Javitch, Block & Rathbone Attorneys

Victor M. Javitch, (Partner) admitted to bar, 1962, Ohio. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1959); Western Reserve University (LL.B., 1962). Tau Epsilon Rho. Editor, Western Reserve Law Review, 1961-1962. Lecturer: Topics - Creditor Rights, Landlord/Tenant, Secured Transactions.

Bruce A. Block, (Co-Managing Partner) admitted to bar, 1976, Ohio. Education: American University (B.A.); Case Western Reserve University (J.D.).

Joel H. Rathbone, (Co-Managing Partner) admitted to bar, 1979, Ohio. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A.); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D.). Member, Panel of U.S. Trustees, Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1979.

Marc A. Melamed, (Partner) admitted to bar, 1977, Ohio. Education: Case Western Reserve University; Washington University (A.B., 1973); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1977). Member: U.J.A. National Young Leadership Cabinet; Jewish Community Center (Board of Trustees; Vice President, 1991).

Kenneth B. Baker, (Partner) admitted to bar, 1977, Ohio. Education: University of Colorado (B.A., 1972); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1977).

Michele Polito Soucie, (Partner) admitted to bar, 1982, Ohio. Education: Baldwin-Wallace College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1979); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1982). Author: "Teamwork Allows Moms to Juggle," The Plain Dealer, Sunday, October 1997; "Facts About the Eviction Process," Properties Magazine, July 1999; "Investment Inquiries Co-Signor of Lease," Properties magazine, May 2000.

Robert K. Hogan, (Partner) admitted to bar, 1982, Ohio; 2000, Kentucky. Education: Union College (B.A., cum laude, 1979); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1982). (Resident, Cincinnati Office).

Michael D. Slodov, (Compliance Partner) admitted to bar, 1991, Ohio. Education: Cleveland State University (B.A., 1985); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1990). Articles Editor, Case Western Reserve Law Review, 1988-89.

Mark J.A. Demian, (Partner) admitted to bar, 1994, Ohio; 2006, Kentucky. Education: Colby College (B.A., 1989); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1994). Order of Barristers. Recipient: International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award, 1994; William E. Davis Mock Trial Prize, 1993 and 1994. The American Inns of Court, Harold Burton Chapter, 1994-1998. (Resident, Columbus Office).

James W. OH, (Partner) admitted to bar, 1999, Ohio. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.A., 1990); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Business Litigation; Contracts; Commercial Law; Appellate Practice.

Jeffrey E. Dubin, (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, Ohio; U.S. District Court, N.D. Ohio 1998; S.D. Ohio 2004. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., 1994); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1997). Reported cases: West v. Household Life Ins. Co. 867 N.E.2d 868 (Ohio App. 10 Dist. 2007).

Robert N. Lurie, (Partner) admitted to bar, 1994, Ohio. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A., 1991); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1994).

Theodore A. Konstantinopoulos, (Partner) admitted to bar, 1995, Ohio; 2005 Kentucky. Admitted to practice in the federal bankruptcy courts in Ohio, Indiana & Kentucky. Education: University of Akron (B.A., Marketing, 1991); University of Akron Law School (J.D., 1995).

Kimberly Lamson Rathbone, (Partner) admitted to bar, 2001, Ohio. Education: Ohio State University (B.A., 1996); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., 2001). Recipient: Max Ratner Scholarship; Nurenberg, Plevin, Heller & McCarthy Endowed Scholarship in Law; CALI Awards in: Legal Writing; Securities Regulation. Editor-in-Chief, Cleveland State Law Review, 2000-2001. Member: City Club New Leaders; Ohio Staters Inc. Alumni Association; Athena Awards Receiving Committee. Volunteer - COSE (Council of Smaller Enterprises).

Christopher L. Cassidy, (Partner) admitted to bar, 2001, Indiana. (Not admitted in Ohio). Education: DePauw University (B.A., Psychology, 1997); Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis (J.D., 2001). (Resident, Indianapolis Office).

Brian C. Block, (Partner) admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 2000); Cleveland State University Marshall School of Law (J.D., 2003).

Melissa A. Hager, (Partner) admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.A., English/Journalism, 1997); University of Toledo (J.D., 2000).

Nevenka Pavlovic, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio, 2008, New York. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., 1996); Ohio Northern University (J.D., 1999).

Lindsey I. Hall, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Ohio. Education: Cleveland State University (B.A., Political Science, 1999); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., 2002).

Audra T. Funk, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Ohio. Education: Virginia Commonwealth University (B.A., Political Science, 1991); Capital University Law School (J.D., 2001). Phi Theta Kappa; National Order of Barristers; Order of the Curia. Semi-Finalist, Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, Pace University, 2000.. (Resident, Columbus Office).

David T. Powell, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio. Education: Youngstown State University (B.S., 1998); Youngstown State University (M.S., 2000), Ohio State University (J.D., 2003). (Resident, Columbus Office).

John S. Shelley, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio. Education: Vassar College (B.A., 1997); Case Western Reserve University, (J.D., 2003).

Sarah A. Veith, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Ohio, 2003 Kentucky. Education: Furman University (B.A., 1999); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 2002). (Resident, Cincinnati Office).

Elizabeth N. Hahn, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004 Indiana. Education: Indiana University (B.A., History and Sociology 2000); Indiana University School of Law- Indianapolis (J.D., 2004). (Resident, Indianapolis Office).

Harold M. Schwarz, III, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Ohio. Education: Villanova University (B.A.H., 2001); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 2004). National Moot Court Team; Jonathan M. Ault Mock Trial Team. Recipient: Dean Dunmore Distinguished Advocate Award. Order of Barristers; Delta Theta Phi. Selected to Ohio Rising Stars 2010

Cheri M. Baldree, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Ohio; 2007, Indiana. Education: Evangel University (B.S., 2000); The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law (J.D., 2004). Jessup International Law Moot Court Team. Recipient: George R. Beneman Memorial Award for Outstanding Performance in Moot Court; Moritz College of Law Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution. (Resident, Columbus Office).

Matthew S. Kunkle, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004 Ohio; 2006 Indiana, 2007 Kentucky. Education: Alma College (B.S., 1999); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 2004). (Resident, Cincinnati Office).

William M. McCann, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Ohio. Education: Ohio University (B.A., 1996); Case Western Reserve University (M.S.S.A., 2000); Case Western Reserve University School of Law, (J.D., 2005).

Megan Linder, (Associate) admitted to bar 2005, Kentucky, Ohio (2006). Education: University of Kentucky (B.A. 2002, magna cum laude); University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law (J.D. 2005, magna cum laude). (Resident, Cincinnati Office).

Rebecca Wright, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio; 2006, Kentucky. Education: DePauw University (B.A. 2002); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005); Jonathan M. Ault Mock Trial Team, Phi Delta Phi (Ranney Inn President) Honors: Order of the Barrister. (Resident, Cincinnati Office).

Jacob M. Figelman, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Ohio. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., 2000); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Recipient: American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence, CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in the studies of Bankruptcy and Secured Transactions.

Eric Peterson, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Ohio; U.S. District Court, N.D. Ohio 2003. Education: Miami University (B.A. 1998); University of Toledo (J.D., 2002).

Stephan Babik, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio. Education: Walsh University, School of Business (B.A. 2002); Duquesne University School of Law, (J.D. 2005)

Matthew Warner, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Ohio. Education, State University of New York, College at Fredonia (B.A. 1997), Capital University Law School (J.D., 2000) (Resident, Columbus Office).

Glenn Knirsch, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio. Education: Ohio University (B.S. Industrial Systems Engineering, 2003); Robe Scholar, Alpha Pi Mu Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D. cum laude, 2006); Moot Court Board of Governors

Bradley Triplett, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio. Education: Cleveland State University, (B.A. 2001); Cleveland Marshall College of Law, (J.D. 2004)

Jason M. Sullivan, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio; 2007, Indiana. Education: Western Michigan University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2003); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., with distinction, 2006).

Loren P. Raven, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Indiana. Education: Indiana University- Bloomington (B.A., 2001); John Jay College of Criminal Justice (M.A., 2003); University of Tulsa College of Law (J.D., 2006). CALI Excellence for the Future Award - Gender & the Law/Equal Protection. (Resident, Indianapolis Office).

Jeremy J. Roberts, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Indiana. Education: Taylor University (B.A., 2001); Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law (J.D., 2005) (Resident, Indianapolis Office).

Kelly Williams, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio; Education: Miami University (BS 2001); University of Dayton School of Law (J.D., 2006) (Resident, Cincinnati Office).

Jeannette Gute, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio; 2009, Kentucky. Education: University of Washington (B.A., 2004); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 2008) (Resident, Cincinnati Office).

Steven Alsip, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio; 2009, Kentucky. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., 2008); University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 2008) (Resident, Cincinnati Office).

Jennifer M. Nageotte, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio. Education: New York University (B.F.A., 2005); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 2008), Journal of International Law, Phi Delta Phi.

Kathleen A. Hahner, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio.

Greggory B. Elzey, Jr., (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio.

Sam A. Benson, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Ohio. Education: University of Toledo (B.A., 2004, magna cum laude); University of Toledo (J.D., 2007, magna cum laude). Honors: Order of the Coif.

Clinton E. Preslan, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio. Education: Lehigh University (B.S., with Honors 2003); Cleveland State University (M.B.A., 2006); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., 2006).

Cathryn E. Greenwald, (Associate) admitted to bar, 2009, Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2005); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2009). Research Editor, Cleveland State Law Review, 2007-2008.

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