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Judge Laura J. Gallagher
Probate Court of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
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Maria Firman
(216) 443-7557
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(216)443-7554
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Employment:
Assistant County Prosecutor, Cuyahoga County, 1987-1990 and 2003-2009
Magistrate and Court Administrator, Medina County Juvenile/Probate Court, 1996-2003
Assistant County Prosecutor, Medina County, 1990-1996
Judge, Cuyahoga County Probate Court, Since 2009
Education:
Case Western Reserve School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, J.D., cum laude, May 1986
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, B.A. cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, May, 1983
Memberships:
Ohio State Bar Association
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Foundation Member
Adult Protective Services Interdisciplinary Team Steering Committee
President, Lawyers Guild of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
Irish American Law Society
William K. Thomas American Inn of Court
Leadership
President Elect, Ohio Association of Probate Judges
OAPJ Probate Modernization Committee
OAPJ Forms Committee
Ohio Judicial Conference Executive Committee
Ohio Judicial Conference Judicial Education Committee
Co-Chair Probate Law and Procedure Committee
Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure
Supreme Court of Ohio Subcommittee on Adult Guardianship
Supreme Court of Ohio HB1 Implementation Work Group
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