Annual Bench-Bar Memorial Program

The 2013 Annual Greater Cleveland Bench-Bar Memorial Program will be held Monday, April 1, at noon in the atrium of the Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse at 201 Superior Avenue, Cleveland.  The program will pay tribute to 33 attorneys and judges from Cleveland and Cuyahoga County who passed away in 2012 and had devoted their lives to upholding the rule of law and the highest standards of the community. 

Chief Judge Solomon Oliver of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, will preside over the ceremony, and judges from the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Eighth District Court of Appeals, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas and Cleveland and Cuyahoga County Municipal Courts are expected to be in attendance. 

During the ceremony, brief remarks will be made by various judges and local bar association representatives, and reflections will be provided by Rev. Daniel E. Budd of the First Unitarian Church of Cleveland.  A full reading of the names of those being memorialized will take place, and a reception with light refreshments will be held immediately following the ceremony. 

The Memorial Program is presented each year as a collaborative effort by the bench and local bars, including the Cleveland Metropolitan, Federal-Northeast District, Norman S. Minor, Ohio State and Ohio Women’s Bar Associations. The program is open to the public at no cost and will last approximately one hour. 

This year, the Memorial Program will honor: