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Carole Schwartz Rendon
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Practice Areas

• Criminal Defense
• White Collar Criminal Defense
• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Civil Litigation
• Appellate Litigation
• Professional Disciplinary Representation

Education
Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1987
Northwestern University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1984

Admitted to Practice
Admitted: 1989, Illinois, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
1997, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
1999, Ohio, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

U.S. Government Service
Law clerk to the Honorable Joel M. Flaum, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1987-1988
Assistant United States Attorney, Boston, Massachusetts, Organized Crime Strike Force, 1988-1994

Chief, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, U.S. Attorney's Office, Boston, Massachusetts, 1994-1997


Professional Associations & Achievements
Ohio Super Lawyers (2005 – present)
• Featured story January 2009
• Top 50 Women Lawyers in Ohio
   (2008-Present)
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
• Trustee (2005-2008)
• Chair, Women in the Law Section
   (2007-2008)
• Chair, Criminal Law Section
   (2005-2006)
• Diversity Action Committee
   (2005-present)

American Bar Association
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
John M. Manos Inn of Court (Formerly Anthony J. Celebrezze Inn of Court)

Published Cases
State of Ohio v. Jeffrey Kellon, 2001 WL 1134865 (Ohio App. 8th Dist.), September 20, 2001.

State of Ohio v. William Reames, 2003 WL 23009111 (Ohio App. 8th Dist.), December 24, 2003.

Adcor Industries, Inc. v. Bevcorp, LLC, et al., 411 F. Supp. 778 (N.D. Ohio 2005).
United States v. Raymond Grenier and Delta Equity Services, 2006 WL 2813974 (N.D. Ohio), September 28, 2006.

Author & Presentation Topics
Criminal Justice Forum IV: The Future of the Forensic Sciences, (a national symposium hosted by Cleveland Marshall School of Law, March 2009)
Litigation and Opportunities in Economically Challenging Times, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (March 2009)

White Collar Crime Investigations and the Attorney Client Privilege, NEOACCA (2008)

"Judging the Justice System," The Sounds of Ideas (90.3 WCPN Podcast available)
Rainmakers-How to Get and Stay on the Short List, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
"Oh No, Not a Claim of Discrimination. How to Investigate and What to Do?" (2008)
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

Community Service

Chair of the Community Council of the Cuyahoga County Justice System Reform, 2007-present
Criminal Defense Bar Representative to the JMI Task Force, 2005 - present
Co-Chair Diversity Networking Conference, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (2008 & 2009)
3Rs Instructor, Ginn Academy
Member of the Education and Mitzvah Day Committees of Park Synagogue

Team Captain, Trinity Cathedral Sunday Lunch Ministry Soup Kitchen