FAMILY

• Wife:  Ellen Spitzer Donnelly
• Children:  Michael, Colette and Timothy

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EXPERIENCE

• Presiding Judge
  Probate Court of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  1991 to present
• Judge
  Probate Court of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  1980-91
• Court Administrator and Chief Trial Referee
  Probate Court of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  1973-80
• Trial Referee
  Probate Court of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  1969-73
• Admitted to Profession of Law
  State of Ohio
  1969
  

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EDUCATION

• Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, 1965-69
  Cleveland, Ohio Juris Doctorate 
  
• LaSalle College, 1961-65
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Bachelor of Science - Accounting
  
• St. Edward High School, 1957-61
  Lakewood, Ohio
  

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Greater Cleveland Bar Association
• Cuyahoga County Bar Association
• Ohio Bar Association
• National College of Probate Judges
• American Judicature Society
• Ohio Probate Judges Association (President, 1986 and 1987)
• Ohio Judicial Conference (Chairman, 1993-94)
• Rules Committee, Ohio Judicial Conference - 1986-87
• Ohio Supreme Court Visiting Judges Committee - 1987
• Ohio-Ukraine Rule of Law Committee
• Judicial Conference of the Eighth Judicial District (Chairman, 1996-97)
• Ohio Supreme Court Continuing Legal Education Commission
  (1997-2003)
• Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism

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CIVIC INVOLVEMENT

• St. Edward High School Trustee - 1985-91
• Cleveland State University Law School Alumni Association - Trustee
• Cleveland Developmental Center/Citizens Advisory Board - Member - 1976-80
• St. Augustine Manor - Trustee - 1982-88
• St. Augustine Manor - President 1987-88
• Catholic Social Services Advisory Board Trustee - 1983-88
• Association for Retarded Citizens - Trustee - 1979-86
• Cleveland State University Visiting Committee - Member

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LECTURER - PROBATE LAW & PROCEDURE

• Ohio Probate Judges Association
• Ohio Legal Center Institute (Throughout the State of Ohio)
• Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University
• Case Western Reserve School of Law
• Ohio Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Division of Forensic Psychiatry
• Greater Cleveland Bar Association
• Cuyahoga County Bar Association
• National College of Probate Judges

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AWARDS

• Superior Judicial Service - 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984, and 1985
• The Bar Association of Greater Cleveland Presidential Award - 1984
• Outstanding Alumnus Award Cleveland-Marshall College of Law - 1986
• Who's Who in American Law - 1990
• St. Edward High School Alumnus of the Year 1994
• LaSalle University Michael DeAngelis Award 2006
• Ohio Guardianship Association Distinguished Service Award 2008