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Dennis R. Lansdowne Curriculum Vitae

EMPLOYMENT

1985 - Present                      Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP, Partner

1983 - 1985                           Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Associate

1980 – 1983                          Honorable Robert B. Krupansky, Sixth Circuit
Court of Appeals, Law Clerk

EDUCATION

1981                                       Cleveland Marshall College of Law, J.D.
(summa cum laude)
University of San Francisco

1977                                       Cleveland State University, B.A.
Ohio University

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Association for Justice
  • American Bar Association
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys
  • Fellow, International Society of Barristers
  • Life Member, Eighth Judicial Conference
  • Life Member, U.S. Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference
  • Ohio Association for Justice
  • Ohio State Bar Association
  • The Court of Nisi Prius
  • Master, William K. Thomas Inns of Court

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS/BAR ACTIVITIES/SPEAKING

  • Past President, Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys
  • Chairman of the Executive Council of the Young Lawyers Section, Cleveland BarAssociation, 1989-1990
  • Member of the Executive Council of the Young Lawyers Section, Cleveland BarAssociation, 1985-1991
  • Founder of the Cleveland Aids Project ("CAP")
  • Co-chair of the first seminar to instruct and recruit lawyers to represent people with AIDS
  • Former co-chairmen of the Committee on the Homeless
  • Former chairman of the Practice and Procedure Clinic
  • Vice Chairman of the Juvenile Justice Committee Chair of the Nominating Committee
  • Executive Committee, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
  • Adjunct Faculty, Cleveland Marshall College of Law(Medical Malpractice)
  • Past President, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Alumni Association
  • Board of Directors, Beck Center for Arts
  • Frequent lecturer at local and national legal education seminars

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

  • Listed in “The Best Lawyers in America”
  • Named as one of Ohio’s“Super Lawyers” – Nominated and Published by Thomson Reutersand Cincinnati Magazine
  • Selected by The American Trial Lawyers Association as one of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Ohio”
  • Named as one of Ohio’s “Leading Lawyers” by Inside Business Magazine

We invite you to schedule a consultation with Mr. Lansdowne. Contact our offices in Cleveland, Ohio, today.

"Practicing law is a privilege. After more than twenty-five years of practice I remain grateful for that privilege and acutely aware of my responsibility to the clients I represent." Outside the Courtroom

Dennis and his wife, Kim, have four children. They are members of the Cathedral of St. John in downtown Cleveland. In addition to his work with Cleveland Marshall and other law related organizations, Dennis is on the Board of Directors for the Beck Center for the Arts. The Beck Center is one of the largest arts education and performance institutions in Northeast Ohio, offering professional theatre productions, gallery exhibits, and a large variety of arts education classes for children and adults.