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
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 & Awards
· Ohio Super Lawyers
Cleveland Bar Association
- Trustee (2005-2008)
- Chair, Women in the Law Section (2007-2008)
- Chair, Criminal Law Section (2005-2006)
American Bar Association
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
John M. Manos Inn of Court (Formerly Anthony J. Celebrezze Inn of Court)
Phi Beta Kappa
Wigmore Scholar

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.

Frequent Author & Presenter on Topics, including
"Judging the Justice System," The Sounds of Ideas (90.3 WCPN Podcast available)
Cleveland Bar Association - "Rainmakers-How to Get and Stay on the Short List."
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

Community Service

Chair of the Community Council of the Cuyahoga County Judicial Management Institute (JMI) Task Force, 2007
Criminal Defense Bar Representative to the JMI Task Force, 2005 - present
Member of the Education and Mitzvah Day Committees of Park Synagogue

Team Captain, Trinity Cathedral Sunday Lunch Ministry Soup Kitchen