbes LLC<br />

PATRICK JOHN MILLIGAN<br />

Oldham Kramer<br />

MATTHEW W. OBY<br />

Ott & Associates Co., LPA<br />

STEVEN MICHAEL OTT<br />

Palecek, McIlvaine, Hoffmann & Morse<br />

Co., L.P.A.<br />

JAMES R. MCILVAINE<br />

Patricia J. O’Donnell-Gaynor Attorney at Law<br />

PATRICIA J. O’DONNELL-GAYNOR<br />

Patricia M. Yeomans Attorney at Law<br />

PATRICIA M. YEOMANS<br />

Patricia Mary Scanlon Attorney at Law<br />

PATRICIA MARY SCANLON<br />

Paul G. Crist Attorney at Law<br />

PAUL G. CRIST<br />

Paul L. Millet and Associates A Legal<br />

Professional Association<br />

PAUL L. MILLET<br />

Peter A. Vinocur Attorney at Law<br />

PETER A. VINOCUR<br />

Petersen & Ibold<br />

C. LYNNE DAY, DENNIS JOSEPH<br />

KASELAK, JERRY A. PETERSEN<br />

Petronzio Schneier Co., L.P.A.<br />

JAMIE B. SCHNEIER<br />

Philip C. Furber<br />

PHILIP C. FURBER<br />

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP<br />

MICHAEL P. SHUSTER, ALAN D. WRIGHT<br />

Rademaker, Matty, McClelland & Greve<br />

DAVID J. MATTY<br />

Ralph J. Scola<br />

RALPH J. SCOLA<br />

Randal A. Lowry & Associates<br />

MICHAEL J. MORAN<br />

Randall B. Shorr<br />

RANDALL B. SHORR<br />

Reimer, Arnovitz, Chernek & Jeffrey Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

MICHAEL STEVEN ARNOVITZ<br />

Reminger Co., L.P.A.<br />

HUGH J. BODE, MARIO CARMELO<br />

CIANO, NICHOLAS D. SATULLO,<br />

WILLIAM V. VALIS, P. MICHAEL WARD<br />

Richard C. Kenney, Jr. Co. L.P.A.<br />

RICHARD CHARLES KENNEY<br />

Richard Carl Klein Attorney at Law<br />

RICHARD CARL KLEIN<br />

Richard H. Brown & Associates<br />

RICHARD HOPKINS BROWN<br />

Richard O. Mazanec Co. LPA<br />

RICHARD O. MAZANEC<br />

Richard Rings Hollington Attorney at Law<br />

RICHARD RINGS HOLLINGTON<br />

Robert A. Blattner, LLC<br />

ROBERT AARONS BLATTNER<br />

Robert A. Goodman LPA<br />

ROBERT A. GOODMAN<br />

Robert J. Vana, LLC<br />

ROBERT J. VANA<br />

Robert L. Steely, Esq.<br />

ROBERT LEE STEELY<br />

Robert Malcolm Gippin Attorney at Law<br />

ROBERT MALCOLM GIPPIN<br />

Robert T. Bennett<br />

ROBERT T. BENNETT<br />

Robert U. Fein Attorney at Law<br />

ROBERT U. FEIN<br />

Roderick Linton Belfance, LLP<br />

WILLIAM G. CHRIS<br />

Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

TIMOTHY JAMES OCHSENHIRT, DIANA<br />

MARIE THIMMIG<br />

Roger J. Weiss Attorney at Law<br />

ROGER J. WEISS<br />

Roger W. Van Deusen Attorney at Law<br />

ROGER W. VAN DEUSEN<br />

Ronald B. Greenspan<br />

RONALD B. GREENSPAN<br />

Ronald E. Snyder Attorney at Law<br />

RONALD E. SNYDER<br />

Rotatori Bender, Co., L.P.A.<br />

ROBERT JOSEPH ROTATORI<br />

Russell B. Turell<br />

RUSSELL B. TURELL<br />

Russell David Kornblut Attorney at Law<br />

RUSSELL DAVID KORNBLUT<br />

Sammon & Bolmeyer Co., L.P.A. A Legal<br />

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ALBERT C. SAMMON<br />

Sandy R. Cameron Co., LPA<br />

SANDY R. CAMERON<br />

Saul Eisen Attorney at Law<br />

SAUL EISEN<br />

Sawyer, LLC<br />

RAYMOND TERRY SAWYER<br />

Scanlon & Gearinger Co., L.P.A.<br />

THOMAS J. SCANLON<br />

Schneider, Smeltz, Ranney & LaFond<br />

P.L.L.<br />

THOMAS I. HAUSMAN, KENNETH J.<br />

LAINO<br />

Schuster & Simmons Co., LPA<br />

NANCY CAROLINE SCHUSTER<br />

Scott H. Ruport Attorney at Law<br />

SCOTT H. RUPORT<br />

Seeley, Savidge, Ebert & Gourash Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

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BRIAN J. GREEN<br />

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TROY R. BROWN, GARY S. DESBERG,<br />

GARY W. MELSHER, SAMUEL S.<br />

PEARLMAN<br />

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ARCHIE WALLACE SKIDMORE<br />

Smith & Hultsin LLC<br />

PAMELA NAGLE HULTIN, BARBARA J.<br />

SMITH<br />

Smith and Smith<br />

KENNETH P. FRANKEL<br />

Smith Marshall, LLP<br />

WENTWORTH J. MARSHALL<br />

Sol Tushman Attorney at Law<br />

SOL TUSHMAN<br />

Sonkin & Koberna, LLC<br />

SHALE S. SONKIN<br />

RICK D. SONKIN<br />

MARK R. KOBERNA<br />

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Spieth, Bell, McCurdy & Newell Co.,<br />

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JAMES M. HAVACH, JOHN M. SLIVKA,<br />

FREDERICK I. TAFT<br />

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SPIROS E. GONAKIS<br />

Squire Patton Boggs<br />

DANIEL G. BERICK, ANTHONY CIPITI,<br />

LYNN M. GATTOZZI, JEFFREY J.<br />

MARGULIES, DAVID J. MILLSTONE,<br />

KATHERINE GOSSICK PETREY, JOHN F.<br />

SHELLEY, DYNDA A. THOMAS<br />

St. Marie Law Firm Co., L.P.A.<br />

THOMAS A. ST. MARIE<br />

Stark & Knoll Co., L.P.A.<br />

CRAIG STEPHEN MARSHALL<br />

Steiner & Stern Co., L.P.A.<br />

WILLIAM F. STEINER, HOWARD S.<br />

STERN<br />

Stephanoff Rennillo LLC<br />

SUSAN M. STEPHANOFF<br />

Steven C. Lee Attorney at Law<br />

STEVEN C. LEE<br />

Steven S. Davis Co., L.P.A.<br />

STEVEN S. DAVIS<br />

Steven Samuel Kaufman Attorney at Law<br />

STEVEN SAMUEL KAUFMAN<br />

Stickney & Stickney, LLP<br />

JOHN M. STICKNEY<br />

Stumphauzer, O’Toole, McLaughlin,<br />

McGlamery & Loughman Co., LPA<br />

RUSSELL T. MCLAUGHLIN<br />

Sullivan & Sullivan, Ltd.<br />

JOHN EDWARD SULLIVAN<br />

Sutter O’Connell Co.<br />

BRIAN E. ROOF<br />

Svete & McGee Co., L.P.A.<br />

JOSEPH T. SVETE<br />

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP<br />

KEVIN D. BARNES, IRV BERLINER,<br />

CHARLES A. BOWERS, BRUCE J. L.<br />

LOWE, DAVID R. TAVOLIER<br />

The Gertsburg Law Firm Co., L.P.A.<br />

ALEX GERTSBURG<br />

The Horwitz Group, LLC<br />

STUART M. HORWITZ<br />

The Law Offices of Sonkin & Koberna<br />

Co., L.P.A.<br />

SHALE S. SONKIN<br />

The Shanahan Law Firm, LLC<br />

J. KEARNEY SHANAHAN<br />

The Wendel Law Firm, LLC<br />

STEVEN WILLIAM ALBERT<br />

Thomas N. Julius Law Offices<br />

THOMAS NORBERT JULIUS<br />

Thomas O. Callaghan<br />

THOMAS O. CALLAGHAN<br />

Thomas W. McCrystal Attorney at Law<br />

THOMAS W. MCCRYSTAL<br />

Thompson Hine LLP<br />

JAMES BRUCE ARONOFF, THOMAS J.<br />

COLLIN, THOMAS JOSEPH COYNE,<br />

FRANK RICHARD DESANTIS, THOMAS<br />

L. FEHER, DAVID J. HOOKER, LESLIE W.<br />

JACOBS, DONALD H. MESSINGER,<br />

LINDA A. STRIEFSKY, ROBERT F. WARE,<br />

THOMAS FRANCIS ZYCH<br />

Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan A Legal<br />

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EZIO A. LISTATI, MARY JANE TRAPP<br />

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L.P.A.<br />

TIMOTHY A. SHIMKO<br />

Timothy F. O’Brien<br />

TIMOTHY F. O’BRIEN<br />

Tucker Ellis, LLP<br />

ERNEST W. AUCIELLO, MICHAEL LOUIS<br />

CLIMACO, JONATHAN ROSS COOPER,<br />

MARK F. MCCARTHY, FRANK R.<br />

OSBORNE, SUSAN LYNN RACEY<br />

Ulmer & Berne LLP<br />

THOMAS LEO ANASTOS, JEFFREY<br />

ALAN BADDELEY, INAJO THERESA<br />

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HAROLD E. FRIEDMAN, BILL J.<br />

GAGLIANO, JOHN C. GOHEEN, NEIL<br />

W. GURNEY, RICHARD G. HARDY, PAUL<br />

RUSSELL HARRIS, RONALD L. KAHN,<br />

STEPHEN A. MARKUS, CHRISTOPHER C.<br />

MCCRACKEN, ALAN WESLEY<br />

SCHEUFLER, ISAAC SCHULZ, PATRICIA<br />

A. SHLONSKY, JOSEPH STEPHEN<br />

SIMMS, PATRICK JOHN TULLEY<br />

Vivian L. Solganik Attorney at Law<br />

VIVIAN L. SOLGANIK<br />

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP<br />

DREW T. PAROBEK, J. BRET TREIER<br />

Wachter Kurant, LLC<br />

JACK KURANT, A. R. (BUD) MAYS<br />

Waldheger Coyne A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

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EHRNFELT<br />

Wallace W. Walker, Jr.<br />

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Willacy, LoPresti & Marcovy<br />

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GRAZIANO, PAUL K. HEUERMAN,<br />

RONALD S. KOPP, RONALD BRUCE LEE,<br />

LAURENCE S. LITOW, BRIAN JAY<br />

MOORE, MARK J. PRICE, THOMAS L.<br />

ROSENBERG<br />

Scott H. Ruport Attorney at Law<br />

SCOTT H. RUPORT<br />

Seeley, Savidge, Ebert & Gourash Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

KEITH A. SAVIDGE<br />

Selker & Associates LLC<br />

EUGENE I. SELKER<br />

Skidmore & Associates, L.P.A.<br />

ARCHIE WALLACE SKIDMORE<br />

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP<br />

MARK J. VALPONI, DAVID H. WALLACE<br />

The Bartman Law Office, LLC<br />

DOUGLAS V. BARTMAN<br />

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Thompson Hine LLP<br />

JEFFREY R. APPELBAUM, DAVID J.<br />

HOOKER, JAMES D. ROBENALT,<br />

PATRICK JAMES SWEENEY<br />

Tucker Ellis, LLP<br />

KEVIN M. YOUNG<br />

Waxman Blumenthal LLC<br />

DAVID B. WAXMAN<br />

MICHAEL R. BLUMENTHAL<br />

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Weston Hurd LLP<br />

JOHN G. FARNAN, DANIEL A.<br />

RICHARDS, RONALD A. RISPO,<br />

TIMOTHY P. RISTAU, JEFFREY L. TASSE<br />

William B. Schatz Attorney at Law<br />

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CONSUMER LAW<br />

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Ellen Holland Keller<br />

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Goldman Scarlato Karon & Penny, P.C.<br />

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MILLER GOLER FAEGES LAPINE LLP<br />

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Friedman & Gilbert<br />

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Wuliger, Fadel & Beyer, LLC<br />

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LARRY WILLIAM ZUKERMAN<br />

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Albert L. Purola<br />

ALBERT LINDEN PUROLA<br />

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Barbara E. Saltzman<br />

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JAMES ROSS HAFFEY<br />

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PAUL FRANCIS ADAMSON, JAMES L.<br />

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Charles K. Webster Attorney at Law<br />

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David Doughten, Co., LPA<br />

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David M. Maistros<br />

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Dennis E. Paul, Attorney at Law<br />

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Donald A. Modica<br />

DONALD A. MODICA<br />

Friedman & Gilbert<br />

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GILBERT<br />

Gary H. Levine<br />

GARY H. LEVINE<br />

George C. Zucco, Attorney<br />

GEORGE C. ZUCCO<br />

George F. Lonjak Attorney at Law<br />

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Gold and Pyle, LPA<br />

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Grant & O’Malley Company, LPA<br />

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Jaime P. Serrat LLC, Attorneys at Law<br />

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James M. Kersey<br />

JAMES M. KERSEY<br />

James W. Burke, Jr.<br />

JAMES WILLARD BURKE<br />

Jeffry F. Kelleher & Associates Co.<br />

JEFFRY F. KELLEHER<br />

Joseph E. Cirigliano Attorney at Law<br />

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Kaman & Cusimano, LLC<br />

ROBERT E. KMIECIK<br />

Kenneth J. Knabe Attorney at Law<br />

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Kenneth M. Lieux Co. L.P.A.<br />

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Koblentz & Penvose, LLC<br />

RICHARD S. KOBLENTZ<br />

Kushner & Hamed Co., L.P.A.<br />

PHILIP S. KUSHNER<br />

Landskroner Grieco Merriman LLC<br />

PAUL GRIECO<br />

Law Office of George Glavinos<br />

GEORGE GLAVINOS<br />

Law Office of Louis G. Henderson<br />

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Law Office of Timothy Farrell Sweeney<br />

TIMOTHY F. SWEENEY<br />

Law Offices of Levine & Levine<br />

ALAN STUART LEVINE, DAVID L. LEVINE<br />

Lazzaro and Kraus<br />

ALAN H. KRAUS<br />

Lillie & Holderman<br />

RICHARD G. LILLIE<br />

Luftman Heck & Associates LLP<br />

BENJAMIN L. LUFTMAN<br />

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Margaret W. Wong & Assoc. Co., LPA<br />

MARGARET W. WONG<br />

McGraw & McGraw, Co., LPA<br />

BRIAN RICHARD MCGRAW<br />

Michael C. Hennenberg<br />

MICHAEL C. HENNENBERG<br />

Michael Gareau and Associates<br />

MICHAEL R. GAREAU<br />

Michael H. Peterson Attorney at Law<br />

MICHAEL H. PETERSON<br />

Milano Pasch Medici Attorneys &<br />

Counselors at Law<br />

JAY MILANO<br />

Neal M. Jamison Co. LPA<br />

NEAL M. JAMISON<br />

Oakar & Ruffa<br />

JAMES L. OAKAR<br />

Patrick A. D’Angelo LLC<br />

PATRICK A. D’ANGELO<br />

Paul M. Friedman Attorney at Law<br />

PAUL M. FRIEDMAN<br />

Petronzio Schneier Co., L.P.A.<br />

BRUCE S. RUTSKY<br />

Philip J. Korey<br />

PHILIP J. KOREY<br />

Potts & Novotney<br />

TIMOTHY J. POTTS<br />

Ralph T. Skonce, Jr.<br />

RALPH THOMAS SKONCE<br />

Regis E. McGann<br />

REGIS EUGENE MCGANN<br />

Richard A. Oviatt<br />

RICHARD A. OVIATT<br />

Richard D. Messerman<br />

RICHARD DAVID MESSERMAN<br />

Robert A. Ruggeri Attorney at Law<br />

ROBERT A. RUGGERI<br />

Robert V. Housel Co., L.P.A.<br />

ROBERT VAN KIRK HOUSEL<br />

Santo T. Incorvaia Attorney at Law<br />

SANTO T. INCORVAIA<br />

Schwartz, Downey & Co., L.P.A.<br />

NIKI Z. SCHWARTZ<br />

Seeley, Savidge, Ebert & Gourash Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

BRIAN C. CRUSE<br />

Sicuro & Simon An Association of<br />

Attorneys<br />

WILLIAM GEORGE SIMON<br />

Smith and Smith<br />

GERALD M. SMITH<br />

Spiros E. Gonakis Company, L.P.A.<br />

SPIROS E. GONAKIS<br />

Squire Patton Boggs<br />

CHARLES F. CLARKE<br />

Steiner & Stern Co., L.P.A.<br />

HOWARD S. STERN<br />

Stephen John Brown Attorney at Law<br />

STEPHEN JOHN BROWN<br />

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THOMAS J. ESCOVAR<br />

Synenberg & Associates, LLC<br />

ROGER M. SYNENBERG<br />

The Law Office of Mark Gardner<br />

MARK GARDNER<br />

Thomas C. Buford<br />

THOMAS C. BUFORD<br />

Thomas D. Corrigan<br />

THOMAS D. CORRIGAN<br />

Thomas P. O’Donnell Attorney at Law<br />

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Tucker Ellis, LLP<br />

JONATHAN ROSS COOPER<br />

Ulmer & Berne LLP<br />

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William Lawrence Summers Attorney at<br />

Law<br />

WILLIAM LAWRENCE SUMMERS<br />

DEBTOR AND CREDITOR<br />

Alan J. Treinish Co., L.P.A.<br />

ALAN J. TREINISH<br />

Frantz Ward LLP<br />

JOHN F. KOSTELNIK<br />

Ice Miller LLP<br />

M. COLETTE GIBBONS<br />

Javitch, Block & Rathbone L.L.C.<br />

VICTOR M. JAVITCH, MICHELE POLITO<br />

SOUCIE<br />

Mentzer and Mygrant Ltd.<br />

HOWARD E. MENTZER<br />

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP<br />

REBECCA J. GRUNICK<br />

Singerman, Mills, Desberg & Kauntz Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

PAUL J. SINGERMAN<br />

Steven S. Davis Co., L.P.A.<br />

STEVEN S. DAVIS<br />

Wallace W. Walker, Jr.<br />

WALLACE WILLIAM WALKER<br />

Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg A Legal<br />

Professional Association<br />

LAWRENCE SEXTON CROWTHER<br />

DENTAL MALPRACTICE<br />

Norm Sandvoss, Attorney at Law<br />

NORMAN W. SANDVOSS<br />

Reminger Co., L.P.A.<br />

JOHN R. SCOTT<br />

Samuel V. Butcher Attorney at Law<br />

SAMUEL V. BUTCHER<br />

The Spike & Meckler Law Firm LLP<br />

STEPHEN GARY MECKLER<br />

The Wendel Law Firm, LLC<br />

FRED WENDEL<br />

Weisman, Kennedy & Berris Co., L.P.A.<br />

MITCHELL A. WEISMAN<br />

DISCRIMINATION<br />

Bolek Besser Glesius LLC<br />

CATHLEEN M. BOLEK, AMY S. GLESIUS<br />

Denise J. Knecht Attorney at Law<br />

DENISE J. KNECHT<br />

Fisher & Phillips LLP<br />

JAMES D. KUREK<br />

Kramer & Associates<br />

EDWARD G. KRAMER<br />

Littler Mendelson P.C.<br />

FRANK W. BUCK, ROBERT P. DUVIN,<br />

BRADLEY E. SHERMAN<br />

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L.P.A.<br />

DAVID A. SCHAEFER, ELLEN S. SIMON<br />

Michael E. Stinn<br />

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Paul J. Corrado Attorney at Law<br />

PAUL J. CORRADO<br />

Suzanne M. Nigro<br />

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The Law Firm of David A. Young LLC<br />

DAVID ALAN YOUNG<br />

Thorman Petrov Griffin Co., LPA<br />

CHRISTOPHER P. THORMAN<br />

Ulmer & Berne LLP<br />

STEPHANIE DUTCHESS TRUDEAU<br />

EDUCATION<br />

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TIMOTHY J. ARMSTRONG<br />

Britton Smith Peters & Kalail Co., L.P.A.<br />

JOHN E. BRITTON, SCOTT C. PETERS,<br />

DAVID KANE SMITH<br />

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC<br />

FREDERICK M. LOMBARDI<br />

Chester L. Sumpter & Associates, LLC<br />

CHESTER L. SUMPTER<br />

Frantz Ward LLP<br />

MICHAEL J. FRANTZ<br />

Gary C. Johnson & Associates, LLC<br />

GARY C. JOHNSON<br />

George W. Palda<br />

GEORGE W. PALDA<br />

Gorman, Malarcik, Pierce, Vuillemin &<br />

LoCascio<br />

LAWRENCE W. VUILLEMIN<br />

Littler Mendelson P.C.<br />

CRAIG M. BROWN<br />

McGown & Markling Co., L.P.A.<br />

MATTHEW JOHN MARKLING<br />

Norchi Forbes LLC<br />

KEVIN MICHAEL NORCHI<br />

Pepple & Waggoner<br />

R. BRENT MINNEY<br />

Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

G. FREDERICK COMPTON, AMANDA E.<br />

GORDON<br />

Squire Patton Boggs<br />

SUSAN C. HASTINGS, JOHN S.<br />

LARSON, KATHERINE GOSSICK PETREY,<br />

TIMOTHY J. SHEERAN<br />

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MARC J. BLOCH<br />

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MARGARET ANNE CANNON<br />

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DARRELL A. CLAY<br />

JAMES P. CONROY<br />

MICHAEL A. CYPHERT<br />

CARL J. DYCZEK<br />

SARA J. FAGNILLI<br />

CHRISTOPHER L. GIBBON<br />

JOHN H. GIBBON<br />

JONATHAN D. GREENBERG<br />

WILLIAM R. HANNA<br />

ROBERT S. HORBALY<br />

R. TODD HUNT<br />

JAMES M. MACKEY<br />

CRAIG A. MARVINNEY<br />

CHARLES T. RIEHL<br />

JENNIFER A. SAVAGE<br />

CHARLES R. SCHAEFER<br />

JOHN E. SCHILLER<br />

THOMAS C. SCHRADER<br />

RUSSELL C. SHAW<br />

ARTHUR P. STEINMETZ<br />

JOHN W. WALDECK<br />

PATRICIA F. WEISBERG<br />

GARY A. ZWICK<br />

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EMINENT DOMAIN<br />

Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

BRUCE G. RINKER<br />

Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

STEPHEN DOUGLAS JONES<br />

The Law Firm of Shihab & Associates,<br />

Co., LPA<br />

GUS M. SHIHAB<br />

Thomas L. Dettelbach<br />

THOMAS L. DETTELBACH<br />

ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES<br />

Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP<br />

WILLIAM E. COUGHLIN<br />

Carl M. Jenks Attorney at Law<br />

CARL M. JENKS<br />

Jones Day<br />

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KUTIK<br />

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JEFFREY R. HUNTSBERGER<br />

Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

WILLIAM R. ELLIS<br />

ENTERTAINMENT LAW<br />

Cornrich & Cornrich, Co., L.P.A.<br />

NEIL M. CORNRICH<br />

Nicola, Gudbranson & Cooper, LLC<br />

L. JAMES JULIANO<br />

ENVIRONMENTAL<br />

Baker & Hostetler LLP<br />

MAUREEN ANNE BRENNAN, PATRICIA<br />

ANN POOLE<br />

Brouse McDowell A Legal Professional<br />

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KEVEN DRUMMOND EIBER<br />

Bruce H. Wilson<br />

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Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC<br />

WILLIAM L. CAPLAN<br />

Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP<br />

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Cannon, Aveni & Malchesky Co., L.P.A.<br />

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Dale E. Stephenson Attorney at Law<br />

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Davis & Young<br />

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Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo<br />

Co., L.P.A.<br />

HENRY B. FISCHER<br />

Edward F. Meyers Attorney at Law<br />

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Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP<br />

ROBERT D. MARKUS, JOHN E. MELLYN<br />

Hanna, Campbell & Powell, LLP<br />

DAVID JAY HANNA<br />

Hermann, Cahn & Schneider, LLP<br />

ANTHONY J. HARTMAN<br />

Jerome & Associates<br />

JOSEPH B. JEROME<br />

Joan U Allgood Co. LPA<br />

JOAN U. ALLGOOD<br />

John C. Pierson, Attorney at Law<br />

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Jones Day<br />

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Law Offices of Steven M. Weiss<br />

STEVEN M. WEISS<br />

Lawrence Howard Friedlander Attorney<br />

at Law<br />

LAWRENCE HOWARD FRIEDLANDER<br />

Mark E. Staib Attorney at Law<br />

MARK E. STAIB<br />

McMahon DeGulis LLP<br />

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MCMAHON, MICHAEL S. MCMAHON,<br />

DAVID EDWARD NASH<br />

McNeal, Schick, Archibald & Biro Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

ROBERT D. ARCHIBALD, JOHN C.<br />

CUBAR, PAUL W. ZIEGLER<br />

MILLER GOLER FAEGES LAPINE LLP<br />

MICHAEL D. GOLER<br />

Reminger Co., L.P.A.<br />

DAVID ROSS<br />

Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

R. BRUCE ANDERSON, ROBERT B.<br />

CASARONA, WILLIAM R. ELLIS, SHANE<br />

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SEAN FINN, BEVERLY GRADY, RONALD<br />

BRUCE LEE, DONALD SCOTT<br />

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Ronald R. Janke Attorney at Law<br />

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Singerman, Mills, Desberg & Kauntz Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

DEBORA S. LASCH<br />

Squire Patton Boggs<br />

GEOFFREY K. BARNES, VAN CARSON,<br />

CHARLES F. CLARKE, TIMOTHY J.<br />

COSGROVE<br />

Susan Sara Locke Attorney at Law<br />

SUSAN SARA LOCKE<br />

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP<br />

STEPHEN M. O’BRYAN<br />

Thompson Hine LLP<br />

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STRIEFSKY<br />

Tucker Ellis, LLP<br />

HENRY E. BILLINGSLEY, MARTIN HARRY<br />

LEWIS, CARTER E. STRANG<br />

Walter Haverfield LLP<br />

RALPH E. CASCARILLA, MICHAEL A.<br />

CYPHERT<br />

Waxman Blumenthal LLC<br />

DAVID B. WAXMAN<br />

MICHAEL R. BLUMENTHAL<br />

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Wickens, Herzer, Panza, Cook & Batista<br />

Co.<br />

RICHARD D. PANZA<br />

William B. Schatz Attorney at Law<br />

WILLIAM B. SCHATZ<br />

William Michael Hanna Attorney at Law<br />

WILLIAM MICHAEL HANNA<br />

FAMILY LAW<br />

Alan J. Rapoport Attorney at Law<br />

ALAN J. RAPOPORT<br />

Alan J. Sills<br />

ALAN J. SILLS<br />

Armbruster, Kelley, Kot, Honeck & Baker<br />

ROBERT C. BAKER<br />

Baker & Hostetler LLP<br />

SUZANNE M. JAMBE<br />

Barbara E. Saltzman<br />

BARBARA ELAINE SALTZMAN<br />

Barbara L. Jones Attorney at Law<br />

BARBARA L. JONES<br />

Becky Blair LLC<br />

BECKY BLAIR<br />

Budish, Solomon, Steiner & Peck, Ltd.<br />

ARMOND D. BUDISH, MICHAEL LEE<br />

SOLOMON, LAURIE G. STEINER<br />

Calhoun, Waddell & Hunt<br />

HOWARD L. CALHOUN<br />

Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich<br />

Co., L.P.A.<br />

WILLIAM T. RINI<br />

Carole N. Siskovic<br />

CAROLE NOVAK SISKOVIC<br />

Carrabine & Reardon Co., LPA<br />

JAMES W. REARDON<br />

Cavitch, Familo & Durkin Co., LPA<br />

ROGER L. KLEINMAN, ROY A. KRALL<br />

Daniel G. Zeiser<br />

DANIEL GEORGE ZEISER<br />

David A. Lieberth Attorney at Law<br />

DAVID A. LIEBERTH<br />

David A. Myers<br />

DAVID A. MYERS<br />

Dennis E. Paul, Attorney at Law<br />

DENNIS EDWARD PAUL<br />

Donald A. Modica<br />

DONALD A. MODICA<br />

Dorothea J. Kingsbury<br />

DOROTHEA J. KINGSBURY<br />

Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A.<br />

KENNETH JUDE CAHILL, GARY S. OKIN<br />

Gary A. Kazdin, Co., L.P.A.<br />

GARY A. KAZDIN<br />

Ginger Fuller Mlakar Attorney at Law<br />

GINGER FULLER MLAKAR<br />

Gold and Pyle, LPA<br />

GERALD S. GOLD<br />

Grisi & Budde<br />

CHARLES E. GRISI<br />

Hermann, Cahn & Schneider, LLP<br />

JAMES S. CAHN<br />

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Howard J. Walton<br />

HOWARD J. WALTON<br />

Jaime P. Serrat LLC, Attorneys at Law<br />

JAIME P. SERRAT<br />

James E. Spitz Attorney at Law<br />

JAMES E. SPITZ<br />

James W. Burke, Jr.<br />

JAMES WILLARD BURKE<br />

Jeffry F. Kelleher & Associates Co.<br />

JEFFRY F. KELLEHER<br />

John A. Marksz Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN A. MARKSZ<br />

John B. Gibbons<br />

JOHN B. GIBBONS<br />

John M. Dohner<br />

JOHN MICHAEL DOHNER<br />

Julius E. Kovacs & Associates Co., L.P.A.<br />

JULIUS EDWARD KOVACS<br />

Kabat, Mielziner & Sobel<br />

BRUCE L. MIELZINER<br />

Kathryn A. Belfance & Associates, L.L.C.<br />

KATHRYN A. BELFANCE<br />

Kenen & Snider Co., L.P.A<br />

HARVEY ALLEN SNIDER<br />

Kenneth M. Lieux Co. L.P.A.<br />

KENNETH M. LIEUX<br />

Kevin Purcell Co. A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

KEVIN PURCELL<br />

Law Office of George Glavinos<br />

GEORGE GLAVINOS<br />

Law Office of Richard J. Stahl III<br />

RICHARD J. STAHL<br />

Law Office of Robert G. Miller<br />

ROBERT G. MILLER<br />

Lazzaro and Kraus<br />

ALAN H. KRAUS, MICHELE M. LAZZARO<br />

Leslie Nye O’Donnell Attorney at Law<br />

LESLIE NYE O’DONNELL<br />

Lustig, Evans & Lucas Co., L.P.A.<br />

ARTHUR F. LUSTIG<br />

Madelon Sprague Attorney at Law<br />

MADELON SPRAGUE<br />

Marlene P. Emery<br />

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Mary Ann Sabol Johanek Attorney at Law<br />

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McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

RICHARD A. RABB<br />

McDonald Hopkins LLC<br />

DAVID D. WATSON<br />

Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis<br />

BARBARA K. ROMAN<br />

Michael A. Jiannetti<br />

MICHAEL A. JIANNETTI<br />

Oldham Kramer<br />

WILLIAM M. OLDHAM<br />

Palecek, McIlvaine, Hoffmann & Morse<br />

Co., L.P.A.<br />

JAMES R. MCILVAINE<br />

Patricia M. Yeomans Attorney at Law<br />

PATRICIA M. YEOMANS<br />

Paul M. Friedman Attorney at Law<br />

PAUL M. FRIEDMAN<br />

Petronzio Schneier Co., L.P.A.<br />

BRUCE S. RUTSKY<br />

Randal A. Lowry & Associates<br />

RANDAL A. LOWRY<br />

Richard D. Messerman<br />

RICHARD DAVID MESSERMAN<br />

Richard H. Brown & Associates<br />

RICHARD HOPKINS BROWN<br />

Rieth, Antonelli, & Raj<br />

MANAV HARI RAJ<br />

Robert H. Brown<br />

ROBERT H. BROWN<br />

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ROBERT K. DANZINGER<br />

Roger Allen Wadsworth Attorney at Law<br />

ROGER ALLEN WADSWORTH<br />

Roger Heller Attorney at Law<br />

ROGER D. HELLER<br />

Rolf Goffman Martin Lang LLP<br />

CAROL ROLF<br />

Ronald B. Greenspan<br />

RONALD B. GREENSPAN<br />

Schneider, Smeltz, Ranney & LaFond<br />

P.L.L.<br />

THOMAS J. LAFOND<br />

Short & Shepherd<br />

JOHN BRANTH SHEPHERD<br />

Skirbunt, Skirbunt & Wirtz LLC.<br />

JAMES RICHARD SKIRBUNT<br />

Stephanoff Rennillo LLC<br />

SUSAN M. STEPHANOFF<br />

Sullivan & Sullivan, Ltd.<br />

JOHN EDWARD SULLIVAN<br />

Svetlana Schreiber & Associates, Co.<br />

LPA.<br />

SVETLANA SCHREIBER<br />

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP<br />

JILL FRIEDMAN HELFMAN<br />

The Kabb Law Firm<br />

RACHEL A. KABB-EFFRON<br />

The Law Offices of Randall M. Perla<br />

RANDALL M. PERLA<br />

The Spike & Meckler Law Firm LLP<br />

ALLEN SETH SPIKE<br />

Thomas A Mason Attorney at Law<br />

THOMAS A MASON<br />

Thomas A. McCormack<br />

THOMAS ARTHUR MCCORMACK<br />

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Professional Association<br />

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FRED WEISMAN<br />

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Constance S. Hawke<br />

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W. WRIGHT<br />

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PETER WILLIAM MARMAROS<br />

Donald A. Modica<br />

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Douglas M. Brill<br />

DOUGLAS MICHAEL BRILL<br />

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Bloom, LLC<br />

MARK B. COHN<br />

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ALEC BEREZIN, KENNETH JUDE<br />

CAHILL, KEITH R. KRAUS, KRISTEN M.<br />

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JAY STRICKLAND<br />

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BRUCE BELL ELFVIN<br />

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ERNIE K. DEMANELIS<br />

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Professional Association<br />

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PATRICK R. ROCHE<br />

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ROBERT E. DEZORT, DAVID E.<br />

SCHREINER, MARIBETH G. WUERTZ<br />

Fortney & Klingshirn<br />

NEIL E. KLINGSHIRN<br />

Frantz Ward LLP<br />

KEITH A. ASHMUS, CHRISTOPHER G.<br />

KEIM, ANDREW J. NATALE, JAMES B.<br />

NIEHAUS, MARC A. SANCHEZ, DANIEL<br />

A. WARD<br />

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Friedman, Domiano & Smith Co., L.P.A.<br />

JEFFREY H. FRIEDMAN<br />

Gallagher Sharp<br />

KEVIN C. ALEXANDERSEN<br />

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GARY A. BENJAMIN<br />

Gary A. Kazdin, Co., L.P.A.<br />

GARY A. KAZDIN<br />

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Giffen & Kaminski, LLC<br />

KAREN GIFFEN<br />

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GINGER FULLER MLAKAR<br />

Gold and Pyle, LPA<br />

JOHN S. PYLE<br />

Gordon D. Kinder Attorney at Law<br />

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Gorman, Malarcik, Pierce, Vuillemin &<br />

LoCascio<br />

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Gregory L. Williamson Attorney at Law<br />

GREGORY L. WILLIAMSON<br />

Haber Polk, LLP<br />

RICHARD C. HABER<br />

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP<br />

DOUGLAS C. CARLSON, ARTHUR L.<br />

COBB, M. PATRICIA CULLER, DANIEL A.<br />

DEMARCO, ROBERT J. FOGARTY,<br />

STEPHEN H. GARIEPY, MICHAEL J.<br />

GARVIN, WARREN GOLDENBERG,<br />

STEVEN A. GOLDFARB, JOAN M.<br />

GROSS, STEPHEN JOHN KNERLY,<br />

BARBARA H. LEVINE, JOHN E. MELLYN,<br />

GREGORY MICHAEL NOLFI, LAWRENCE<br />

E. OSCAR, STEPHEN P. OWENDOFF,<br />

LEE D. POWAR, RICHARD T. PRASSE,<br />

ROBERT A. ROSS, MARK ALAN<br />

WATKINS, CRAIG OWEN WHITE<br />

Hanna, Campbell & Powell, LLP<br />

GREGORY T. ROSSI<br />

Harold C. Reeder<br />

HAROLD C. REEDER<br />

Henretta Law Offices<br />

J. THOMAS HENRETTA<br />

Henry Joseph Hilow<br />

HENRY JOSEPH HILOW<br />

Herbert J. Villa Attorney at Law<br />

HERBERT J. VILLA<br />

Hermann, Cahn & Schneider, LLP<br />

JAMES S. CAHN, CHARLES KAMPINSKI,<br />

JAY H. SALAMON<br />

Hickman & Lowder Co., L.P.A.<br />

FRANKLIN J. HICKMAN<br />

Hohmann, Boukis & Curtis Co., L.P.A.<br />

WILLIAM T. HOHMANN<br />

Hurtuk & Daroff Co., LLP<br />

EDWARD A. HURTUK<br />

Ice Miller LLP<br />

ROBERT M. STEFANCIN<br />

Isaac Wiles Burkholder & Teetor, LLC<br />

FREDERICK M. ISAAC<br />

Jackson Kelly PLLC<br />

CLAY K. KELLER<br />

Jackson Lewis P.C.<br />

LISA M. DEFILIPPIS<br />

James A. Hofelich Attorney at Law<br />

JAMES A. HOFELICH<br />

James A. Hudak<br />

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James D. London Attorney at Law<br />

JAMES D. LONDON<br />

James E. Spitz Attorney at Law<br />

JAMES E. SPITZ<br />

James L. Deese<br />

JAMES LAWRENCE DEESE<br />

James L. Glowacki Attorney at Law<br />

JAMES L. GLOWACKI<br />

Janet R. Beck<br />

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Janik L.L.P.<br />

STEVEN G. JANIK<br />

Javitch, Block & Rathbone L.L.C.<br />

BRUCE A. BLOCK, MARC A. MELAMED,<br />

JOEL H. RATHBONE<br />

Jay Garrett Volk Attorney at Law<br />

JAY GARRETT VOLK<br />

Jean M. McQuillan Attorney at Law<br />

JEAN M. MCQUILLAN<br />

Jeffrey L. Nischwitz Attorney at Law<br />

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Jennifer A. Lesny Fleming Attorney at<br />

Law<br />

JENNIFER A. LESNY FLEMING<br />

Jerome F. Weiss<br />

JEROME F. WEISS<br />

John B. Gibbons<br />

JOHN B. GIBBONS<br />

John D. Sammon Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN D. SAMMON<br />

John F. Downie Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN F. DOWNIE<br />

John Francis McCaffrey Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN FRANCIS MCCAFFREY<br />

John H. Carlin Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN H. CARLIN<br />

John Harold Carson Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN HAROLD CARSON<br />

John M. Masters Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN M. MASTERS<br />

John M. Skeriotis Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN M. SKERIOTIS<br />

John P. Malone, Jr.<br />

JOHN PATRICK MALONE<br />

John Z. Szabo Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN Z. SZABO<br />

Jonathan Earl Rosenbaum Attorney at<br />

Law<br />

JONATHAN EARL ROSENBAUM<br />

Jonathon M. Yarger Attorney at Law<br />

JONATHON M. YARGER<br />

Jones Day<br />

DAVID B. ALDEN, RICHARD J. BEDELL,<br />

DAN T. CARTER, WILLIAM H.<br />

COQUILLETTE, THOMAS DEMITRACK,<br />

JOHN P. DUNN, LYLE G. GANSKE,<br />

STEPHEN Q. GIBLIN, THEODORE M.<br />

GROSSMAN, DAVID G. HEIMAN, TED S.<br />

HISER, CHRISTOPHER M. KELLY, DAVID<br />

A. KUTIK, DENNIS W. LABARRE, KATHY<br />

P. LAZAR, JEFFREY S. LEAVITT, PATRICK<br />

J. LEDDY, BARBARA J. LEUKART,<br />

MICHAEL G. MARTING, PATRICK F.<br />

MCCARTAN, GEORGE J. MOSCARINO,<br />

ZACHARY T. PARIS, ROBERT H.<br />

RAWSON, MARY M. REIL, JEANNE M.<br />

RICKERT, MARC A. SILVERSTEIN,<br />

STEPHEN G. SOZIO, STEPHEN J.<br />

SQUERI, JEFFERY D. UBERSAX, HUGH<br />

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JOSEPH E. CIRIGLIANO<br />

Joseph J. Naegele<br />

JOSEPH JOHN NAEGELE<br />

Joseph T. McGinness<br />

JOSEPH T. MCGINNESS<br />

Kadish, Hinkel & Weibel A Legal<br />

Professional Association<br />

WILLIAM A. DUNCAN, DAVID G.<br />

WEIBEL<br />

Kastner Westman & Wilkins, LLC<br />

KEITH L. PRYATEL, JAMES P. WILKINS<br />

Kathleen M Kordeleski Attorney at Law<br />

KATHLEEN M KORDELESKI<br />

Kathy L. Moore Attorney at Law<br />

KATHY L. MOORE<br />

Kehoe & Associates, LLC<br />

ROBERT D. KEHOE<br />

Keith D. Weiner & Associates Co., L.P.A.<br />

KEITH D. WEINER<br />

Keith E. Blaha Attorney at Law<br />

KEITH E. BLAHA<br />

Kenneth G. Hochman Attorney at Law<br />

KENNETH G. HOCHMAN<br />

Kevin Matthew Spellacy Attorney at Law<br />

KEVIN MATTHEW SPELLACY<br />

Kim F. Bixenstine Attorney at Law<br />

KIM F. BIXENSTINE<br />

King & Associates<br />

JOHN F. KING<br />

Knowlton, Sanderson Law Offices<br />

WILLIAM JAMES CADY<br />

Koblentz & Penvose, LLC<br />

RICHARD S. KOBLENTZ<br />

Koehler Neal LLC<br />

DIANNE V. FOLEY, JOHN N. NEAL<br />

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz PLL<br />

SARAH J. GABINET, SUSAN O.<br />

SCHEUTZOW<br />

Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty<br />

Co., L.P.A.<br />

DAVID J. LEWIS<br />

Law Office of Daniel P. Carter LLC<br />

DANIEL PAUL CARTER<br />

Law Office of F.M. Apicella<br />

F. MICHAEL APICELLA<br />

Law Office of Lichko & Schechter<br />

GREGORY MICHAEL LICHKO<br />

Law Office of Richard J. Stahl III<br />

RICHARD J. STAHL<br />

Law Offices of Alan J. Ross<br />

ALAN J. ROSS<br />

Law Offices of Farhad Sethna<br />

FARHAD BOMI SETHNA<br />

Law Offices of Levine & Levine<br />

ALAN STUART LEVINE<br />

Law Offices of Steven M. Weiss<br />

STEVEN M. WEISS<br />

Law Offices of Wayne D. Porter, Jr.<br />

WAYNE DILS PORTER<br />

Lazzaro and Kraus<br />

MICHELE M. LAZZARO<br />

Leiby, Hanna, Rasnick, Towne, Evanchan,<br />

Palmisano & Hobson, LLC<br />

STEPHEN P. LEIBY<br />

Leslie D. Dunn Attorney at Law<br />

LESLIE D. DUNN<br />

Licata & Toerek<br />

LOUIS J. LICATA<br />

Littler Mendelson P.C.<br />

LINDA HAUSERMAN HARROLD, LEE J.<br />

HUTTON, PATRICK HARLAN LEWIS,<br />

SUELLEN OSWALD, ROBERT M. WOLFF<br />

Lowe Eklund Wakefield & Mulvihill Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

JAMES ALLISON LOWE, MARK L.<br />

WAKEFIELD<br />

Lustig, Evans & Lucas Co., L.P.A.<br />

ROBERT M. LUSTIG<br />

Mannion and Gray Co., L.P.A.<br />

RYAN KURTISS RUBIN<br />

Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

SAMUEL R. MARTILLOTTA, TIMOTHY T.<br />

REID, THOMAS M. TURNER<br />

Marcia Walker Johnson Attorney at Law<br />

MARCIA WALKER JOHNSON<br />

Marein & Bradley<br />

MARK B. MAREIN, MARY JO TIPPING<br />

Margaret Mary Gardner Attorney at Law<br />

MARGARET MARY GARDNER<br />

Margolius, Margolius & Associates<br />

ANDREW L. MARGOLIUS, MARCIA W.<br />

MARGOLIUS<br />

Marshal Manning Pitchford Attorney at<br />

Law<br />

MARSHAL MANNING PITCHFORD<br />

Mary Ann Jorgenson Attorney at Law<br />

MARY ANN JORGENSON<br />

Mary Ann O. Rini Attorney at Law<br />

MARY ANN O. RINI<br />

Mary Grace Balazs Attorney at Law<br />

MARY GRACE BALAZS<br />

Mary Helen McGrath Attorney at Law<br />

MARY HELEN MCGRATH<br />

Mary L. Cibella<br />

MARY LOUISE CIBELLA<br />

Mary T. Cushing, Attorney<br />

MARY T. CUSHING<br />

Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., L.P.A.<br />

FRANK H. SCIALDONE<br />

McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

TOBIAS J. HIRSHMAN, ROBERT R.<br />

KRACHT, KENNETH B. LIFFMAN,<br />

RICHARD A. RABB, CHARLES P. ROYER<br />

McDonald Hopkins LLC<br />

CHAD ARFONS, JEFFREY P. CONSOLO,<br />

JEROME W. COOK, RICHARD S.<br />

COOPER, CARL J. GRASSI, JEFFREY R.<br />

HUNTSBERGER, DAVID G. JOHNSON,<br />

BERNARD L. KARR, MICHAEL J.<br />

MEANEY, MICHAEL G. RILEY, SHAWN<br />

M. RILEY, ROGER L. SHUMAKER, DALE<br />

R. VLASEK, DAVID D. WATSON, JOHN<br />

M. WIRTSHAFTER, CHARLES B.<br />

ZELLMER<br />

McGinty, Hilow & Spellacy Co., LPA<br />

WILLIAM T. MCGINTY<br />

McGlinchey Stafford<br />

MARK S. EDELMAN<br />

McLaughlin Law, LLP<br />

SEAN THOMAS LAVIN, PATRICK<br />

MICHAEL MCLAUGHLIN<br />

McMahon DeGulis LLP<br />

GREGORY J. DEGULIS<br />

Mentzer and Mygrant Ltd.<br />

JOHN W. MYGRANT<br />

Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis<br />

LESTER W. ARMSTRONG, DEBRA J.<br />

HORN, ANNE L. MEYERS<br />

Michael A. Sanson Attorney at Law<br />

MICHAEL A. SANSON<br />

Michael C. Hennenberg<br />

MICHAEL C. HENNENBERG<br />

Michael D. Horn Attorney at Law<br />

MICHAEL D. HORN<br />

Michael Gareau and Associates<br />

MICHAEL R. GAREAU<br />

Michael H. Peterson Attorney at Law<br />

MICHAEL H. PETERSON<br />

Michael J. Occhionero, L.P.A.<br />

MICHAEL J. OCCHIONERO<br />

Michael M. Hughes, Esq.<br />

MICHAEL MURRAY HUGHES<br />

Michael T. Honohan Attorney at Law<br />

MICHAEL T. HONOHAN<br />

Milano Pasch Medici Attorneys &<br />

Counselors at Law<br />

JAY MILANO<br />

Miraldi & Barrett Co., L.P.A.<br />

BENJAMIN F. BARRETT<br />

Mishkind Law Firm, Co., L.P.A.<br />

HOWARD D. MISHKIND<br />

Murman & Associates<br />

MICHAEL E. MURMAN<br />

Myron S. Stoll Attorney at Law<br />

MYRON S. STOLL<br />

Nager, Romaine & Schneiberg Co., L.P.A.<br />

GERALD R. HORNING<br />

Nicola, Gudbranson & Cooper, LLC<br />

ROBERT N. GUDBRANSON, L. JAMES<br />

JULIANO, BRUCE L. WATERHOUSE<br />

Norris & Norris<br />

R. C. NORRIS<br />

Nurenberg, Paris, Heller & McCarthy Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

JEFFREY A. LEIKIN, ELLEN M.<br />

MCCARTHY, DAVID M. PARIS, ANDREW<br />

R. YOUNG<br />

Oakar & Ruffa<br />

JAMES L. OAKAR<br />

Obral, Silk & Associates.<br />

THOMAS JOSEPH SILK<br />

Osborne DeLaurentis Sontich & Rafidi<br />

Co. L.P.A.<br />

JOSEPH P. SONTICH<br />

P. Kelly Tompkins Attorney at Law<br />

P. KELLY TOMPKINS<br />

Patricia Barz Attorney at Law<br />

PATRICIA BARZ<br />

Paul W. Flowers Co., L.P.A.<br />

PAUL WILLIAM FLOWERS<br />

Pearne & Gordon LLP<br />

DAVID B. DEIOMA, CHARLES B.<br />

GORDON, JAMES M. MOORE, JOHN P.<br />

MURTAUGH, THOMAS P. SCHILLER,<br />

HOWARD G. SHIMOLA, JEFFREY J.<br />

SOPKO<br />

Pepple & Waggoner<br />

WILLIAM C. PEPPLE<br />

Peter Lawson Jones Attorney at Law<br />

PETER LAWSON JONES<br />

Petersen & Ibold<br />

JERRY A. PETERSEN<br />

Piscitelli Law Firm<br />

FRANK E. PISCITELLI<br />

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP<br />

MICHAEL ALAN ELLIS, PHILIP E.<br />

LANGER, MICHAEL P. SHUSTER, LEO M.<br />

SPELLACY, DAVID C. TRYON, WILLIAM<br />

R. WEIR, ALAN D. WRIGHT<br />

Powers & Powers<br />

DONALD H. POWERS<br />

R. Benton Gray & Company<br />

R. BENTON GRAY<br />

R. Michael O’Neal Attorney at Law<br />

R. MICHAEL O’NEAL<br />

Ranallo & Aveni LLC Counselors at Law<br />

ROBERT A. RANALLO<br />

Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP<br />

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LAWYERS<br />

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RANDOLPH E. DIGGES<br />

Rawlin Gravens Co., LPA<br />

RONALD VINCENT RAWLIN<br />

Ray, Robinson, Carle & Davies P.L.L.<br />

JULIA RANNEY BROUHARD, ROBERT T.<br />

CONIAM, DOUGLAS R. DENNY,<br />

SANDRA MAURER KELLY<br />

Reddy, Grau & Meek<br />

STEPHEN MICHAEL KLONOWSKI<br />

Regis E. McGann<br />

REGIS EUGENE MCGANN<br />

Reimer, Arnovitz, Chernek & Jeffrey Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

MICHAEL STEVEN ARNOVITZ<br />

Reminger Co., L.P.A.<br />

MARIO CARMELO CIANO, ROY ALLAN<br />

HULME, BARBARA BELLIN JANOVITZ,<br />

RUSSELL JOHN MERAGLIO, JOHN A.<br />

NEVILLE, MICHELLE JOSEPH SHEEHAN<br />

Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP<br />

ARMAND P. BOISSELLE, DON W.<br />

BULSON, NEIL A. DUCHEZ, DONALD L.<br />

OTTO, JOHN W. RENNER, WARREN A.<br />

SKLAR<br />

Richard A. Goulder Co. L.P.A.<br />

RICHARD A. GOULDER<br />

Richard A. Oviatt<br />

RICHARD A. OVIATT<br />

Richard H. Sayler Co. LPA<br />

RICHARD H. SAYLER<br />

Richard J. Disantis Attorney at Law<br />

RICHARD J. DISANTIS<br />

Richard John Bombik Attorney at Law<br />

RICHARD JOHN BOMBIK<br />

Richard L. Demsey Co., L.P.A.<br />

RICHARD L. DEMSEY<br />

Richard Levi Reppert Attorney at Law<br />

RICHARD LEVI REPPERT<br />

Robert Brown LLC<br />

ROBERT L. (BOB) BROWN<br />

Robert C. Reed, LLC<br />

ROBERT CHARLES REED<br />

Robert D. Storey Attorney at Law<br />

ROBERT D. STOREY<br />

Robert L. Keyes Co., L.P.A.<br />

ROBERT L. KEYES<br />

Robert M. Brucken Attorney at Law<br />

ROBERT M. BRUCKEN<br />

Robert M. Spira Attorney at Law<br />

ROBERT M. SPIRA<br />

Robert Malcolm Gippin Attorney at Law<br />

ROBERT MALCOLM GIPPIN<br />

Robert P. McManus Attorney at Law<br />

ROBERT P. MCMANUS<br />

Robert P. Sweeney Attorney at Law<br />

ROBERT P. SWEENEY<br />

Roberts, Matejczyk & Ita Co. LPA<br />

DAVID M. MATEJCZYK<br />

Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

R. BRUCE ANDERSON, ARETTA K.<br />

BERNARD, ROBERT EUGENE<br />

BLACKHAM, SUSAN RENEE SQUIRE<br />

BOX, ERIC GEORGE BRUESTLE, ANNA<br />

MOORE CARULAS, JOHN MARTIN<br />

COYNE, THOMAS ARDEN DILLON,<br />

WILLIAM R. ELLIS, TERRENCE SEAN<br />

FINN, DENISE MARIE HASBROOK,<br />

ERIKA LYNN HAUPT, EDWARD C.<br />

HERTENSTEIN, PAUL K. HEUERMAN,<br />

PAUL L. JACKSON, DOUGLAS GLENN<br />

LEAK, RONALD BRUCE LEE, JUDITH<br />

DEE LEVINE, G. CARSON MCEACHERN,<br />

ROBERT G. MENZIES, RICHARD S.<br />

MULLIGAN, WILLIAM R. O’NEILL,<br />

MICHAEL (MICKEY) A. POE, MARK J.<br />

PRICE, ROBERT D. PRITT, SUZANNE<br />

KLEINSMITH SAGANICH, ALBERT N.<br />

SALVATORE, MARK LOUIS SARLSON,<br />

BRADLEY LEWIS SNYDER, DOUGLAS<br />

EVAN SPIKER, ROGER JOHN<br />

STEVENSON, DIANA MARIE THIMMIG,<br />

STEPHEN E. THOMPSON, MICHAEL<br />

STEPHEN YASHKO, JOSEPH D. ZAKS<br />

Roger Allen Wadsworth Attorney at Law<br />

ROGER ALLEN WADSWORTH<br />

Roger Heller Attorney at Law<br />

ROGER D. HELLER<br />

Roger S. Kramer Attorney at Law<br />

ROGER S. KRAMER<br />

Roger W. Van Deusen Attorney at Law<br />

ROGER W. VAN DEUSEN<br />

Rolf Goffman Martin Lang LLP<br />

IRA S. GOFFMAN<br />

Ross, Brittain & Schonberg Co., L.P.A.<br />

ALAN G. ROSS<br />

Rotatori Bender, Co., L.P.A.<br />

J. TIMOTHY BENDER, J. SCOTT<br />

BROOME<br />

Rubin Guttman & Associates, LPA<br />

RUBIN GUTTMAN<br />

Russell Smith Attorney at Law<br />

RUSSELL SMITH<br />

Rutter & Russin<br />

ROBERT P. RUTTER<br />

S. Samuel Nukes<br />

S. SAMUEL NUKES<br />

Samuel Raymond Knezevic Attorney at<br />

Law<br />

SAMUEL RAYMOND KNEZEVIC<br />

Santo T. Incorvaia Attorney at Law<br />

SANTO T. INCORVAIA<br />

Schmidt Legal Group, LPA<br />

DAVID G. SCHMIDT<br />

Schneider, Smeltz, Ranney & LaFond<br />

P.L.L.<br />

CHARLES F. ADLER, JAMES P. FARMER,<br />

THOMAS I. HAUSMAN, PHILLIP A.<br />

RANNEY, JAMES D. VAIL<br />

Schwarzwald McNair & Fusco LLP<br />

EBEN ORLANDO MCNAIR, MELVIN S.<br />

SCHWARZWALD<br />

Seaman Garson LLC<br />

STUART I. GARSON<br />

Seeley, Savidge, Ebert & Gourash Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

DANIEL F. GOURASH<br />

Shapero & Green, LLC<br />

MICHAEL I. SHAPERO<br />

Shapero & Roloff Co., L.P.A.<br />

NEAL E. SHAPERO<br />

Shapiro, Shapiro, Shapiro<br />

ALAN JAY SHAPIRO<br />

Sharon & Kalnoki LLC<br />

MICHAEL H. SHARON<br />

Sheehan & Sheehan<br />

JOHN J. SHEEHAN<br />

Sheldon G. Steiger<br />

SHELDON GERALD STEIGER<br />

Short & Shepherd<br />

DALE W. SHORT<br />

Sicuro & Simon An Association of<br />

Attorneys<br />

WILLIAM GEORGE SIMON<br />

Siegel Jennings Co., L.P.A.<br />

FRED SIEGEL<br />

Singerman, Mills, Desberg & Kauntz Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

PAUL J. SINGERMAN<br />

Sivinski and Smith, LLC<br />

JOHN A. SIVINSKI<br />

Skikos Crawford Skikos & Joseph<br />

JANE E. JOSEPH<br />

Skirbunt, Skirbunt & Wirtz LLC.<br />

JAMES RICHARD SKIRBUNT<br />

Smith & Hultsin LLC<br />

BARBARA J. SMITH<br />

Smith and Condeni, LLP<br />

JOSEPH ANTHONY CONDENI<br />

Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber LLP<br />

PETER J. BRODHEAD, WILLIAM HAWAL,<br />

DENNIS ROBERT LANSDOWNE<br />

Spieth, Bell, McCurdy & Newell Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

JAMES R. BRIGHT, J. DONALD CAIRNS,<br />

M. ELIZABETH MONIHAN, FREDERICK I.<br />

TAFT, J. TALBOT YOUNG<br />

Squire Patton Boggs<br />

STACY D. BALLIN, GEOFFREY K.<br />

BARNES, DANIEL G. BERICK, CAROLYN<br />

J. BULLER, VAN CARSON, ANTHONY<br />

CIPITI, TIMOTHY J. COSGROVE, CAROL<br />

F. DAKIN, ALAN S. DORIS, ROBERT J.<br />

EIDNIER, STEVEN A. FRIEDMAN, D.<br />

BRUCE GABRIEL, DAVID S. GOODMAN,<br />

ROBERT D. LABES, JOHN S. LARSON,<br />

DAMOND R. MACE, JAMES J.<br />

MAIWURM, MICHAEL G. MEISSNER, G.<br />

CHRISTOPHER MEYER, KENNETH C.<br />

MOORE, JAMES P. MURPHY, FREDERICK<br />

R. NANCE, JAMES P. OLIVER, TIMOTHY<br />

J. SHEERAN, JOHN F. SHELLEY, R.<br />

THOMAS STANTON, MARTHA S.<br />

SULLIVAN, DYNDA A. THOMAS, JAMES<br />

D. THOMAS, GREGORY J. VIVIANI,<br />

ROBIN GEOFFREY WEAVER, JOSEPH C.<br />

WEINSTEIN<br />

Stanley Green Attorney at Law<br />

STANLEY GREEN<br />

Steiner & Stern Co., L.P.A.<br />

HOWARD S. STERN<br />

Stephen Lee Buescher Attorney at Law<br />

STEPHEN LEE BUESCHER<br />

Stephen Thomas Parisi Attorney at Law<br />

STEPHEN THOMAS PARISI<br />

Steven H. Coven Attorney at Law<br />

STEVEN H. COVEN<br />

Steven M. Goldberg, Co., L.P.A.<br />

STEVEN MARK GOLDBERG<br />

Stumphauzer, O’Toole, McLaughlin,<br />

McGlamery & Loughman Co., LPA<br />

ABRAHAM LIEBERMAN, MICHAEL<br />

JOSEPH LOUGHMAN<br />

Susan Sara Locke Attorney at Law<br />

SUSAN SARA LOCKE<br />

Sutter O’Connell Co.<br />

LAWRENCE A. SUTTER<br />

Svetlana Schreiber & Associates, Co.<br />

LPA.<br />

SVETLANA SCHREIBER<br />

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP<br />

KEVIN D. BARNES, MICHAEL H.<br />

DIAMANT, STEPHEN H. JETT, JOEL A.<br />

MAKEE, CARL A. MURWAY, RICHARD S.<br />

RIVITZ, DAVID R. TAVOLIER, DAVID H.<br />

WALLACE<br />

Thacker Martinsek LPA<br />

DIANE E. CITRINO<br />

The Czack Law Firm, LLC<br />

MICHAEL WILLIAM CZACK<br />

The DiCello Firm<br />

ROBERT J. DICELLO<br />

The Dickson Firm, L.L.C.<br />

ELLEN HOBBS HIRSHMAN<br />

The Gertsburg Law Firm Co., L.P.A.<br />

ALEX GERTSBURG<br />

The Law Office of Mark Gardner<br />

MARK GARDNER<br />

The Linton Keefe Law Firm Co., LPA<br />

STEPHEN T. KEEFE, ROBERT F. LINTON<br />

The Shanahan Law Firm, LLC<br />

J. KEARNEY SHANAHAN<br />

The Spike & Meckler Law Firm LLP<br />

STEPHEN GARY MECKLER<br />

Theodore J. Horvath Attorney at Law<br />

THEODORE J. HORVATH<br />

Thomas A. McCormack<br />

THOMAS ARTHUR MCCORMACK<br />

Thomas C. Wagner, LLC<br />

THOMAS CHARLES WAGNER<br />

Thomas D. Corrigan<br />

THOMAS D. CORRIGAN<br />

Thomas E. Wagner Attorney at Law<br />

THOMAS E. WAGNER<br />

Thomas J. Vozar Attorney at Law<br />

THOMAS J. VOZAR<br />

Thomas L. Colaluca Attorney at Law<br />

THOMAS L. COLALUCA<br />

Thomas P. O’Donnell Attorney at Law<br />

THOMAS P. O’DONNELL<br />

Thomas Repicky Co., L.P.A.<br />

THOMAS GERARD REPICKY<br />

Thompson Hine LLP<br />

JEFFREY R. APPELBAUM, RICHARD C.<br />

BINZLEY, THOMAS J. COLLIN, DIANNE<br />

S. COSCARELLI, TIMOTHY J.<br />

COUGHLIN, ANDREW L. FABENS,<br />

THOMAS L. FEHER, CHARLES L. FREED,<br />

HAROLD W. HENDERSON, LESLIE W.<br />

JACOBS, WILLIAM W. JACOBS,<br />

MATTHEW EDWARD LIEBSON, KENT L.<br />

MANN, CRAIG R. MARTAHUS, JAMES D.<br />

ROBENALT, PATRICK J. SACCOGNA,<br />

ROY L. TURNELL, ELIZABETH B.<br />

WRIGHT, THOMAS FRANCIS ZYCH<br />

Thorman Petrov Griffin Co., LPA<br />

MARK D. GRIFFIN<br />

Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan A Legal<br />

Professional Association<br />

MARY JANE TRAPP<br />

Tucker Ellis, LLP<br />

HENRY E. BILLINGSLEY, HARRY D.<br />

CORNETT, RICHARD A. DEAN, JOHN<br />

THOMAS DOHENY, BRIAN W.<br />

FITZSIMONS, JEFFREY ALDEN HEALY,<br />

PETER A. IGEL, IRENE C. KEYSE-<br />

WALKER, EUGENE M. KILLEEN, MARTIN<br />

HARRY LEWIS, IRENE M.<br />

MACDOUGALL, MICHELLE POWE<br />

MARVINNEY, JOSEPH JOHN<br />

MORFORD, MATTHEW PATRICK<br />

MORIARTY, KEITH H. RAKER, HUGH M.<br />

STANLEY, CARTER E. STRANG, ROBERT<br />

C. TUCKER, VICTORIA LYNNE VANCE,<br />

JEFFRY L. WEILER<br />

Ulmer & Berne LLP<br />

JEFFREY ALAN BADDELEY, TIMOTHY J.<br />

DOWNING, ROBERT A. FEIN, JOHN C.<br />

GOHEEN, FRANCES FLORIANO GOINS,<br />

JAMES A. GOLDSMITH, HOWARD<br />

MICHAEL GROEDEL, RICHARD G.<br />

HARDY, MARY FORBES LOVETT, BRUCE<br />

P. MANDEL, CHRISTOPHER C.<br />

MCCRACKEN, CRAIG S. MILLER, PETER<br />

A. ROME, ALAN WESLEY SCHEUFLER,<br />

RONALD C. STANSBURY, RICHARD D.<br />

SWEEBE, MICHAEL S. TUCKER<br />

Vanik & Butscher, LLP<br />

THOMAS C. VANIK<br />

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP<br />

F. DANIEL BALMERT, J. BRET TREIER,<br />

THOMAS R. TROTTER<br />

Wachter Kurant, LLC<br />

MARC W. FREIMUTH<br />

Waldheger Coyne A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

RONALD J. WALDHEGER<br />

Walter | Haverfield LLP<br />

MARC J. BLOCH<br />

PETRA J. BRADBURY<br />

MARGARET ANNE CANNON<br />

RALPH E. CASCARILLA<br />

DARRELL A. CLAY<br />

JAMES P. CONROY<br />

MICHAEL A. CYPHERT<br />

CARL J. DYCZEK<br />

SARA J. FAGNILLI<br />

CHRISTOPHER L. GIBBON<br />

JOHN H. GIBBON<br />

JONATHAN D. GREENBERG<br />

WILLIAM R. HANNA<br />

ROBERT S. HORBALY<br />

R. TODD HUNT<br />

JAMES M. MACKEY<br />

CRAIG A. MARVINNEY<br />

CHARLES T. RIEHL<br />

JENNIFER A. SAVAGE<br />

CHARLES R. SCHAEFER<br />

JOHN E. SCHILLER<br />

THOMAS C. SCHRADER<br />

RUSSELL C. SHAW<br />

ARTHUR P. STEINMETZ<br />

JOHN W. WALDECK<br />

PATRICIA F. WEISBERG<br />

GARY A. ZWICK<br />

216.781.1212 | Page 2<br />

Walter A. Rodgers Attorney at Law<br />

WALTER A. RODGERS<br />

Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg A Legal<br />

Professional Association<br />

CHRISTOPHER ANDREW CORPUS,<br />

JOHN DAVID KEDZIOR, ANGELA MARIE<br />

LAVIN<br />

Weisman, Kennedy & Berris Co., L.P.A.<br />

RICHARD J. BERRIS, MITCHELL A.<br />

WEISMAN<br />

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.<br />

ALAN H. WEINBERG<br />

Weston Hurd LLP<br />

JASON C. BLACKFORD, CAROLYN M.<br />

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CAPPEL, JEFFREY D. FINCUN, JERROLD<br />

L. GOLDSTEIN, DEIRDRE G. HENRY,<br />

EUGENE (GENE) A. KRATUS, ROBERT A.<br />

POKLAR, RONALD A. RISPO, DANA A.<br />

ROSE, HILARY S. TAYLOR<br />

Whipple Law, L.L.C.<br />

DOUGLAS PAUL WHIPPLE<br />

Wickens, Herzer, Panza, Cook & Batista<br />

Co.<br />

DANIEL P. BATISTA, CHRISTINE C.<br />

COVEY, ROBERT P. ELLIS, DAVID L.<br />

HERZER, RICHARD ALLEN NAEGELE,<br />

WILLIAM P. PRESCOTT<br />

Wiles and Richards<br />

JOHN W. WILES<br />

William D. Buss II<br />

WILLIAM DWIGHT BUSS<br />

William E. Armstrong Attorney at Law<br />

WILLIAM E. ARMSTRONG<br />

William J. Lucas Co., LPA<br />

WILLIAM JOHN LUCAS<br />

William L. Danko Attorney at Law<br />

WILLIAM L. DANKO<br />

William Lawrence Summers Attorney at<br />

Law<br />

WILLIAM LAWRENCE SUMMERS<br />

William M. Kraus Attorney at Law<br />

WILLIAM M. KRAUS<br />

William Michael Hanna Attorney at Law<br />

WILLIAM MICHAEL HANNA<br />

William R. Strachan Attorney at Law<br />

WILLIAM R. STRACHAN<br />

William S. Leizman<br />

WILLIAM S. LEIZMAN<br />

William T. Monroe Attorney at Law<br />

WILLIAM T. MONROE<br />

William T. Plesec Attorney at Law<br />

WILLIAM T. PLESEC<br />

William W. Thompson Attorney at Law<br />

WILLIAM W. THOMPSON<br />

Wilton S. Sogg Attorney at Law<br />

WILTON S. SOGG<br />

Wincek & DeRosa Co., L.P.A.<br />

JOSEPH C. DEROSA<br />

Young Sucher PLL<br />

DANIEL M. SUCHER, CHARLES M.<br />

YOUNG<br />

Ziegler Metzger LLP<br />

STEPHEN M. BALES, KIRK W. ROESSLER<br />

Zimon LLC<br />

JEFFREY D. ZIMON<br />

Zukerman, Daiker & Lear, Co., L.P.A.<br />

PAUL BRYAN DAIKER<br />

GOVERNMENT LAW<br />

Amer Cunningham Co., L.P.A.<br />

JACK MORRISON<br />

Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff<br />

LLP<br />

JAMES M. FRIEDMAN<br />

Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP<br />

ROBERT P. RINK<br />

Charles K. Webster Attorney at Law<br />

CHARLES K. WEBSTER<br />

Climaco, Wilcox, Peca, Tarantino &<br />

Garofoli Co., L.P.A.<br />

DENNIS R. WILCOX<br />

Dobbins & Associates<br />

RICHARD E. DOBBINS<br />

Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo<br />

Co., L.P.A.<br />

HENRY B. FISCHER<br />

Edward J. Fink Attorney at Law<br />

EDWARD J. FINK<br />

Edward J. Riegler Attorney at Law<br />

EDWARD J. RIEGLER<br />

Gallagher Sharp<br />

JOHN TRAVIS<br />

Harold C. Reeder<br />

HAROLD C. REEDER<br />

Ivan L. Otto Attorney at Law<br />

IVAN L. OTTO<br />

Joseph W. Diemert, Jr. & Associates Co.,<br />

LPA<br />

DIANE A. CALTA, JOSEPH W. DIEMERT,<br />

THOMAS M. HANCULAK<br />

Kolick & Kondzer<br />

DANIEL J. KOLICK<br />

Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

ANTHONY J. COYNE<br />

Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., L.P.A.<br />

JOHN T. MCLANDRICH, TODD M.<br />

RASKIN<br />

Michael A. Johnson Attorney at Law<br />

MICHAEL A. JOHNSON<br />

Murman & Associates<br />

MICHAEL E. MURMAN<br />

Neal M. Jamison Co. LPA<br />

NEAL M. JAMISON<br />

Reddy, Grau & Meek<br />

STEPHEN MICHAEL KLONOWSKI<br />

Robert N. Rains<br />

ROBERT N. RAINS<br />

Santo T. Incorvaia Attorney at Law<br />

SANTO T. INCORVAIA<br />

Sara J. Fagnill<br />

SARA J. FAGNILLI<br />

Sawyer, LLC<br />

RAYMOND TERRY SAWYER<br />

Seeley, Savidge, Ebert & Gourash Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

ANDREW D. BEMER, GARY A. EBERT<br />

Smith Marshall, LLP<br />

R. ERIC SMEARMAN, PHILIP J. WEAVER<br />

Squire Patton Boggs<br />

DAVID S. GOODMAN<br />

Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan A Legal<br />

Professional Association<br />

DALE H. MARKOWITZ<br />

Tucker Ellis, LLP<br />

MICHAEL LOUIS CLIMACO<br />

Walter Haverfield LLP<br />

MARGARET ANNE CANNON, JOHN H.<br />

GIBBON, JONATHAN D. GREENBERG,<br />

CHARLES T. RIEHL<br />

Weston Hurd LLP<br />

JACK S. KLUZNIK, WARREN ROSMAN,<br />

HILARY S. TAYLOR<br />

HEALTH CARE LAW<br />

Baker & Hostetler LLP<br />

CHRISTOPHER J. SWIFT<br />

Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff<br />

LLP<br />

GREGORY G. BINFORD, ALAN E.<br />

SCHABES<br />

Bernard J Smith Attorney at Law<br />

BERNARD J SMITH<br />

Beverly A. Sandacz Attorney at Law<br />

BEVERLY A. SANDACZ<br />

Bonezzi Switzer Murphy Polito & Hupp<br />

Co. L.P.A.<br />

JOHN SULLIVAN POLITO, JEFFREY<br />

WILLIAM VAN WAGNER<br />

Brennan, Manna & Diamond, LLC<br />

JOHN N. CHILDS, JACK T. DIAMOND,<br />

SCOTT P. SANDROCK<br />

Bricker & Eckler LLP<br />

THOMAS J. ONUSKO<br />

Brouse McDowell A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

THEODORE D. WARD<br />

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC<br />

JOHN F. BODIE<br />

Buckley King A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

THEODORE M. DUNN, WOODS KING,<br />

ROSEMARY SWEENEY<br />

Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP<br />

JOHN ROBERT CERNELICH, JOHN<br />

JOSEPH EKLUND, JAMES M.<br />

LAWNICZAK<br />

Charles D. Weller Attorney at Law<br />

CHARLES DAVID WELLER<br />

Chester L. Sumpter & Associates, LLC<br />

CHESTER L. SUMPTER<br />

Dale H. Cowan<br />

DALE H. COWAN<br />

Douglas K. Fifner Co., L.P.A.<br />

DOUGLAS K. FIFNER<br />

F. Thomas Vickers Attorney at Law<br />

F. THOMAS VICKERS<br />

Francis X. Gardner Attorney at Law<br />

FRANCIS X. GARDNER<br />

Frantz Ward LLP<br />

STEPHEN F. GLADSTONE<br />

Greg J. Callaghan Attorney at Law<br />

GREG J. CALLAGHAN<br />

John R. Irwin, M.D., Co., L.P.A.<br />

JOHN R. IRWIN<br />

Jones Day<br />

STEPHEN G. SOZIO<br />

Karen A. McKeogh Attorney at Law<br />

KAREN A. MCKEOGH<br />

Littler Mendelson P.C.<br />

CRAIG M. BROWN, ANDREW C. MEYER<br />

McDonald Hopkins LLC<br />

RICHARD S. COOPER, JOHN T.<br />

MULLIGAN, DALE R. VLASEK<br />

Michael J. Jordan Attorney at Law<br />

MICHAEL J. JORDAN<br />

Norchi Forbes LLC<br />

KEVIN MICHAEL NORCHI<br />

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP<br />

ALAN D. WRIGHT<br />

Reminger Co., L.P.A.<br />

MARC W. GROEDEL, WILLIAM A.<br />

MEADOWS<br />

Richard C. Alkire Co., L.P.A.<br />

RICHARD C. ALKIRE, DEAN C. NIEDING<br />

Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

BRIAN E. DICKERSON, JOSEPH<br />

EDWARD HERBERT<br />

Rolf Goffman Martin Lang LLP<br />

IRA S. GOFFMAN, CAROL ROLF<br />

Ruth Anna Carlson Attorney at Law<br />

RUTH ANNA CARLSON<br />

Salsbury & Salsbury, LPA<br />

SCOTT E. SALSBURY<br />

Smith & Hultsin LLC<br />

BARBARA J. SMITH<br />

The Becker Law Firm<br />

JOHN T. BULLOCH, PATRICIA ROSE<br />

CUTHBERTSON<br />

Thompson Hine LLP<br />

CHARLES L. FREED, DEBORAH Z. READ,<br />

LINDA A. STRIEFSKY<br />

Tucker Ellis, LLP<br />

PETER A. IGEL, EUGENE M. KILLEEN,<br />

RAYMOND J. MARVAR, VICTORIA<br />

LYNNE VANCE<br />

Ulmer & Berne LLP<br />

ISAAC SCHULZ, PATRICIA A. SHLONSKY<br />

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP<br />

ANTHONY J. O’MALLEY<br />

Waldheger Coyne A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

WALTER F. EHRNFELT, RONALD J.<br />

WALDHEGER<br />

Walter | Haverfield LLP<br />

MARC J. BLOCH<br />

PETRA J. BRADBURY<br />

MARGARET ANNE CANNON<br />

RALPH E. CASCARILLA<br />

DARRELL A. CLAY<br />

JAMES P. CONROY<br />

MICHAEL A. CYPHERT<br />

CARL J. DYCZEK<br />

SARA J. FAGNILLI<br />

CHRISTOPHER L. GIBBON<br />

JOHN H. GIBBON<br />

JONATHAN D. GREENBERG<br />

WILLIAM R. HANNA<br />

ROBERT S. HORBALY<br />

R. TODD HUNT<br />

JAMES M. MACKEY<br />

CRAIG A. MARVINNEY<br />

CHARLES T. RIEHL<br />

JENNIFER A. SAVAGE<br />

CHARLES R. SCHAEFER<br />

JOHN E. SCHILLER<br />

THOMAS C. SCHRADER<br />

RUSSELL C. SHAW<br />

ARTHUR P. STEINMETZ<br />

JOHN W. WALDECK<br />

PATRICIA F. WEISBERG<br />

GARY A. ZWICK<br />

216.781.1212 | Page 2<br />

Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg A Legal<br />

Professional Association<br />

PATRICK JOHN QUALLICH<br />

William George West Attorney at Law<br />

WILLIAM GEORGE WEST<br />

HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION<br />

Kaman & Cusimano, LLC<br />

DAVID W. KAMAN<br />

IMMIGRATION LAW<br />

David Wolfe Leopold & Associates Co.,<br />

LPA<br />

DAVID WOLFE LEOPOLD<br />

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP<br />

W. ERIC BAISDEN<br />

Herman Legal Group, LLC<br />

RICHARD T. HERMAN<br />

Law Offices of Farhad Sethna<br />

FARHAD BOMI SETHNA<br />

Margaret W. Wong & Assoc. Co., LPA<br />

MARGARET W. WONG<br />

Robert Brown LLC<br />

ROBERT L. BROWN<br />

216.861.4414 | Page 19<br />

Rosner, Ortman & Moss Partners, LLC<br />

WILLIAM R. ROSNER<br />

Sharon & Kalnoki LLC<br />

MICHAEL H. SHARON<br />

The Law Firm of Shihab & Associates,<br />

Co., LPA<br />

GUS M. SHIHAB<br />

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP<br />

BARTON A. BIXENSTINE<br />

INSURANCE LAW<br />

Andrew S Pollis Attorney at Law<br />

ANDREW S POLLIS<br />

Baker & Hostetler LLP<br />

CHARLES J. FRENCH<br />

Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff<br />

LLP<br />

THOMAS OWEN CRIST<br />

Berns, Ockner & Greenberger, LLC<br />

PAUL MICHAEL GREENBERGER<br />

Bonezzi Switzer Murphy Polito & Hupp<br />

Co. L.P.A.<br />

PATRICK J. MURPHY, JOHN SULLIVAN<br />

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BRADFORD DAVID ZELASKO<br />

Brouse McDowell A Legal Professional<br />

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KEVEN DRUMMOND EIBER, AMANDA<br />

M. LEFFLER, PAUL A. ROSE<br />

Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP<br />

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TIMOTHY D. JOHNSON, GREGORY E.<br />

O’BRIEN<br />

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CHARLES V. LONGO<br />

216.514.1919 | Page 10<br />

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JAMES A. SENNETT<br />

David E. Cruikshank<br />

DAVID E. CRUIKSHANK<br />

Davis & Young<br />

DAVID J. FAGNILLI, C. RICHARD<br />

MCDONALD, MARTIN J. MURPHY, ANN<br />

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MICHAEL M. DJORDJEVIC<br />

Dubyak, Connick, Sammon, Thompson &<br />

Bloom, LLC<br />

THOMAS J. CONNICK<br />

Frantz Ward LLP<br />

BRETT K. BACON<br />

Gallagher Sharp<br />

ALAN M. PETROV, RICHARD C.O. REZIE,<br />

JAY CLINTON RICE<br />

Hanna, Campbell & Powell, LLP<br />

DAVID JAY HANNA<br />

Henretta Law Offices<br />

J. THOMAS HENRETTA<br />

Hermann, Cahn & Schneider, LLP<br />

HUGH D. BERKSON, CHARLES<br />

KAMPINSKI<br />

James L. Deese<br />

JAMES LAWRENCE DEESE<br />

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JAMES L. GLOWACKI<br />

Janik L.L.P.<br />

STEVEN G. JANIK<br />

440.838.7600 | Page 19<br />

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JOHN L. CULLEN<br />

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JUSTIN MADDEN<br />

216.215.7445 | Page 11<br />

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WARREN S. GEORGE<br />

Kerry S. Volsky Attorney at Law<br />

KERRY S. VOLSKY<br />

Klein & Carney Co., L.P.A.<br />

LARRY S. KLEIN<br />

Koehler Neal LLC<br />

TIMOTHY JOHN FITZGERALD<br />

Koeth, Rice & Leo Co., L.P.A.<br />

CLARK D. RICE<br />

Kolick, Georgeadis & Ernewein<br />

DAVID KOLICK<br />

Law Offices of Steven K. Kelley<br />

STEVEN KRIS KELLEY<br />

Lazzaro Law Offices, LLC<br />

LYNN ALBERT LAZZARO<br />

Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

JULIUS R. GERLACK, SAMUEL R.<br />

MARTILLOTTA, TIMOTHY T. REID<br />

Mary A. Lentz, Co., L.P.A.<br />

MARY ELIZABETH LENTZ<br />

Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., L.P.A.<br />

JAMES A. CLIMER, JEFFREY T. KAY,<br />

JOHN T. MCLANDRICH, TODD M.<br />

RASKIN<br />

McDonough Sfiscko & Co.<br />

JOHANNA M. SFISCKO<br />

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L.P.A.<br />

ROBERT D. ARCHIBALD, JOHN C.<br />

CUBAR, FREDRIC E. KRAMER, MARILYN<br />

J. SINGER, BRIAN T. WINCHESTER<br />

Michael E. Stinn<br />

MICHAEL E. STINN<br />

Oldham Kramer<br />

MATTHEW W. OBY<br />

Osborne DeLaurentis Sontich & Rafidi<br />

Co. L.P.A.<br />

JOSEPH P. SONTICH<br />

Paul W. Flowers Co., L.P.A.<br />

PAUL WILLIAM FLOWERS<br />

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BRUCE S. RUTSKY<br />

Reminger Co., L.P.A.<br />

DONNA CHERYL ATWELL, JOHN A.<br />

NEVILLE, JOHN R. SCOTT<br />

Richard A. Vadnal Co., L.P.A.<br />

RICHARD ANTHONY VADNAL<br />

Roderick Linton Belfance, LLP<br />

JOHN J. LYNETT, KURT ROBERT<br />

WEITENDORF<br />

Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

BRADLEY LEWIS SNYDER<br />

Rutter & Russin<br />

ROBERT P. RUTTER<br />

Scott E. Stewart Attorney at Law<br />

SCOTT E. STEWART<br />

Seeley, Savidge, Ebert & Gourash Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

ROBERT D. ANDERLE, DANIEL F.<br />

GOURASH<br />

Smith Marshall, LLP<br />

R. ERIC SMEARMAN, PHILIP J. WEAVER<br />

Squire Patton Boggs<br />

JAMES P. OLIVER<br />

Sutter O’Connell Co.<br />

MATTHEW C. O’CONNELL<br />

Terrence J. Kenneally & Associates<br />

TERRENCE JAMES KENNEALLY<br />

Thacker Martinsek LPA<br />

AMANDA MARTINSEK<br />

Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan A Legal<br />

Professional Association<br />

BRANDON D. R. DYNES<br />

Tucker Ellis, LLP<br />

ED E. DUNCAN, RAYMOND J. MARVAR,<br />

MARK F. MCCARTHY<br />

Ulmer & Berne LLP<br />

MARVIN L. KARP, JAMES N. KLINE,<br />

DAVID L. LESTER, LAWRENCE D.<br />

POLLACK, HAROLD H. READER<br />

Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg A Legal<br />

Professional Association<br />

RICHARD T. COYNE, PATRICK JOHN<br />

QUALLICH<br />

Wiles and Richards<br />

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Williams, Moliterno & Scully Co., L.P.A.<br />

ROGER H. WILLIAMS<br />

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY<br />

Baker & Hostetler LLP<br />

LOUIS A. COLOMBO, MICHAEL K.<br />

FARRELL, DAVID L. MARBURGER,<br />

THOMAS HARRY SHUNK, DEBORAH A.<br />

WILCOX<br />

Brouse McDowell A Legal Professional<br />

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HEATHER M. BARNES<br />

Bruce H. Wilson<br />

BRUCE H. WILSON<br />

Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal, LLC<br />

E. JOHN BRZYTWA<br />

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DAVID L. DRECHSLER, FREDERICK M.<br />

LOMBARDI<br />

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JOHN S. CIPOLLA, TRACY SCOTT<br />

JOHNSON, CHARLES B. LYON, DANIEL<br />

J. MCMULLEN, JOHN T. WIEDEMANN<br />

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Davis & Young<br />

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PATRICK R. ROCHE<br />

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ROSE, LOUIS F. WAGNER, MARK ALAN<br />

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H. ALAN ROTHENBUECHER<br />

James A. Hudak<br />

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Jones Day<br />

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MATTHEW SCOTT<br />

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PETER TURNER<br />

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DAVID B. DEIOMA, CHARLES B.<br />

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M. MOORE, JOHN P. MURTAUGH,<br />

THOMAS P. SCHILLER, RICHARD A.<br />

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JEFFREY J. SOPKO<br />

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HUGH E. MCKAY<br />

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RANDOLPH E. DIGGES<br />

Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor &<br />

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EDWARD G. GREIVE, PHILLIP L.<br />

KENNER, RAY L. WEBER<br />

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ARMAND P. BOISSELLE, DON W.<br />

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SKLAR<br />

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ROBERT CONLEY KAHRL<br />

Robert V. Vickers Attorney at Law<br />

ROBERT V. VICKERS<br />

Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

BRIAN E. DICKERSON, RICHARD<br />

STEVEN MITCHELL, GEORGE W.<br />

ROONEY<br />

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP<br />

MICHAEL H. DIAMANT, STEPHEN H.<br />

JETT<br />

Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino, L.L.P.<br />

CALVIN G. COVELL, GEORGE L.<br />

PINCHAK<br />

Thompson Hine LLP<br />

ROBERT F. WARE<br />

Tucker Ellis, LLP<br />

HARRY D. CORNETT, JOHN X. GARRED,<br />

ROBERT J. HANNA<br />

Ulmer & Berne LLP<br />

JOSEPH ANDREW CASTRODALE,<br />

ROBERT E. CHUDAKOFF<br />

Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg A Legal<br />

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BRUCE E. PEACOCK<br />

INTERNET LAW<br />

Brouse McDowell A Legal Professional<br />

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HEATHER M. BARNES<br />

John M. Skeriotis Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN M. SKERIOTIS<br />

Zukerman, Daiker & Lear, Co., L.P.A.<br />

LARRY WILLIAM ZUKERMAN<br />

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AVERY S. FRIEDMAN<br />

Baker & Hostetler LLP<br />

ELLIOT S. AZOFF, RICHARD H.<br />

BAMBERGER, DIANE P. CHAPMAN,<br />

JOSE’ CELSO FELICIANO, CHARLES J.<br />

FRENCH, JOHN B. LEWIS, GREGORY V.<br />

MERSOL, THOMAS M. SEGER<br />

Battle & Miller P.L.L.<br />

COLLEEN P. BATTLE<br />

Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff<br />

LLP<br />

MAYNARD A. BUCK, JOSEPH N. GROSS,<br />

PATRICK O’KEEFE PETERS<br />

Berkman, Gordon, Murray & DeVan<br />

LORRAINE R. BAUMGARDNER<br />

Brennan, Manna & Diamond, LLC<br />

JOHN N. CHILDS<br />

Britton Smith Peters & Kalail Co., L.P.A.<br />

JOHN E. BRITTON, SCOTT C. PETERS,<br />

DAVID KANE SMITH<br />

Brouse McDowell A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

STEPHEN P. BOND, CHRISTOPHER J.<br />

CARNEY, AMANDA M. LEFFLER,<br />

THOMAS J. WIENCEK<br />

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC<br />

CATHY C. GODSHALL<br />

Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP<br />

JOHN ROBERT CERNELICH, RICHARD P.<br />

GODDARD, DONALD E. LAMPERT,<br />

WILLIAM L. S. ROSS<br />

Cathryn R. Ensign, LLC<br />

CATHRYN R. ENSIGN<br />

Cavitch, Familo & Durkin Co., LPA<br />

THOMAS M. CAWLEY, MICHAEL C.<br />

COHAN, DOUGLAS A. DIPALMA<br />

Coakley Lammert Co. LPA<br />

CYNTHIA A. LAMMERT<br />

David W. Goldense<br />

DAVID W. GOLDENSE<br />

David W. Neel, LLC<br />

DAVID W. NEEL<br />

Denise J. Knecht Attorney at Law<br />

DENISE J. KNECHT<br />

Dinn, Hochman & Potter, LLC<br />

STEVEN B. POTTER<br />

Douglas S. Musick Attorney at Law<br />

DOUGLAS STEWART MUSICK<br />

Dubyak, Connick, Sammon, Thompson &<br />

Bloom, LLC<br />

JAMES P. SAMMON<br />

Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A.<br />

PATRICK J. PEROTTI, JONATHAN<br />

TERRENCE STENDER<br />

Elfvin & Besser<br />

BARBARA KAYE BESSER<br />

Ellen Marie Brooks Attorney at Law<br />

ELLEN MARIE BROOKS<br />

Faulkner, Hoffman & Phillips, LLC<br />

ROBERT M. PHILLIPS<br />

Fisher & Phillips LLP<br />

WILLIAM E. BLACKIE, ROBERT E.<br />

DEZORT, VICTOR T. GERACI, JAMES D.<br />

KUREK, RICHARD A. MILLISOR, STEVEN<br />

M. NOBIL, DAVID E. SCHREINER,<br />

MARIBETH G. WUERTZ<br />

Fortney & Klingshirn<br />

MICHAEL L. FORTNEY, NEIL E.<br />

KLINGSHIRN<br />

Frantz Ward LLP<br />

KELLEY J. BARNETT, T. MERRITT<br />

BUMPASS, MICHAEL N. CHESNEY,<br />

MICHAEL J. FRANTZ, CARL H. GLUEK,<br />

JOEL R. HLAVATY, DANIEL A. WARD<br />

Gallagher Sharp<br />

THOMAS J. CABRAL, ROBERT H. EDDY<br />

Gary A. Benjamin Attorney at Law<br />

GARY A. BENJAMIN<br />

Gary C. Johnson & Associates, LLC<br />

GARY C. JOHNSON<br />

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GEORGE W. PALDA<br />

Giffen & Kaminski, LLC<br />

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Goldstein Gragel LLC<br />

JOYCE GOLDSTEIN, SUSAN L. GRAGEL<br />

Gorman, Malarcik, Pierce, Vuillemin &<br />

LoCascio<br />

LAWRENCE W. VUILLEMIN<br />

Grady & Associates<br />

FRANCIS X. GRADY<br />

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP<br />

W. ERIC BAISDEN<br />

Harold A. Ross Attorney at Law<br />

HAROLD A. ROSS<br />

Hart Smith Law Office<br />

KATHERINE C. HART SMITH<br />

Herman Legal Group, LLC<br />

RICHARD T. HERMAN<br />

Hugh D. Brown Attorney at Law<br />

HUGH D. BROWN<br />

Jackson Lewis P.C.<br />

JEFFREY B. KEIPER, JAMES M. STONE,<br />

VINCENT J. TERSIGNI<br />

Jeffrey A. Belkin Attorney at Law<br />

JEFFREY A. BELKIN<br />

John F. Lewis Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN F. LEWIS<br />

John H.M. Fenix<br />

JOHN H.M. FENIX<br />

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Jon C. Flinker Attorney at Law<br />

JON C. FLINKER<br />

Jonathan Earl Rosenbaum Attorney at<br />

Law<br />

JONATHAN EARL ROSENBAUM<br />

Jones Day<br />

GEOFFREY J. RITTS, ROBERT S.<br />

WALKER, STANLEY WEINER<br />

Joseph W. Diemert, Jr. & Associates Co.,<br />

LPA<br />

THOMAS M. HANCULAK<br />

Kastner Westman & Wilkins, LLC<br />

JOHN W. MCKENZIE, KEITH L. PRYATEL,<br />

JAMES P. WILKINS<br />

Koehler Neal LLC<br />

JOHN N. NEAL<br />

Koeth, Rice & Leo Co., L.P.A.<br />

CLARK D. RICE<br />

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz PLL<br />

ROBERT S. GILMORE, ALAN M. RAUSS<br />

Kovach & Farling Co., LPA<br />

HAROLD E. FARLING<br />

Law Office of Arthur A. Kola<br />

ARTHUR A. KOLA<br />

Law Office of Leonard F. Lybarger<br />

LEONARD F. LYBARGER<br />

Law Offices of Frank A. Chenette<br />

FRANK A. CHENETTE<br />

Littler Mendelson P.C.<br />

CRAIG M. BROWN, FRANK W. BUCK,<br />

SUE MARIE DOUGLAS, ROBERT P.<br />

DUVIN, LINDA HAUSERMAN HARROLD,<br />

LEE J. HUTTON, PATRICK HARLAN<br />

LEWIS, ANDREW C. MEYER, SUELLEN<br />

OSWALD, STEPHEN J. SFERRA,<br />

BRADLEY E. SHERMAN, NEAL B.<br />

WAINBLAT, MARK V. WEBBER, ROBERT<br />

M. WOLFF<br />

Lowe Eklund Wakefield & Mulvihill Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

MARK L. WAKEFIELD<br />

Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

JEFFREY M. EMBLETON, AMY L. KULLIK<br />

Marcia Hurt<br />

MARCIA HURT<br />

Margaret A. Kennedy Attorney at Law<br />

MARGARET A. KENNEDY<br />

Margolius, Margolius & Associates<br />

ANDREW L. MARGOLIUS<br />

Mark Immormino Co., L.P.A.<br />

MARK IMMORMINO<br />

Marvin J. Feldman<br />

MARVIN J. FELDMAN<br />

McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

ELLEN S. SIMON<br />

McCray, Muzilla, Smith & Meyers Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

THOMAS A. MUZILLA<br />

McDonald Hopkins LLC<br />

WILLIAM J. O’NEILL, DOUGLAS B.<br />

SCHNEE<br />

McGown & Markling Co., L.P.A.<br />

MATTHEW JOHN MARKLING<br />

Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis<br />

LESTER W. ARMSTRONG<br />

Michael A. Johnson Attorney at Law<br />

MICHAEL A. JOHNSON<br />

Michael Ernest Jackson Attorney at Law<br />

MICHAEL ERNEST JACKSON<br />

Mitchell B. Goldberg Esq. Attorney at<br />

Law<br />

MITCHELL B. GOLDBERG<br />

Muskovitz & Lemmerbrock, LLC<br />

SUSANNAH MUSKOVITZ<br />

Nicola, Gudbranson & Cooper, LLC<br />

MICHAEL J. BERTSCH, MATTHEW T.<br />

FITZSIMMONS<br />

Norchi Forbes LLC<br />

STEVEN JAY FORBES<br />

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak &<br />

Stewart, P.C.<br />

THOMAS H. BARNARD, WADE M.<br />

FRICKE, JOHN GERAK, BRUCE G.<br />

HEAREY, ROBERT C. PETRULIS, KURT J.<br />

SMIDANSKY<br />

Patrick A. D’Angelo LLC<br />

PATRICK A. D’ANGELO<br />

Paul J. Corrado Attorney at Law<br />

PAUL J. CORRADO<br />

Peter A. Vinocur Attorney at Law<br />

PETER A. VINOCUR<br />

Pierce Stronczer Law, LLC<br />

MICHELLE PIERCE STRONCZER<br />

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP<br />

MARGARET M. KOESEL, FRED J.<br />

POMPEANI<br />

Rademaker, Matty, McClelland & Greve<br />

THOMAS F. GREVE<br />

Reminger Co., L.P.A.<br />

RONALD ANTHONY FRESCO,<br />

NICHOLAS D. SATULLO<br />

Richard Clovers Hubbard Attorney at Law<br />

RICHARD CLOVERS HUBBARD<br />

Robert P. Sweeney Attorney at Law<br />

ROBERT P. SWEENEY<br />

Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

ARETTA K. BERNARD, DENISE MARIE<br />

HASBROOK, PAUL L. JACKSON,<br />

DOUGLAS MICHAEL KENNEDY<br />

Ross, Brittain & Schonberg Co., L.P.A.<br />

ALAN G. ROSS<br />

Salsbury & Salsbury, LPA<br />

SCOTT E. SALSBURY<br />

Sammon & Bolmeyer Co., L.P.A. A Legal<br />

Professional Corporation<br />

FRANK G. BOLMEYER<br />

Schwartz, Downey & Co., L.P.A.<br />

NIKI Z. SCHWARTZ<br />

Schwarzwald McNair & Fusco LLP<br />

DAVID M. FUSCO, EBEN ORLANDO<br />

MCNAIR, MELVIN S. SCHWARZWALD<br />

Seeley, Savidge, Ebert & Gourash Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

ROBERT D. ANDERLE, ANDREW D.<br />

BEMER, KEITH A. SAVIDGE<br />

Sindell and Sindell, LLP<br />

STEVEN A. SINDELL<br />

Squire Patton Boggs<br />

SUSAN C. HASTINGS, DAVID J.<br />

MILLSTONE, ELIZABETH M. SANBORN,<br />

TIMOTHY J. SHEERAN<br />

Stanley B. Wiener Attorney at Law<br />

STANLEY B. WIENER<br />

Suzanne M. Nigro<br />

SUZANNE M. NIGRO<br />

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP<br />

TIMOTHY L. ZIX<br />

The Bartman Law Office, LLC<br />

DOUGLAS V. BARTMAN<br />

The Bernard Law Firm<br />

DALE A. BERNARD<br />

Thomas Repicky Co., L.P.A.<br />

THOMAS GERARD REPICKY<br />

Thompson Hine LLP<br />

NANCY M. BARNES<br />

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CHRISTOPHER P. THORMAN<br />

Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan A Legal<br />

Professional Association<br />

TODD C. HICKS<br />

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L.P.A.<br />

TIMOTHY A. SHIMKO<br />

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MICHAEL C. BRINK, ROBERT J. HANNA,<br />

MICHAEL F. HARRIS<br />

Ulmer & Berne LLP<br />

TIMOTHY J. DOWNING, PAUL RUSSELL<br />

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RONALD C. STANSBURY, STEPHANIE<br />

DUTCHESS TRUDEAU, FREDERICK N.<br />

WIDEN<br />

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP<br />

F. DANIEL BALMERT, BARTON A.<br />

BIXENSTINE<br />

Voudris Law LLC<br />

STEPHAN ISAIAH VOUDRIS<br />

Waldheger Coyne A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

MICHAEL P. COYNE<br />

Walter | Haverfield LLP<br />

MARC J. BLOCH<br />

PETRA J. BRADBURY<br />

MARGARET ANNE CANNON<br />

RALPH E. CASCARILLA<br />

DARRELL A. CLAY<br />

JAMES P. CONROY<br />

MICHAEL A. CYPHERT<br />

CARL J. DYCZEK<br />

SARA J. FAGNILLI<br />

CHRISTOPHER L. GIBBON<br />

JOHN H. GIBBON<br />

JONATHAN D. GREENBERG<br />

WILLIAM R. HANNA<br />

ROBERT S. HORBALY<br />

R. TODD HUNT<br />

JAMES M. MACKEY<br />

CRAIG A. MARVINNEY<br />

CHARLES T. RIEHL<br />

JENNIFER A. SAVAGE<br />

CHARLES R. SCHAEFER<br />

JOHN E. SCHILLER<br />

THOMAS C. SCHRADER<br />

RUSSELL C. SHAW<br />

ARTHUR P. STEINMETZ<br />

JOHN W. WALDECK<br />

PATRICIA F. WEISBERG<br />

GARY A. ZWICK<br />

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Professional Association<br />

CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY HOLECEK,<br />

DAVID ROBERT KNOWLES, PATRICK<br />

JOHN QUALLICH<br />

Weston Hurd LLP<br />

DEIRDRE G. HENRY, DONALD N. JAFFE,<br />

GARY W. JOHNSON, JACK S. KLUZNIK,<br />

NANCY A. NOALL, WARREN ROSMAN,<br />

MICHAEL J. SPISAK, JOSEPH B.<br />

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Wickens, Herzer, Panza, Cook & Batista<br />

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CHRISTINE C. COVEY<br />

Willacy, LoPresti & Marcovy<br />

SALVATORE J. LOPRESTI<br />

William Michael Hanna Attorney at Law<br />

WILLIAM MICHAEL HANNA<br />

Zashin & Rich Co., L.P.A.<br />

JON M. DILENO<br />

Ziegler Metzger LLP<br />

STEPHEN BALES<br />

JOSEPH KAMPMAN<br />

PAUL S. KLUG<br />

ROBERT METZGER<br />

JOHN E. REDEKER<br />

KIRK ROESSLER<br />

RICHARD T. SPOTZ<br />

WILLIAM L. SPRING<br />

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Zimon LLC<br />

JEFFREY D. ZIMON, ESQ.<br />

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LEGAL MALPRACTICE LAW<br />

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MONICA A. SANSALONE<br />

Henretta Law Offices<br />

J. THOMAS HENRETTA<br />

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MARK O’NEILL<br />

Mary L. Cibella<br />

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RHONDA GAIL DAVIS<br />

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SCOTT E. STEWART<br />

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LOUIS A. COLOMBO, PAUL P. EYRE,<br />

MICHAEL K. FARRELL, ROBERT K.<br />

LEASE, MICHAEL J. MONTGOMERY,<br />

EDWARD G. PTASZEK, KEVIN G.<br />

ROBERTSON, THOMAS HARRY SHUNK,<br />

WILLIAM M. TOOMAJIAN, JEFFREY T.<br />

WILLIAMS<br />

Basil J. Musnuff<br />

BASIL J. MUSNUFF<br />

Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff<br />

LLP<br />

MAYNARD A. BUCK, JEREMY GILMAN,<br />

PATRICK O’KEEFE PETERS, MARK A.<br />

PHILLIPS<br />

Berkman, Gordon, Murray & DeVan<br />

J. MICHAEL MURRAY, STEVEN D.<br />

SHAFRON<br />

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Bonezzi Switzer Murphy Polito & Hupp<br />

Co. L.P.A.<br />

WILLIAM DAVID BONEZZI, JOHN<br />

SULLIVAN POLITO, JEFFREY WILLIAM<br />

VAN WAGNER<br />

Bradford David Zelasko Attorney at Law<br />

BRADFORD DAVID ZELASKO<br />

Brennan, Manna & Diamond, LLC<br />

ROBERT A. HAGER<br />

Bricker & Eckler LLP<br />

CHRISTOPHER M. ERNST<br />

Brouse McDowell A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

RICHARD T. CUNNINGHAM, JOSEPH T.<br />

DATTILO, JOHN C. FAIRWEATHER,<br />

SHARON A. LUARDE, SALLIE CONLEY<br />

LUX, CHARLES D. PRICE, PAUL A. ROSE,<br />

PATRICIA A. SCREEN, CHRISTOPHER F.<br />

SWING<br />

Brown, Amodio & Chandler, A Legal<br />

Professional Association<br />

DAVID N. BROWN<br />

Bruce H. Wilson<br />

BRUCE H. WILSON<br />

Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal, LLC<br />

E. JOHN BRZYTWA, HARRY T. QUICK<br />

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC<br />

JOHN F. BODIE, PETER T. CAHOON,<br />

DAVID L. DRECHSLER, JOHN F. HILL,<br />

PATRICK J. KEATING, MATTHEW H.<br />

MATHENEY, DALE A. NOWAK, JOHN L.<br />

REYES, DIRK E. RIEMENSCHNEIDER,<br />

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CLAY K. KELLER<br />

Jackson Lewis P.C.<br />

LISA M. DEFILIPPIS, JEFFREY B. KEIPER,<br />

JAMES M. STONE, VINCENT J.<br />

TERSIGNI<br />

James A. Marx Attorney at Law<br />

JAMES A. MARX<br />

James L. Deese<br />

JAMES LAWRENCE DEESE<br />

James L. Glowacki Attorney at Law<br />

JAMES L. GLOWACKI<br />

James Michael Drozdowski Attorney at<br />

Law<br />

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James R. Willis Attorney at Law<br />

JAMES R. WILLIS<br />

Janik L.L.P.<br />

STEVEN G. JANIK, THOMAS D.<br />

LAMBROS<br />

Jean M. McQuillan Attorney at Law<br />

JEAN M. MCQUILLAN<br />

Jerome & Associates<br />

JOSEPH B. JEROME<br />

Jerome F. Weiss<br />

JEROME F. WEISS<br />

John C. Pierson, Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN C. PIERSON<br />

John D. Ryan<br />

JOHN DOUGLAS RYAN<br />

John F. Norton Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN F. NORTON<br />

John Francis McCaffrey Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN FRANCIS MCCAFFREY<br />

John M. Dohner<br />

JOHN MICHAEL DOHNER<br />

John P. Malone, Jr.<br />

JOHN PATRICK MALONE<br />

John R. Irwin, M.D., Co., L.P.A.<br />

JOHN R. IRWIN<br />

John S. Chapman & Associates, LLC<br />

JOHN S. CHAPMAN<br />

John Walter Solomon Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN WALTER SOLOMON<br />

Jonathan Earl Rosenbaum Attorney at<br />

Law<br />

JONATHAN EARL ROSENBAUM<br />

Jones Day<br />

DAVID B. ALDEN, RICHARD J. BEDELL,<br />

MARK A. BELASIC, THEODORE M.<br />

GROSSMAN, STEPHEN J. KACZYNSKI,<br />

DAVID A. KUTIK, PATRICK F.<br />

MCCARTAN, DENNIS L. MURPHY, JOHN<br />

M. NEWMAN, GEOFFREY J. RITTS,<br />

JEFFERY D. UBERSAX, ROBERT S.<br />

WALKER, HUGH R. WHITING, JAMES R.<br />

WOOLEY<br />

Joseph W. Diemert, Jr. & Associates Co.,<br />

LPA<br />

JOSEPH W. DIEMERT, THOMAS M.<br />

HANCULAK<br />

Kadish, Hinkel & Weibel A Legal<br />

Professional Association<br />

DEAN M. ROONEY<br />

Keis / George llp<br />

WARREN S. GEORGE<br />

Keith L. Carson Attorney at Law<br />

KEITH L. CARSON<br />

Kelley Jasons McGowan Spinelli Hanna &<br />

Reber, LLP<br />

JOHN A. VALENTI<br />

Kenneth J. Knabe Attorney at Law<br />

KENNETH J. KNABE<br />

Kerry S. Volsky Attorney at Law<br />

KERRY S. VOLSKY<br />

Kevin Matthew Spellacy Attorney at Law<br />

KEVIN MATTHEW SPELLACY<br />

Koblentz & Penvose, LLC<br />

RICHARD S. KOBLENTZ<br />

Koehler Neal LLC<br />

TIMOTHY JOHN FITZGERALD, JAMES F.<br />

KOEHLER, P. WESLEY LAMBERT<br />

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz PLL<br />

JAMES W. EHRMAN<br />

SARAH J. GABINET<br />

ROBERT S. GILMORE<br />

ARI H. JAFFE<br />

S. LEE KOHRMAN<br />

BRETT S. KRANTZ<br />

BYRON S. KRANTZ<br />

MARC C. KRANTZ<br />

LUTHER L. LIGGETT, JR.<br />

STEVEN A. MARRER<br />

KEVIN T. O’CONNOR<br />

DAVID R. POSTERARO<br />

ALAN M. RAUSS<br />

SUSAN O. SCHEUTZOW<br />

STEVEN C. WEINGRAD<br />

MARY K. WHITMER<br />

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Kolick & Kondzer<br />

DANIEL J. KOLICK<br />

Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty<br />

Co., L.P.A.<br />

JOHN B. SCHOMER<br />

Kushner & Hamed Co., L.P.A.<br />

PHILIP S. KUSHNER<br />

Landskroner Grieco Merriman LLC<br />

PAUL GRIECO, JACK LANDSKRONER<br />

Law Office of Arthur A. Kola<br />

ARTHUR A. KOLA<br />

Law Office of Daniel P. Carter LLC<br />

DANIEL PAUL CARTER<br />

Law Office of F.M. Apicella<br />

F. MICHAEL APICELLA<br />

Law Office of Timothy Farrell Sweeney<br />

TIMOTHY F. SWEENEY<br />

Law Offices of Frank A. Chenette<br />

FRANK A. CHENETTE<br />

Law Offices of Paul V. Wolf<br />

PAUL V. WOLF<br />

Law Offices of Steven K. Kelley<br />

STEVEN KRIS KELLEY<br />

Lawrence Howard Friedlander Attorney<br />

at Law<br />

LAWRENCE HOWARD FRIEDLANDER<br />

Leiby, Hanna, Rasnick, Towne, Evanchan,<br />

Palmisano & Hobson, LLC<br />

TIMOTHY H. HANNA<br />

Lillie & Holderman<br />

RICHARD G. LILLIE<br />

Littler Mendelson P.C.<br />

SUE MARIE DOUGLAS, ROBERT P.<br />

DUVIN, NEAL B. WAINBLAT<br />

Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

JEFFREY M. EMBLETON, JULIUS R.<br />

GERLACK, AMY L. KULLIK, ERNEST P.<br />

MANSOUR, DALE E. MARKWORTH,<br />

SAMUEL R. MARTILLOTTA, BRUCE G.<br />

RINKER<br />

Marcia Hurt<br />

MARCIA HURT<br />

Margaret Mary Gardner Attorney at Law<br />

MARGARET MARY GARDNER<br />

Mark E. Staib Attorney at Law<br />

MARK E. STAIB<br />

Marshal Manning Pitchford Attorney at<br />

Law<br />

MARSHAL MANNING PITCHFORD<br />

Martin T. Franey<br />

MARTIN T. FRANEY<br />

Mary A. Lentz, Co., L.P.A.<br />

MARY ELIZABETH LENTZ<br />

Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., L.P.A.<br />

JAMES A. CLIMER, THOMAS S.<br />

MAZANEC, TODD M. RASKIN, EDWARD<br />

M. RYDER<br />

McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal &<br />

Liffman Co., L.P.A.<br />

LARRY CRYSTAL<br />

JON FITZPATRICK<br />

TOBIAS J. HIRSHMAN<br />

KIMON P. KARAS<br />

ROBERT R. KRACHT<br />

GREGG S. LEVY<br />

KENNETH B. LIFFMAN<br />

CHRISTIAN R. PATNO<br />

CHARLES J. PAWLUKIEWICZ<br />

RICHARD A. RABB<br />

DAVID L. ROSENZWEIG<br />

CHARLES P. ROYER<br />

DAVID A. SCHAEFER<br />

JOHN S. SEICH<br />

ELLEN S. SIMON<br />

MICHAEL W. VARY<br />

216.696.1422 | Page 12<br />

McDonald Hopkins LLC<br />

JEFFREY P. CONSOLO, DAN L. MAKEE,<br />

WILLIAM J. O’NEILL, DOUGLAS B.<br />

SCHNEE<br />

McGinty, Hilow & Spellacy Co., LPA<br />

WILLIAM T. MCGINTY<br />

McLaughlin Law, LLP<br />

SEAN THOMAS LAVIN, PATRICK<br />

MICHAEL MCLAUGHLIN, DENNIS PAUL<br />

ZAPKA<br />

McNeal, Schick, Archibald & Biro Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

ROBERT D. ARCHIBALD, JOHN C.<br />

CUBAR, FREDRIC E. KRAMER, MARILYN<br />

J. SINGER, BRIAN T. WINCHESTER<br />

Michael Ernest Jackson Attorney at Law<br />

MICHAEL ERNEST JACKSON<br />

Michael F. Schmitz Attorney at Law<br />

MICHAEL F. SCHMITZ<br />

Michael J. Jordan Attorney at Law<br />

MICHAEL J. JORDAN<br />

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MICHAEL J. WARRELL<br />

Michael P. Harvey Co., L.P.A.<br />

MICHAEL PATRICK HARVEY<br />

MILLER GOLER FAEGES LAPINE LLP<br />

STEVEN J. MILLER<br />

Mitchell B. Goldberg Esq. Attorney at<br />

Law<br />

MITCHELL B. GOLDBERG<br />

Moscarino & Treu LLP<br />

WILLIAM H. FALIN, GEORGE M.<br />

MOSCARINO, KRIS H. TREU<br />

Muskovitz & Lemmerbrock, LLC<br />

SUSANNAH MUSKOVITZ<br />

Nancy C. Iler Law Firm LLC<br />

NANCY C. ILER<br />

Nicola, Gudbranson & Cooper, LLC<br />

JOHN D. SAYRE, RICHARD G.<br />

WITKOWSKI<br />

Niekamp, Weisensell, Mutersbaugh &<br />

Mastrantonio LLP<br />

WADE T. DOERR, JOHN C. WEISENSELL<br />

Norchi Forbes LLC<br />

STEVEN JAY FORBES, KEVIN MICHAEL<br />

NORCHI<br />

Norman S. Car<br />

NORMAN S. CARR<br />

Nurenberg, Paris, Heller & McCarthy Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

JAMIE R. LEBOVITZ<br />

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak &<br />

Stewart, P.C.<br />

JOHN GERAK, BRUCE G. HEAREY<br />

Oldham Kramer<br />

MATTHEW W. OBY, DONALD STORM<br />

VARIAN<br />

Palecek, McIlvaine, Hoffmann & Morse<br />

Co., L.P.A.<br />

JAMES R. MCILVAINE<br />

Patrick M. Foy Attorney at Law<br />

PATRICK M. FOY<br />

Paul G. Crist Attorney at Law<br />

PAUL G. CRIST<br />

Paul J. Corrado Attorney at Law<br />

PAUL J. CORRADO<br />

Pepple & Waggoner<br />

R. BRENT MINNEY<br />

Philip J. Korey<br />

PHILIP J. KOREY<br />

Pierce Stronczer Law, LLC<br />

MICHELLE PIERCE STRONCZER<br />

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP<br />

MARGARET M. KOESEL, HUGH E.<br />

MCKAY, LEO M. SPELLACY, DAVID C.<br />

TRYON<br />

R. Benton Gray & Company<br />

R. BENTON GRAY<br />

Rademaker, Matty, McClelland & Greve<br />

THOMAS F. GREVE<br />

Randal A. Lowry & Associates<br />

MICHAEL J. MORAN<br />

Rawlin Gravens Co., LPA<br />

TERRANCE PATRICK GRAVENS<br />

Ray, Robinson, Carle & Davies P.L.L.<br />

ROBERT T. CONIAM<br />

Reminger Co., L.P.A.<br />

DONNA CHERYL ATWELL, JAMES L.<br />

MALONE, RUSSELL JOHN MERAGLIO,<br />

LEON ALAN WEISS<br />

Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor &<br />

Weber Co. LPA<br />

RAY L. WEBER<br />

Richard A. Vadnal Co., L.P.A.<br />

RICHARD ANTHONY VADNAL<br />

Richard George Stuhan Attorney at Law<br />

RICHARD GEORGE STUHAN<br />

Richard J. Disantis Attorney at Law<br />

RICHARD J. DISANTIS<br />

Richard O. Mazanec Co. LPA<br />

RICHARD O. MAZANEC<br />

Robert Conley Kahrl Attorney at Law<br />

ROBERT CONLEY KAHRL<br />

Robert K. Danzinger Attorney at Law<br />

ROBERT K. DANZINGER<br />

Robert L. Keyes Co., L.P.A.<br />

ROBERT L. KEYES<br />

Robert R. Weller Attorney at Law<br />

ROBERT R. WELLER<br />

Robert V. Vickers Attorney at Law<br />

ROBERT V. VICKERS<br />

Roderick Linton Belfance, LLP<br />

CHRISTOPHER C. ESKER, KURT ROBERT<br />

WEITENDORF<br />

Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

ARETTA K. BERNARD, ROBERT EUGENE<br />

BLACKHAM, SUSAN RENEE SQUIRE<br />

BOX, ANNA MOORE CARULAS,<br />

ROBERT B. CASARONA, JEFFREY<br />

JOSEPH CASTO, G. FREDERICK<br />

COMPTON, THOMAS ARDEN DILLON,<br />

SHANE ANTHONY FAROLINO,<br />

STEPHEN WILLIAM FUNK, STANLEY H.<br />

GOLDSCHMIDT, DENISE MARIE<br />

HASBROOK, R. MARK JONES, STEPHEN<br />

DOUGLAS JONES, DOUGLAS MICHAEL<br />

KENNEDY, RONALD S. KOPP, DOUGLAS<br />

GLENN LEAK, G. CARSON<br />

MCEACHERN, ROBERT G. MENZIES,<br />

RICHARD STEVEN MITCHELL, MICHAEL<br />

(MICKEY) A. POE, CATHY S. REIMAN,<br />

GEORGE W. ROONEY, THOMAS L.<br />

ROSENBERG, DONALD SCOTT<br />

SCHERZER, BRUCE ROGERS<br />

SCHRADER, BRADLEY LEWIS SNYDER,<br />

BRADLEY A. WRIGHT, JEREMY SHANE<br />

YOUNG, THOMAS STEPHEN ZAREMBA<br />

Sammon & Bolmeyer Co., L.P.A. A Legal<br />

Professional Corporation<br />

ALBERT C. SAMMON<br />

Sara J. Fagnill<br />

SARA J. FAGNILLI<br />

Scanlon & Gearinger Co., L.P.A.<br />

ROBERT A. ROYER<br />

Schulman, Schulman & Meros, L.P.A.<br />

JOHN C. MEROS<br />

Scott I. Levey Attorney at Law<br />

SCOTT I. LEVEY<br />

Seeley, Savidge, Ebert & Gourash Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

ANDREW D. BEMER<br />

Selker & Associates LLC<br />

EUGENE I. SELKER<br />

Sonkin & Koberna Co., LPA<br />

MARK ROBERT KOBERNA, RICKY D.<br />

SONKIN<br />

Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber LLP<br />

WILLIAM HAWAL<br />

Squire Patton Boggs<br />

STACY D. BALLIN, STEVEN A.<br />

FRIEDMAN, RICHARD S. GURBST,<br />

LAURA KINGSLEY HONG, DAMOND R.<br />

MACE, KENNETH C. MOORE, JAMES P.<br />

MURPHY, FREDERICK R. NANCE, JILL G.<br />

OKUN, MARTHA S. SULLIVAN, JAMES<br />

D. THOMAS, GEORGE M. VON<br />

MEHREN, ROBIN GEOFFREY WEAVER,<br />

JOSEPH C. WEINSTEIN<br />

Stark & Knoll Co., L.P.A.<br />

DAVID P. BERTSCH, DAVID W. HILKERT,<br />

ORVILLE L. REED<br />

Stege & Michelson Co., L.P.A<br />

EDWARD RICHARD STEGE<br />

Stephanoff Rennillo LLC<br />

SUSAN M. STEPHANOFF<br />

Stephen Thomas Parisi Attorney at Law<br />

STEPHEN THOMAS PARISI<br />

Suzanne M. Nigro<br />

SUZANNE M. NIGRO<br />

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP<br />

CHARLES A. BOWERS, MICHAEL H.<br />

DIAMANT, JILL FRIEDMAN HELFMAN,<br />

STEPHEN H. JETT, THOMAS J. LEE,<br />

BRUCE J. L. LOWE, JOEL A. MAKEE,<br />

CARL A. MURWAY, STEPHEN M.<br />

O’BRYAN, WILLIAM J. STAVOLE, MARK<br />

J. VALPONI, MISSIA H. VASELANEY,<br />

DAVID H. WALLACE, TIMOTHY L. ZIX<br />

Terrence J. Kenneally & Associates<br />

TERRENCE JAMES KENNEALLY<br />

Thacker Martinsek LPA<br />

DIANE E. CITRINO, MARK I. WALLACH<br />

The Becker Law Firm<br />

MICHAEL F. BECKER, JOHN T.<br />

BULLOCH<br />

The Brunn Law Firm Co., LPA<br />

THOMAS LEO BRUNN, THOMAS LEO<br />

BRUNN<br />

The DiCello Firm<br />

ROBERT J. DICELLO<br />

The Dickson Firm, L.L.C.<br />

ELLEN HOBBS HIRSHMAN<br />

The Linton Law Firm Co., L.P.A.<br />

ROBERT F. LINTON, JR.<br />

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Theodore M. Mann, Jr. Law Firm<br />

THEODORE MELVIN MANN<br />

Thomas C. Buford<br />

THOMAS C. BUFORD<br />

Thomas D. Corrigan<br />

THOMAS D. CORRIGAN<br />

Thomas H. Terry III Co. LPA<br />

THOMAS HENRY TERRY<br />

Thomas L. Dettelbach<br />

THOMAS L. DETTELBACH<br />

Thomas Murray Parker Attorney at Law<br />

THOMAS MURRAY PARKER<br />

Thompson Hine LLP<br />

RICHARD C. BINZLEY, KIP T. BOLLIN,<br />

TIMOTHY J. COUGHLIN, HAROLD W.<br />

HENDERSON, BRIAN JAMES LAMB,<br />

ROBERT F. WARE, KAREN D.<br />

YOUNGSTROM<br />

Thorman Petrov Griffin Co., LPA<br />

MARK D. GRIFFIN<br />

Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan A Legal<br />

Professional Association<br />

TODD C. HICKS, JOHN R. LIBER, DAVID<br />

E. LOWE<br />

Timothy C. Campbell Attorney at Law<br />

TIMOTHY CURTIS CAMPBELL<br />

Tucker Ellis, LLP<br />

ERNEST W. AUCIELLO, JONATHAN<br />

ROSS COOPER, ED E. DUNCAN,<br />

ROBERT J. HANNA, RITA A.<br />

MAIMBOURG, MATTHEW PATRICK<br />

MORIARTY, FRANK R. OSBORNE, KEVIN<br />

M. YOUNG<br />

Ulmer & Berne LLP<br />

THOMAS LEO ANASTOS, ROBERT E.<br />

CHUDAKOFF, BILL J. GAGLIANO,<br />

FRANCES FLORIANO GOINS, PAUL<br />

RUSSELL HARRIS, MARVIN L. KARP,<br />

JAMES N. KLINE, DAVID L. LESTER,<br />

BRUCE P. MANDEL, LAWRENCE D.<br />

POLLACK, PATRICIA A. SHLONSKY,<br />

RICHARD D. SWEEBE, STEPHANIE<br />

DUTCHESS TRUDEAU, DAVID D.<br />

YEAGLEY, KENNETH A. ZIRM<br />

Virginia Stewart Brown Attorney at Law<br />

VIRGINIA STEWART BROWN<br />

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP<br />

F. DANIEL BALMERT, MARCEL C.<br />

DUHAMEL, MARGARET DODANE<br />

EVERETT, ANTHONY J. O’MALLEY,<br />

DAVID J. TOCCO<br />

Wachter Kurant, LLC<br />

MARK I. WACHTER<br />

Walter | Haverfield LLP<br />

MARC J. BLOCH<br />

PETRA J. BRADBURY<br />

MARGARET ANNE CANNON<br />

RALPH E. CASCARILLA<br />

DARRELL A. CLAY<br />

JAMES P. CONROY<br />

MICHAEL A. CYPHERT<br />

CARL J. DYCZEK<br />

SARA J. FAGNILLI<br />

CHRISTOPHER L. GIBBON<br />

JOHN H. GIBBON<br />

JONATHAN D. GREENBERG<br />

WILLIAM R. HANNA<br />

ROBERT S. HORBALY<br />

R. TODD HUNT<br />

JAMES M. MACKEY<br />

CRAIG A. MARVINNEY<br />

CHARLES T. RIEHL<br />

JENNIFER A. SAVAGE<br />

CHARLES R. SCHAEFER<br />

JOHN E. SCHILLER<br />

THOMAS C. SCHRADER<br />

RUSSELL C. SHAW<br />

ARTHUR P. STEINMETZ<br />

JOHN W. WALDECK<br />

PATRICIA F. WEISBERG<br />

GARY A. ZWICK<br />

216.781.1212 | Page 2<br />

Wargo and Wargo Co., L.P.A.<br />

THOMAS M. WILSON, ESQ.<br />

440.234.0662 | Page 20<br />

Waxman Blumenthal LLC<br />

DAVID B. WAXMAN<br />

MICHAEL R. BLUMENTHAL<br />

216.514.9400 | Page 14<br />

Wayne Clarence Dabb Attorney at Law<br />

WAYNE CLARENCE DABB<br />

Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg A Legal<br />

Professional Association<br />

JAY R. CARSON, CHRISTOPHER<br />

ANDREW CORPUS, RICHARD T. COYNE,<br />

PETER ANDREW HESSLER,<br />

CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY HOLECEK,<br />

DAVID ROBERT KNOWLES, ANGELA<br />

MARIE LAVIN<br />

Weisman, Kennedy & Berris Co., L.P.A.<br />

JAMES R. GOLDBERG, R. ERIC<br />

KENNEDY<br />

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.<br />

DANIEL FRIEDLANDER, ROSEMARY<br />

TAFT-MILBY<br />

Wickens, Herzer, Panza, Cook & Batista<br />

Co.<br />

RICHARD D. PANZA<br />

William Lawrence Summers Attorney at<br />

Law<br />

WILLIAM LAWRENCE SUMMERS<br />

Williams and Batchelder, LLP<br />

ROBERT J. BUX<br />

Williams, Moliterno & Scully Co., L.P.A.<br />

ROGER H. WILLIAMS<br />

Wuliger, Fadel & Beyer, LLC<br />

WILLIAM D. BEYER<br />

Zashin & Rich Co., L.P.A.<br />

JON M. DILENO<br />

Ziegler Metzger LLP<br />

STEPHEN M. BALES<br />

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE<br />

A. Steven Dever Co., L.P.A.<br />

STEVE DEVER<br />

216.228.1166 | Page 19<br />

Andrew L. Johnson, Jr.<br />

ANDREW L. JOHNSON<br />

Andrew P. Krembs & Associates Co.,<br />

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440.442.6677 | Page 17<br />

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CARAVONA<br />

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HENRY WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN<br />

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CMPW Law<br />

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SIDNEY M. CORNRICH<br />

David W. Goldense<br />

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MCDONALD, MARTIN J. MURPHY, JAN<br />

L. ROLLER<br />

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Djordjevic, Casey & Marmaros<br />

MICHAEL M. DJORDJEVIC<br />

Dobbins & Associates<br />

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Douglas K. Fifner Co., L.P.A.<br />

ELAINE FIFNER<br />

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MICHAEL E. EDMINISTER<br />

Ehrenreich & Associates<br />

LEONARD EHRENREICH<br />

Elk & Elk, Co., Ltd.<br />

WILLIAM CAMPBELL<br />

DAVID J. ELK<br />

JAY M. KELLEY<br />

R. CRAIG MCLAUGHLIN<br />

JOHN P. O’NEIL<br />

AMY PAPESH<br />

WILLIAM J. PRICE<br />

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GRISI & BUDDE<br />

CHARLES E. GRISI<br />

Hanna, Campbell & Powell, LLP<br />

GREGORY T. ROSSI, JEFFREY E.<br />

SCHOBERT<br />

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JAMES A. HOFELICH<br />

James A. Marx Attorney at Law<br />

JAMES A. MARX<br />

James F. Szaller Attorney at Law<br />

JAMES F. SZALLER<br />

Jeffries, Kube, Forrest & Monteleone Co.,<br />

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DAVID A. FORREST, J. MICHAEL<br />

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JEROME MONROE ELLERIN<br />

Joan A. Ford<br />

JOAN A. FORD<br />

John F. Norton Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN F. NORTON<br />

Joseph G. Schneider<br />

JOSEPH G. SCHNEIDER<br />

Justin Madden Co. LPA<br />

JUSTIN MADDEN<br />

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KENNETH J. KNABE<br />

Kerry S. Volsky Attorney at Law<br />

KERRY S. VOLSKY<br />

Kolick, Georgeadis & Ernewein<br />

DAVID KOLICK<br />

Lancione & Lancione, LLC<br />

JOHN A. LANCIONE<br />

Landskroner Grieco Merriman LLC<br />

PAUL GRIECO<br />

Law Office of F.M. Apicella<br />

F. MICHAEL APICELLA<br />

Law Office of Louis G. Henderson<br />

LOUIS GEORGE HENDERSON<br />

Law Offices of Paul V. Wolf<br />

PAUL V. WOLF<br />

Law Offices of Stephen D. Walters<br />

STEPHEN DOUGLAS WALTERS<br />

Lawrence Howard Friedlander Attorney<br />

at Law<br />

LAWRENCE HOWARD FRIEDLANDER<br />

Leiby, Hanna, Rasnick, Towne, Evanchan,<br />

Palmisano & Hobson, LLC<br />

TIMOTHY H. HANNA<br />

Loucas Law<br />

GEORGE E. LOUCAS<br />

Lowe Eklund Wakefield & Mulvihill Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

DONALD CYBULSKI, RYAN H. FISHER<br />

Marilyn Miller Crisafi Attorney at Law<br />

MARILYN MILLER CRISAFI<br />

Mark Immormino Co., L.P.A.<br />

MARK IMMORMINO<br />

Mary A. Lentz, Co., L.P.A.<br />

MARY ELIZABETH LENTZ<br />

McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

TOBIAS J. HIRSHMAN, CHRISTIAN R.<br />

PATNO<br />

McCray, Muzilla, Smith & Meyers Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

KIM RICHARD MEYERS<br />

McDonough Sfiscko & Co.<br />

JOHANNA M. SFISCKO<br />

Mellino Robenalt LLC<br />

CHRISTOPHER MELLINO<br />

Michael Ernest Jackson Attorney at Law<br />

MICHAEL ERNEST JACKSON<br />

Miraldi & Barrett Co., L.P.A.<br />

BENJAMIN F. BARRETT, DAVID P.<br />

MIRALDI<br />

Mishkind Law Firm, Co., L.P.A.<br />

HOWARD D. MISHKIND<br />

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Moscarino & Treu LLP<br />

GEORGE M. MOSCARINO, KRIS H.<br />

TREU<br />

Norm Sandvoss, Attorney at Law<br />

NORMAN W. SANDVOSS<br />

Nurenberg, Paris, Heller & McCarthy Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

WILLIAM S. JACOBSON<br />

Oldham Kramer<br />

DONALD STORM VARIAN<br />

Paul M. Kaufman<br />

PAUL M. KAUFMAN<br />

Perantinides & Nolan Co., L.P.A.<br />

CHRIS T. NOLAN, PAUL G.<br />

PERANTINIDES<br />

Petersen & Petersen, Inc.<br />

SUSAN E. PETERSEN<br />

Reminger Co., L.P.A.<br />

DONNA CHERYL ATWELL, MARC W.<br />

GROEDEL, WILLIAM A. MEADOWS<br />

Rhonda Davis & Associates, LLC<br />

RHONDA GAIL DAVIS<br />

Richard A. Vadnal Co., L.P.A.<br />

RICHARD ANTHONY VADNAL<br />

Richard C. Alkire Co., L.P.A.<br />

RICHARD C. ALKIRE, DEAN C. NIEDING<br />

Richard L. Demsey Co., L.P.A.<br />

RICHARD L. DEMSEY<br />

Robert V. Traci Co., L.P.A.<br />

ROBERT V. TRACI<br />

Roderick Linton Belfance, LLP<br />

KURT ROBERT WEITENDORF<br />

Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional<br />

Association<br />

ELIZABETH NOCERA DAVIS, JOSEPH<br />

EDWARD HERBERT, R. MARK JONES<br />

Rubin Guttman & Associates, LPA<br />

RUBIN GUTTMAN<br />

Sammon & Bolmeyer Co., L.P.A. A Legal<br />

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FRANK G. BOLMEYER<br />

Samuel V. Butcher Attorney at Law<br />

SAMUEL V. BUTCHER<br />

Scanlon & Gearinger Co., L.P.A.<br />

MICHAEL J. DEL MEDICO, PATRICK J.<br />

HART, MARK HILKERT, ROBERT A.<br />

ROYER<br />

Shapero & Green, LLC<br />

MICHAEL I. SHAPERO<br />

Shapero & Roloff Co., L.P.A.<br />

NEAL E. SHAPERO<br />

Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber LLP<br />

DENNIS ROBERT LANSDOWNE, PETER<br />

H. WEINBERGER<br />

Stege & Michelson Co., L.P.A.<br />

E. RICHARD STEGE<br />

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Stephen J. Charms Co., LPA<br />

STEPHEN J. CHARMS<br />

Steuer, Escovar, Berk & Brown Co., L.P.A.<br />

THOMAS J. ESCOVAR<br />

The Becker Law Firm<br />

MICHAEL F. BECKER, JOHN T.<br />

BULLOCH, PATRICIA ROSE<br />

CUTHBERTSON, PAMELA PANTAGES<br />

The Brunn Law Firm Co., LPA<br />

THOMAS LEO BRUNN<br />

The Dickson Firm, L.L.C.<br />

ELLEN HOBBS HIRSHMAN<br />

The Eisen Law Firm<br />

BRIAN N. EISEN<br />

The Law Firm of Lawrence Landskroner<br />

and Associates, LLC<br />

LAWRENCE LANDSKRONER<br />

The Linton Keefe Law Firm Co., LPA<br />

STEPHEN T. KEEFE<br />

The Linton Law Firm Co., L.P.A.<br />

ROBERT F. LINTON, JR.<br />

216.771.5800 | Page 13<br />

The Spike & Meckler Law Firm LLP<br />

STEPHEN GARY MECKLER<br />

The Wendel Law Firm, LLC<br />

STEVEN WILLIAM ALBERT, FRED<br />

WENDEL<br />

Thomas H. Terry III Co. LPA<br />

THOMAS HENRY TERRY<br />

Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan A Legal<br />

Professional Association<br />

JOHN R. LIBER<br />

Tucker Ellis, LLP<br />

RITA A. MAIMBOURG<br />

Ulmer & Berne LLP<br />

JAMES N. KLINE, MURRAY K. LENSON,<br />

BRIAN N. RAMM<br />

Weisman, Kennedy & Berris Co., L.P.A.<br />

RICHARD J. BERRIS, JAMES R.<br />

GOLDBERG, R. ERIC KENNEDY, FRED<br />

WEISMAN<br />

Weston Hurd LLP<br />

DEIRDRE G. HENRY, DANIEL A.<br />

RICHARDS<br />

Wiles and Richards<br />

DANIEL F. RICHARDS<br />

William A. Viscomi Attorney at Law<br />

WILLIAM ANTHONY VISCOMI<br />

William Mitchell Co., L.P.A.<br />

WILLIAM MITCHELL<br />

William Zavarello Co., L.P.A.<br />

WILLIAM ZAVARELLO<br />

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Alan J. Sills<br />

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Andrew L. Johnson, Jr.<br />

ANDREW L. JOHNSON<br />

Andrew P. Krembs & Associates Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

ANDREW P. KREMBS<br />

Armbruster, Kelley, Kot, Honeck & Baker<br />

ROBERT C. BAKER, THOMAS PHILIP<br />

KOT<br />

Baker & Hostetler LLP<br />

RANDALL L. SOLOMON<br />

Bashein & Bashein Co., L.P.A.<br />

W. CRAIG BASHEIN<br />

Bonezzi Switzer Murphy Polito<br />

& Hupp Co. L.P.A.<br />

WILLIAM BONEZZI<br />

DONALD SWITZER<br />

PATRICK J. MURPHY<br />

JOHN POLITO<br />

STEVEN J. HUPP<br />

BETH ANN SEBAUGH<br />

JEFFREY WILLIAM<br />

VAN WAGNER<br />

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Bradford David Zelasko Attorney at Law<br />

BRADFORD DAVID ZELASKO<br />

Burdon & Merlitti<br />

PAUL FRANCIS ADAMSON, JAMES L.<br />

BURDON<br />

Callahan Law Offices, LLC<br />

MICHAEL CALLAHAN<br />

216.291.1718 | Page 19<br />

Calvin F. Hurd, Jr.<br />

CALVIN F. HURD<br />

Caravona & Berg, LLC<br />

AARON P. BERG, DONALD EDWARD<br />

CARAVONA<br />

Carrabine & Reardon Co., LPA<br />

JAMES P. CARRABINE<br />

Chamberlain Law Firm Co., L.P.A.<br />

HENRY WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN<br />

Charles K. Webster Attorney at Law<br />

CHARLES K. WEBSTER<br />

Charles V. Longo Co., L.P.A.<br />

CHARLES V. LONGO<br />

216.514.1919 | Page 10<br />

Cornrich & Cornrich, Co., L.P.A.<br />

NEIL M. CORNRICH, SIDNEY M.<br />

CORNRICH<br />

Critchfield, Critchfield & Johnston, Ltd.<br />

RALPH STREZA<br />

Dale R. Friedland Attorney at Law<br />

DALE R. FRIEDLAND<br />

Daniel E. Collins<br />

DANIEL E. COLLINS<br />

David A. Katz Co., L.P.A.<br />

DAVID ALLAN KATZ<br />

David C. Sheldon Attorney at Law<br />

DAVID C. SHELDON<br />

David M. Maistros<br />

DAVID M. MAISTROS<br />

David W. Goldense<br />

DAVID W. GOLDENSE<br />

Davis & Young<br />

R. EMMETT MORAN, ANN MARIE<br />

O’BRIEN, DAVID G. UTLEY, THOMAS W.<br />

WRIGHT<br />

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F. TIMOTHY DEEGAN<br />

Dennis J. Bartek<br />

DENNIS J. BARTEK<br />

Dubyak, Connick, Sammon, Thompson &<br />

Bloom, LLC<br />

JAMES P. SAMMON<br />

Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A.<br />

ALEC BEREZIN, KRISTEN M. KRAUS,<br />

PATRICK T. MURPHY<br />

Edminister & Associates Co., L.P.A.<br />

MICHAEL E. EDMINISTER<br />

Ehrenreich & Associates<br />

LEONARD EHRENREICH<br />

Elk & Elk, Co., Ltd.<br />

WILLIAM CAMPBELL<br />

DAVID J. ELK<br />

JAY M. KELLEY<br />

R. CRAIG MCLAUGHLIN<br />

JOHN P. O’NEIL<br />

AMY PAPESH<br />

WILLIAM J. PRICE<br />

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French & French<br />

JAMES H. FRENCH<br />

Gallagher Sharp<br />

KEVIN C. ALEXANDERSEN, LARRY C.<br />

GREATHOUSE<br />

Gary A. Kazdin, Co., L.P.A.<br />

GARY A. KAZDIN<br />

Gary H. Levine<br />

GARY H. LEVINE<br />

Gary L. Himmel<br />

GARY L. HIMMEL<br />

George J. Sadd Attorney at Law<br />

GEORGE J. SADD<br />

Gerald L. Steinberg Attorney at Law<br />

GERALD L. STEINBERG<br />

Grant & O’Malley Company, LPA<br />

DAVID L. GRANT<br />

GRISI & BUDDE<br />

CHARLES E. GRISI<br />

Hanna, Campbell & Powell, LLP<br />

FRANK GERARD MAZGAJ, DAVID<br />

TODD MOSS, ROBERT LAWRENCE<br />

TUCKER<br />

Herman Legal Group, LLC<br />

RICHARD T. HERMAN<br />

Hermann, Cahn & Schneider, LLP<br />

KENT B. SCHNEIDER<br />

Hill Hardman, LLC<br />

KEVIN P. HARDMAN<br />

Hoffman Legal Group, LLC<br />

W. ANDREW HOFFMAN<br />

Hugh A. Carlin Co., LLC<br />

HUGH A. CARLIN<br />

Jack M. Schulman Attorney at Law<br />

JACK M. SCHULMAN<br />

James A. Hofelich Attorney at Law<br />

JAMES A. HOFELICH<br />

James A. Marx Attorney at Law<br />

JAMES A. MARX<br />

James F. Szaller Attorney at Law<br />

JAMES F. SZALLER<br />

Jeffries, Kube, Forrest & Monteleone Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

DAVID A. FORREST, J. MICHAEL<br />

MONTELEONE, M. JANE RUA<br />

Jeffry F. Kelleher & Associates Co.<br />

JEFFRY F. KELLEHER<br />

Jerome M. Ellerin Co., L.P.A.<br />

JEROME MONROE ELLERIN<br />

Joan A. Ford<br />

JOAN A. FORD<br />

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JOHN A. MARKSZ<br />

John B. Gibbons<br />

JOHN B. GIBBONS<br />

John E. Duda Attorney at Law<br />

JOHN E. DUDA<br />

Joseph G. Schneider<br />

JOSEPH G. SCHNEIDER<br />

Joseph S. Kodish<br />

JOSEPH S. KODISH<br />

Joseph T. McGinness<br />

JOSEPH T. MCGINNESS<br />

Julius E. Kovacs & Associates Co., L.P.A.<br />

JULIUS EDWARD KOVACS<br />

Justin Madden Co. LPA<br />

JUSTIN MADDEN<br />

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Kabat, Mielziner & Sobel<br />

BRUCE L. MIELZINER<br />

Keith E. Blaha Attorney at Law<br />

KEITH E. BLAHA<br />

Kelley & Ferraro LLP<br />

JAMES L. FERRARO<br />

Klein & Carney Co., L.P.A.<br />

LARRY S. KLEIN<br />

Knisley Law Offices<br />

DOUGLAS CARTER KNISLEY<br />

Kolick, Georgeadis & Ernewein<br />

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Lancione & Lancione, LLC<br />

JOHN A. LANCIONE<br />

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LLC<br />

JACK LANDSKRONER<br />

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ROBERT G. MILLER<br />

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FRANK A. CHENETTE<br />

Law Offices of Levine & Levine<br />

DAVID L. LEVINE<br />

Law Offices of Paul V. Wolf<br />

PAUL V. WOLF<br />

Law Offices of Steven K. Kelley<br />

STEVEN KRIS KELLEY<br />

Law Offices of Steven M. Weiss<br />

STEVEN M. WEISS<br />

Lawrence W. Corman Attorney at Law<br />

LAWRENCE W. CORMAN<br />

Leiby, Hanna, Rasnick, Towne, Evanchan,<br />

Palmisano & Hobson, LLC<br />

TIMOTHY H. HANNA<br />

Loucas Law<br />

GEORGE E. LOUCAS<br />

Lowe Eklund Wakefield & Mulvihill Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

DONALD CYBULSKI, RYAN H. FISHER<br />

Mark E. Barbour, Attorney at Law<br />

MARK E. BARBOUR<br />

Mark Immormino Co., L.P.A.<br />

MARK IMMORMINO<br />

McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

TOBIAS J. HIRSHMAN, CHRISTIAN R.<br />

PATNO, DAVID A. SCHAEFER<br />

McCray, Muzilla, Smith & Meyers Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

KIM RICHARD MEYERS<br />

Mellino Robenalt LLC<br />

CHRISTOPHER MELLINO<br />

Michael E. Stinn<br />

MICHAEL E. STINN<br />

Michael H. Peterson Attorney at Law<br />

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Miraldi & Barrett Co., L.P.A.<br />

BENJAMIN F. BARRETT, DAVID P.<br />

MIRALDI<br />

Mishkind Law Firm, Co., L.P.A.<br />

HOWARD D. MISHKIND<br />

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Mitchell A. Stern<br />

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Nager, Romaine & Schneiberg Co., L.P.A.<br />

GERALD R. HORNING, DANIEL A.<br />

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NANCY C. ILER<br />

Niekamp, Weisensell, Mutersbaugh &<br />

Mastrantonio LLP<br />

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Norm Sandvoss, Attorney at Law<br />

NORMAN W. SANDVOSS<br />

Norris & Norris<br />

R. C. NORRIS<br />

Nurenberg, Paris, Heller & McCarthy Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

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ELLEN M. MCCARTHY, DAVID M. PARIS,<br />

ANDREW R. YOUNG<br />

Obral, Silk & Associates.<br />

THOMAS JOSEPH SILK<br />

Oldham Kramer<br />

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Patrick A. D’Angelo LLC<br />

PATRICK A. D’ANGELO<br />

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CHRIS T. NOLAN, PAUL G.<br />

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Petersen & Petersen, Inc.<br />

SUSAN E. PETERSEN<br />

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PHILIP J. KOREY<br />

Piscitelli Law Firm<br />

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Plevin & Gallucci Company, L.P.A.<br />

DAVID ROBERT GRANT<br />

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TIMOTHY J. POTTS<br />

Ralph T. Skonce, Jr.<br />

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Robert L. Steely, Esq.<br />

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Robert V. Traci Co., L.P.A.<br />

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JOHN J. LYNETT<br />

Romney Cullers Co., LPA<br />

ROMNEY B. CULLERS<br />

Rubin Guttman & Associates, LPA<br />

RUBIN GUTTMAN<br />

Russell Smith Attorney at Law<br />

RUSSELL SMITH<br />

Rutter & Russin<br />

ROBERT P. RUTTER<br />

Sammon & Bolmeyer Co., L.P.A. A Legal<br />

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FRANK G. BOLMEYER<br />

Samuel V. Butcher Attorney at Law<br />

SAMUEL V. BUTCHER<br />

Scanlon & Elliott Attorneys at Law<br />

LAWRENCE J. SCANLON<br />

Scanlon & Gearinger Co., L.P.A.<br />

MICHAEL J. DEL MEDICO, PATRICK J.<br />

HART, MARK HILKERT, ROBERT A.<br />

ROYER<br />

Schulman, Schulman & Meros, L.P.A.<br />

JOHN C. MEROS<br />

Scott I. Levey Attorney at Law<br />

SCOTT I. LEVEY<br />

Seaman Garson LLC<br />

STUART I. GARSON<br />

Shifrin Newman Smith, Inc.<br />

DIANNE R. NEWMAN<br />

Sivinski and Smith, LLC<br />

JOHN A. SIVINSKI<br />

Sonkin & Koberna, LLC<br />

SHALE S. SONKIN<br />

RICK D. SONKIN<br />

MARK R. KOBERNA<br />

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Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber LLP<br />

PETER J. BRODHEAD, PETER H.<br />

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Stan B. Schneiderman<br />

STANLEY BURT SCHNEIDERMAN<br />

Stege & Michelson Co., L.P.A.<br />

E. RICHARD STEGE<br />

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Stephen J. Charms Co., LPA<br />

STEPHEN J. CHARMS<br />

Sternberg & Zeid Co., L.P.A.<br />

DAVID J. STERNBERG<br />

Steuer, Escovar, Berk & Brown Co., L.P.A.<br />

THOMAS J. ESCOVAR<br />

Steven M. Goldberg Co., L.P.A.<br />

STEVEN M. GOLDBERG<br />

440.519.9900 | Page 19<br />

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MATTHEW C. O’CONNELL<br />

Svetlana Schreiber & Associates, Co.<br />

LPA.<br />

SVETLANA SCHREIBER<br />

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TIMOTHY L. ZIX<br />

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PANTAGES<br />

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MICHAEL WILLIAM CZACK<br />

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BRIAN N. EISEN<br />

The Law Firm of Lawrence Landskroner<br />

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LAWRENCE LANDSKRONER<br />

The Linton Keefe Law Firm Co., LPA<br />

STEPHEN T. KEEFE<br />

The Linton Law Firm Co., L.P.A.<br />

ROBERT F. LINTON, JR.<br />

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The Wendel Law Firm, LLC<br />

FRED WENDEL<br />

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Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan A Legal<br />

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Ulmer & Berne LLP<br />

HAROLD H. READER<br />

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THOMAS M. WILSON<br />

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R. ERIC KENNEDY<br />

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WILLIAM MITCHELL<br />

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WILLIAM ZAVARELLO<br />

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216.514.1919 | Page 10<br />

Davis & Young<br />

MARTIN J. MURPHY, ANN MARIE<br />

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KRISS D. FELTY<br />

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BERNARD H. NIEHAUS, MARK L. RODIO<br />

George J. Sadd Attorney at Law<br />

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Giffen & Kaminski, LLC<br />

KERIN LYN KAMINSKI<br />

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP<br />

STANLEY R. GOROM, ROBERT D.<br />

MARKUS, JOHN E. MELLYN<br />

Herbert Newman Co., L.P.A.<br />

HERBERT NEWMAN<br />

Hermann, Cahn & Schneider, LLP<br />

PETER J. KREMBS, ROBERT WARREN<br />

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CHRIST BOUKIS, KENNETH BOUKIS<br />

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John S. Steinhauer<br />

JOHN S. STEINHAUER<br />

Jones Day<br />

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Joseph S. Kodish<br />

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KEVIN M. HINKEL<br />

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DAVID W. KAMAN<br />

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S. LEE KOHRMAN, STEVEN A. MARRER,<br />

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EDWARD G. KRAMER<br />

Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty<br />

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WALTER R. LAWRENCE<br />

Lee A. Chilcote Esq.<br />

LEE A. CHILCOTE<br />

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Palmisano & Hobson, LLC<br />

STEPHEN P. LEIBY<br />

Lessing & Kryszak, Co., LPA<br />

ANDREA C. KRYSZAK<br />

Lustig, Evans & Lucas Co., L.P.A.<br />

ROBERT M. LUSTIG<br />

Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

BRUCE G. RINKER<br />

Marc N. Silberman Attorney at Law<br />

MARC N. SILBERMAN<br />

Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., L.P.A.<br />

THOMAS S. MAZANEC<br />

McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal &<br />

Liffman Co., L.P.A.<br />

LARRY CRYSTAL<br />

JON FITZPATRICK<br />

TOBIAS J. HIRSHMAN<br />

KIMON P. KARAS<br />

ROBERT R. KRACHT<br />

GREGG S. LEVY<br />

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CHARLES J. PAWLUKIEWICZ<br />

RICHARD A. RABB<br />

DAVID L. ROSENZWEIG<br />

CHARLES P. ROYER<br />

DAVID A. SCHAEFER<br />

JOHN S. SEICH<br />

ELLEN S. SIMON<br />

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CHAD ARFONS, JEFFREY R.<br />

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Michael B. Shagrin<br />

MICHAEL B. SHAGRIN<br />

Michael J. Linden Co., LPA<br />

MICHAEL J. LINDEN<br />

MILLER GOLER FAEGES LAPINE LLP<br />

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Patricia J. O’Donnell-Gaynor Attorney at<br />

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PATRICIA J. O’DONNELL-GAYNOR<br />

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP<br />

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DONALD H. POWERS<br />

Rabin & Rabin Co., L.P.A.<br />

JULIE E. RABIN<br />

Randall B. Shorr<br />

RANDALL B. SHORR<br />

Reminger Co., L.P.A.<br />

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Robert H. McDowall<br />

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Robert N. Rains<br />

ROBERT N. RAINS<br />

Roderick Linton Belfance, LLP<br />

FREDERICK S. CORNS<br />

Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional<br />

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JOHN MARTIN COYNE, JUDITH DEE<br />

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RUSSELL B. TURELL<br />

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Sonkin & Koberna, LLC<br />

SHALE S. SONKIN<br />

RICK D. SONKIN<br />

MARK R. KOBERNA<br />

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JAMES M. HAVACH<br />

Squire Patton Boggs<br />

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MILLSTONE<br />

St. Marie Law Firm Co., L.P.A.<br />

THOMAS A. ST. MARIE<br />

Stanley B. Wiener Attorney at Law<br />

STANLEY B. WIENER<br />

Stark & Knoll Co., L.P.A.<br />

DAVID W. HILKERT<br />

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP<br />

THOMAS J. LEE, BRUCE J. L. LOWE<br />

Thomas A Mason Attorney at Law<br />

THOMAS A MASON<br />

Thomas A. Quintrell Attorney at Law<br />

THOMAS A. QUINTRELL<br />

Thomas L. Dettelbach<br />

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Thomas O. Callaghan<br />

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Thompson Hine LLP<br />

DIANNE S. COSCARELLI, DAVID W.<br />

SALISBURY, PATRICK JAMES SWEENEY<br />

Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan A Legal<br />

Professional Association<br />

TODD C. HICKS, DALE H. MARKOWITZ<br />

Tucker Ellis, LLP<br />

IRENE M. MACDOUGALL, MICHELLE<br />

POWE MARVINNEY, KEITH H. RAKER,<br />

DANIEL K. WRIGHT<br />

Ulmer & Berne LLP<br />

INAJO THERESA DAVIS CHAPPELL,<br />

HAROLD E. FRIEDMAN, BILL J.<br />

GAGLIANO, MARY FORBES LOVETT,<br />

DAVID D. YEAGLEY<br />

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP<br />

JAY P. PORTER<br />

Wachter Kurant, LLC<br />

MARC W. FREIMUTH, JACK KURANT, A.<br />

R. (BUD) MAYS, MARK I. WACHTER<br />

Walter | Haverfield LLP<br />

MARC J. BLOCH<br />

PETRA J. BRADBURY<br />

MARGARET ANNE CANNON<br />

RALPH E. CASCARILLA<br />

DARRELL A. CLAY<br />

JAMES P. CONROY<br />

MICHAEL A. CYPHERT<br />

CARL J. DYCZEK<br />

SARA J. FAGNILLI<br />

CHRISTOPHER L. GIBBON<br />

JOHN H. GIBBON<br />

JONATHAN D. GREENBERG<br />

WILLIAM R. HANNA<br />

ROBERT S. HORBALY<br />

R. TODD HUNT<br />

JAMES M. MACKEY<br />

CRAIG A. MARVINNEY<br />

CHARLES T. RIEHL<br />

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RUSSELL C. SHAW<br />

ARTHUR P. STEINMETZ<br />

JOHN W. WALDECK<br />

PATRICIA F. WEISBERG<br />

GARY A. ZWICK<br />

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Waxman Blumenthal LLC<br />

DAVID B. WAXMAN<br />

MICHAEL R. BLUMENTHAL<br />

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Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg A Legal<br />

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LAWRENCE SEXTON CROWTHER<br />

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.<br />

LARRY R. ROTHENBERG<br />

Weston Hurd LLP<br />

DANA A. ROSE<br />

Wickens, Herzer, Panza, Cook & Batista<br />

Co.<br />

ROBERT P. ELLIS<br />

William J. Ockington<br />

WILLIAM J. OCKINGTON<br />

William R. Strachan Attorney at Law<br />

WILLIAM R. STRACHAN<br />

William S. Leizman<br />

WILLIAM S. LEIZMAN<br />

Ziegler Metzger LLP<br />

HOWARD E. HENDERSHOTT<br />

Ziegler Metzger LLP<br />

STEPHEN BALES<br />

JOSEPH KAMPMAN<br />

PAUL S. KLUG<br />

ROBERT METZGER<br />

JOHN E. REDEKER<br />

KIRK ROESSLER<br />

RICHARD T. SPOTZ<br />

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JOHN JAMES CARNEY<br />

Climaco, Wilcox, Peca, Tarantino &<br />

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David S. Inglis<br />

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Hermann, Cahn & Schneider, LLP<br />

HUGH D. BERKSON, ANTHONY J.<br />

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Joseph D. Carney & Associates, LLC<br />

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Professional Association<br />

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BRETT S. KRANTZ, BYRON S. KRANTZ,<br />

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MICHAEL ALAN ELLIS<br />

Robert N. Rains<br />

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RONALD E. SNYDER<br />

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GREGORY D. SEELEY<br />

Singerman, Mills, Desberg & Kauntz Co.,<br />

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP<br />

STEPHEN M. O’BRYAN, WILLIAM J.<br />

STAVOLE<br />

Thomas C. Wagner, LLC<br />

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Thomas Murray Parker Attorney at Law<br />

THOMAS MURRAY PARKER<br />

Thomas N. Julius Law Offices<br />

THOMAS NORBERT JULIUS<br />

Thompson Hine LLP<br />

THOMAS A. ALDRICH, MAL BANK,<br />

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MARTAHUS, DONALD H. MESSINGER,<br />

WILLIAM R. STEWART, ROY L. TURNELL<br />

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STEPHEN C. ELLIS, JEFFREY ALLEN<br />

FICKES, BRIAN W. FITZSIMONS, JOHN<br />

X. GARRED, MICHAEL F. HARRIS,<br />

EUGENE M. KILLEEN, IRENE M.<br />

MACDOUGALL, GLENN E. MORRICAL,<br />

BRIAN MICHAEL O’NEILL, DANIEL K.<br />

WRIGHT<br />

Ulmer & Berne LLP<br />

JOSEPH ANDREW CASTRODALE,<br />

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STEPHEN SIMMS, MICHAEL N. UNGAR<br />

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Bentoff & Duber Co., L.P.A.<br />

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CAROL F. DAKIN, ALAN S. DORIS,<br />

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Thomas W. McCrystal Attorney at Law<br />

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Thompson Hine LLP<br />

MAL BANK, THOMAS J. CALLAHAN,<br />

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STEWART<br />

Tucker Ellis, LLP<br />

PETER A. IGEL<br />

Ulmer & Berne LLP<br />

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Vanik & Butscher, LLP<br />

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Weston Hurd LLP<br />

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Batista Co.<br />

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GERALD F. COOPER<br />

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Davis & Young<br />

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Edward J. Riegler Attorney at Law<br />

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COBB, M. PATRICIA CULLER, STEPHEN<br />

H. GARIEPY, JOAN M. GROSS, STEPHEN<br />

JOHN KNERLY, BARBARA H. LEVINE,<br />

MARK F. SWARY<br />

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Hugh J. Morgan Attorney at Law<br />

HUGH J. MORGAN<br />

James E. Spitz Attorney at Law<br />

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Janet R. Beck<br />

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Javitch, Block & Rathbone L.L.C.<br />

MICHELE POLITO SOUCIE<br />

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JEFFREY G. WYNER<br />

John P. Malone, Jr.<br />

JOHN PATRICK MALONE<br />

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Kevin Purcell Co. A Legal Professional<br />

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ALAN STUART LEVINE<br />

Lawrence & Lawrence Co., L.P.A.<br />

WALTER R. LAWRENCE<br />

Lazzaro and Kraus<br />

MICHELE M. LAZZARO<br />

Leonard F. Carr, Co., L.P.A.<br />

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ANDREA C. KRYSZAK<br />

Lewis Terry Barr Attorney at Law<br />

LEWIS TERRY BARR<br />

Lustig, Evans & Lucas Co., L.P.A.<br />

ARTHUR F. LUSTIG<br />

Madelon Sprague Attorney at Law<br />

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Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

SANDRA J. BRANTLEY, JULIUS R.<br />

GERLACK<br />

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FRANK C. KRASOVEC, MARIA E. QUINN<br />

Mary Ann Sabol Johanek Attorney at Law<br />

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JON FITZPATRICK, JOHN S. SEICH<br />

McCray, Muzilla, Smith & Meyers Co.,<br />

L.P.A.<br />

RAYMOND A. MUZILLA<br />

McDonald Hopkins LLC<br />

JEFFREY P. CONSOLO, BERNARD L.<br />

KARR, ROGER L. SHUMAKER<br />

McGraw & McGraw, Co., LPA<br />

BRIAN RICHARD MCGRAW<br />

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SCOTT M. LEWIS, ANNE L. MEYERS,<br />

BARBARA K. ROMAN<br />

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Michael Gareau and Associates<br />

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Michael Joseph O’Brien Attorney at Law<br />

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NEAL M. JAMISON<br />

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ANTHONY R. TROIA<br />

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Oldham Kramer<br />

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Paul L. Millet and Associates A Legal<br />

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DOMINIC V. PERRY<br />

Philip C. Furber<br />

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R.M. Nelson Law<br />

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Reminger Co., L.P.A.<br />

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JOHN MERAGLIO, LEON ALAN WEISS<br />

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Richard H. Brown & Associates<br />

DON P. BROWN<br />

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Robert L. Steely, Esq.<br />

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REIMAN<br />

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JOSEPH P. GIBBONS, THOMAS J.<br />

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Sicuro & Simon An Association of<br />

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WILLIAM GEORGE SIMON<br />

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JOSEPH ANTHONY CONDENI<br />

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WENTWORTH J. MARSHALL<br />

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JAMES R. BRIGHT, J. DONALD CAIRNS,<br />

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STEPHEN JOHN BROWN<br />

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JOHN M. STICKNEY<br />

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RUSSELL T. MCLAUGHLIN<br />

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SUSAN SARA LOCKE<br />

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JOSEPH T. SVETE<br />

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RICHARD S. RIVITZ, MISSIA H.<br />

VASELANEY<br />

The DiCello Firm<br />

ROBERT J. DICELLO<br />

The Horwitz Group, LLC<br />

STUART M. HORWITZ<br />

The O’Brien Law Firm LLC<br />

MICHAEL J. O’BRIEN<br />

MARIA E. QUINN<br />

FRANK C. KRASOVEC, JR.<br />

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Theodore J. Horvath Attorney at Law<br />

THEODORE J. HORVATH<br />

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Thomas O. Callaghan<br />

THOMAS O. CALLAGHAN<br />

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FEHER<br />

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