Admitted
1973, Ohio; 1974, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Pennsylvania, J.D., 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
Catholic University of America, B.A., summa cum laude, 1969; Catholic University of America, M.A., 1
Biographical
Recipient, 1994 John Minor Wisdom Award for Public Service and Professionalism from ABA Litigation Section. Author: To Stay Home: Analysis of Rights and Recommendations on Procedures for Persons Receiving Mental Health Service in the Community, 7 Journal of Law and Health (Cleveland Marshall) 219, 1993; Right to Refuse Psychotropic Medication, 6 MDLR 122 (1982); Civil Commitment of Mentally Ill, Merrick, Rippner, Ohio Probate Law: Practice and Procedure; Adult Protective Services, Merrick, Rippner, Ohio Probate Law: Practice and Procedure; Adjunct Professor, Psychiatry and Law, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, 1978—; Adjunct Faculty, School of Law, Case Western Reserve University, 1988—. Lecturer in law, Cleveland-Marshall School of Law, 1978-1986. Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, 1973-1982. Member and Officer, Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1983-1987.