The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (CMBA) is a nonprofit organization, operating as a center for legal professionalism in the region and promoting the highest ethical and professionalism standards. In March 2008, the Cleveland Bar (founded in 1873) and Cuyahoga County Bar Association (founded in 1927), brought together more than 135 years of rich history to create the unified CMBA. The vision is to advance the greater Cleveland legal community as a world-class center of professional excellence and model of community service.
CMBA fulfills its mission – to promote the rule of law and the legal profession by supporting, empowering and celebrating our members and the community – through professional development and interaction; educational programming; and community engagement and service.
The CMBA has led by example through innovative public service, pro bono programs, diversity initiatives and community partnerships. Volunteer leadership, members and staff have used their experience, knowledge and creativity to develop and sustain significant programs in a way that has benefited the CMBA, its members and the community at large. Among these programs and initiatives are CLEs, volunteer outreach programs, fundraising special events, section and committee projects, and the monthly Bar Journal publication, to name a few. As such, the CMBA has earned an outstanding reputation among the legal and local community, as well as regionally and nationally.
The CMBA relocated to the 2nd and 3rd floor of the One Cleveland Center building in downtown Cleveland in the fall of 2014, offering both our membership and the public access to a multi-purpose venue that is ready to meet the event and conferences need for our association, our members and all of Cleveland. Before moving to One Cleveland Center, the CMBA called the second floor of the Galleria home from 2004 – 2014, and before that, we resided in a building at 113 St. Clair Avenue which has since been replaced by the Global Center for Health Innovation. Learn more about our current location and amenities here.
2007-2008 | Steven L. Gardner
2006-2007 | Laurence Turbow
2005-2006 | Diana Thimmig
2004-2005 | Justin Madden
2003-2004 | Thomas Escovar
2002-2003 | Lester Potash
2001-2002 | Jay Milano
2000-2001 | Saul Eisen
1999-2000 | Ellen S. Mandell
1998-1999 | Kenneth A. Bossin
1997-1998 | Frank R. DeSantis
1996-1997 | Lynn A. Lazzaro
1995-1996 | Laurie F. Starr
1994-1995 | Mercedes Spotts
1993-1994 | Joseph C. Domiano
1992-1993 | Russell Z. Baron
1991-1992 | Peter H. Weinberger
1990-1991 | Edwin S. Weiner
1989-1990 | Robert J. Fay
1988-1989 | Lawrence M. Baker
1987-1988 | Martin G. Lentz
1986-1987 | Ronald M. Rubinstein
1985-1986 | Joseph G. Schneider
1984-1985 | Alan M. Wolk
1983-1984 | Marian R. Nathan
1982-1983 | William L. Summers
1981-1982 | Thomas L. Dettlebach
1980-1981 | F. M. Apicella
1979-1980 | David Arnold
1978-1979 | Leo M. DeGrandis
1977-1978 | Stanley D. Gottsegen
1976-1977 | T. D. McDonald
1975-1976 | Irwin M. Milner
1974-1975 | Albert Morhard
1973-1974 | David I. Sindell
1972-1973 | Bernard J. Stuplineski
1971-1972 | Fred Weisman
1970-1971 | Robert R. Disbro
1969-1970 | George Pillersdorf
1968-1969 | J. Frank Azzarello
1967-1968 | Thomas J. Friel
1966-1967 | Leo E. Rattay
1965-1966 | Elmer I. Schwartz
1964-1965 | Francis J. Talty
1963-1964 | Elmer C. Myers
1962-1963 | Morton B. Icove
1961-1962 | Craig Spangenberg
1960-1961 | Ronald M. Benjamin
1959-1960 | John J. McMahon
1958-1959 | William J. Corrigan
1957-1958 | Edward Chitlik
1956-1957 | Bernard C. Watchel
1955-1956 | Stephen M. Young
1954-1955 | Harry Auslander
1953-1954 | A. L. Kearns
1952-1953 | Fred H. Mandel
1951-1952 | H. Franklin Hamilton
1950-1951 | Parker Fulton
1949-1950 | William A. Weiss
1948-1949 | Franklin A. Polk
1947-1948 | Raymond D. Metzner
1944-1947 | Edwin F. Woodle
1943-1944 | Harley S. Cook
1942-1943 | Fred W. Zimmerman
1941-1942 | Martin E. Blum
1940-1941 | Leo F. Lightner
1939-1940 | Grover C. Hosford
1938-1939 | Jerome W. Moss
1937-1938 | George Palda
1936-1937 | James C. Connell
1935-1936 | Howell Leuck
1934-1935 | Joseph L. Stern
1931-1934 | John H. Orgill
1928-1931 | Harry F. Payer
1927-1928 | Max P. Goodman
2007-2008 | Kerin Lyn Kaminski
2006-2007 | Hugh E. McKay
2005-2006 | P. Kelly Tompkins
2004-2005 | David A. Kutik
2003-2004 | Steven S. Kaufman
2002-2003 | Robin G. Weaver
2001-2002 | Isaac Schulz
2000-2001 | Jose C. Feliciano
1999-2000 | Timothy D. Johnson
1998-1999 | Barbara J. Smith
1997-1998 | John D. Liber
1996-1997 | Alan S. Kopit
1995-1996 | Robert C. Weber
1994-1995 | Gale S. Messerman
1993-1994 | Daniel W. Hammer
1992-1993 | Robert J. Rotatori
1991-1992 | Thomas J. LaFond
1990-1991 | Mark O’Neill
1989-1990 | Gerald L. Gherlein
1988-1989 | Marvin L. Karp
1987-1988 | Lizabeth A. Moody
1986-1987 | Donald P. Traci
1985-1986 | John L. Strauch
1984-1985 | Sterling Newell, Jr.
1983-1984 | John H. Gherlein
1982-1983 | Gerald S. Gold
1981-1982 | Louis Paisley
1980-1981 | Harley J. McNeal
1979-1980 | William L. Calfee
1978-1979 | Andrew Johnson
1977-1978 | Patrick McCartan
1976-1977 | Lawrence E. Stewart
1975-1976 | George Meisel
1974-1975 | Robert McCreary, Jr.
1973-1974 | Norman Shibley
1972-1973 | Bruce Griswold
1971-1972 | Samuel T. Gaines
1970-1971 | John Ladd Dean
1969-1970 | H. Chapman Rose
1968-1969 | S. Burns Weston
1967-1968 | James C. Davis
1966-1967 | Dwight B. Buss
1965-1966 | Morris Berick
1964-1965 | Louis S. Pierce
1963-1964 | Maurice F. Hanning
1962-1963 | Ashley M. Van Duzer
1961-1962 | William F. Hecker
1960-1961 | Fletcher R. Andrews
1959-1960 | John S. Pyke
1958-1959 | Howard F. Burns
1957-1958 | Wendell A. Falsgraf
1956-1957 | Robert H. Jamison
1955-1956 | Eugene H. Freedheim
1954-1955 | J. Hall Kellogg
1953-1954 | H. Walter Stewart
1952-1953 | McAlister Marshall
1951-1952 | J. Virgil Cory
1950-1951 | Marc J. Grossman
1949-1950 | John L. McChord
1948-1949 | Lawrence C. Spieth
1947-1948 | Joseph C. Hostetler
1946-1947 | Frank J. Quail
1945-1946 | Thomas H. Jones
1944-1945 | John T. Scott
1943-1944 | H. Austin Hauxhurst
1942-1943 | Glen O. Smith
1941-1942 | Marcellus De Vaughn
1940-1941 | Herbert A. Spring
1939-1940 | L.B. Davenport
1938-1939 | James C. Logue
1937-1938 | Harry J. Crawford
1936-1937 | Stanley L. Orr
1935-1936 | Charles M. Buss
1934-1935 | Sylvester McMahon
1933-1934 | Edward Bushnell
1932-1933 | William H. Boyd
1931-1932 | Walter L. Flory
1930-1931 | Luther Day
1929-1930 | Harrison B. McGraw
1928-1929 | Maurice Bernon
1926-1928 | Paul Howland
1925-1926 | Newton D. Baker
1920-1925 | John J. Sullivan
1918-1920 | P. L. A. Lieghley
1916-1918 | H. H. McKeehan
1913-1916 | C. R. Miller
1911-1913 | T. L. Johnson
1909-1911 | James Lawrence
1908-1909 | F. H. Goff
1907-1908 | A. A. Sterns
1901-1907 | Frank N. Wilcox
1899-1900 | E. J. Blandin
1898-1899 | John M. Henderson
1894-1898 | Wm. F. Carr
1882-1894 | J. M. Jones
1880-1882 | James Mason
1873-1880 | Sherlock J. Andrews
