About Us...

GERALD K. CARLISLE, Partner (Retired January 1, 2001)
College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, BA in 1956 Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio – Marshall Law School, LLB 1960.

RICHARD L. McNELLIE, Partner
Case Western Reserve University, BA in 1970 Cleveland Marshall College of Law, JD in 1975. Admitted to practice by Ohio Supreme Court in 1975 and U.S. District Court in 1976. Member of American Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, Cuyahoga County Bar Association and the Ohio Land Title Association. Frequent Lecturer on foreclosures and real estate title issues for Professional Education Systems, Inc., National Business Institute, Inc., Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judges Continuing Legal Education Series and Franklin County Bar Association.
WILLIAM T. RINI, Partner
Baldwin Wallace College, BA in 1971 Cleveland Marshall College of Law, JD in 1975. Admitted to practice by Ohio Supreme Court in 1975 and U.S. District Court in 1975. Member of American Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers Association and Ohio Trial Lawyers Association. Individually rated a.v. by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.
HERBERT J. KRAMER, Partner
John Carroll University, BSBA in 1980; Cleveland Marshall College of Law, JD in 1984. Admitted to practice by Ohio Supreme Court in 1984, U.S. District Court in 1986, United States Supreme Court in 1996 and U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Appellate Circuit in 1996. Member of American Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association and Cleveland Bar Association.
PHYLLIS A. ULRICH, Partner
University of Akron, BA (Magna Cum Laude) in 1988 University of Akron College of Law, JD in 1991. Admitted to practice by Ohio Supreme Court in 1991, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Appellate Circuit in 1993, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in 1995, and United States Supreme Court in 1996.
Member of Ohio State Bar Association, Akron Bar Association (Member and Past Chair of Bankruptcy/Commerical Law Section), Cleveland Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, and National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees.
Lecturer on bankruptcies for Cleveland Bar Association, Akron Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, Cuyahoga County Bar Association and National Business Institute. Individually rated a.v. by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.
JAMES L. SASSANO, Partner
Bowling Green State University, 1988, BSBA. Cleveland Marshal College of Law, JD, 1993. Admitted to practice by the Ohio Supreme Court in 1993, United States District Court in 1997, Member of American Bar Association. Cuyahoga County Bar Association and Cleveland Bar Association.

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