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Michael C. Hennenberg

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Practice Areas

Criminal Defense; Trial and Appellate Practice; State and Federal Courts; White Collar Defense; Health Care Fraud; Antitrust Defense; Regulatory Investigations; Tax Fraud; Complex Civil Fraud; Attorney Discipline; Legal Malpractice Defense



Admitted 1974, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
Law School Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, J.D.
Member Cleveland (Nominating Committee, 1989; Chairman, Victim of Crime Committee, 1988; Member: Board of Trustees, 1985-1988; Criminal Law Committee Legislative Liaison, 1983-1986; Judicial Selection Committee, 1982-1985; Criminal Law Committee, 1974—; Steering Committee of Task Force on Violent Crime; Co-Chairman, Robbery Sub Task Force, 1982; Special Committee Member, Criminal Trial Walk-Through for Young Lawyers, 1982; Past Chairman, Criminal Law Committee, 1981-1982); Cuyahoga County, Ohio State (Member, Criminal Justice Committee, 1984—) and American Bar Associations; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member: Brief Bank Committee, 1986-1988; State & Local Bar Liaison Committee, 1986-1988; Lawyers Assistance Strike Force Committee, 1985-1988); Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys (Charter Member; Board of Directors 1986—; Treasurer, 1986-1988); National Board of Trial Advocacy; United States Supreme Court Historical Society; Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (President Elect 1986-1987; President 1987-1988; Member, Board of Directors 1983-1985).
Biography Trial lawyer, Dinn, Hochman & Potter, LLC, Of Counsel. Responsibilities include criminal defense, defense of regulatory proceedings, civil fraud, criminal tax, civil litigation, and appellate representation in State and Federal Courts (2004—).

Trial lawyer. Hennenberg Law Office, formerly Hennenberg & Associates. Responsibilities include criminal defense, defense of regulatory proceedings, civil fraud, criminal tax, civil litigation, and appellate representation in State and Federal Courts (1999-2003).

Partner and trial lawyer. Hennenberg & Brown. Responsibilities included criminal defense, defense of regulatory proceedings, civil fraud, criminal tax, civil litigation, and appellate representation in State and Federal Courts (1994-1999).

Managing partner and trial lawyer. Hennenberg, Stuplinski & Zukerman, Cleveland, Ohio. Responsibilities included criminal defense, defense of regulatory proceedings, civil fraud, criminal tax, civil litigation, and appellate representation in State and Federal Courts (1991-1993).

Partner and trial lawyer. Greene & Hennenberg, formerly Fink, Greene & Hennenberg, Cleveland, Ohio. Responsibilities included criminal defense, defense of regulatory proceedings, civil fraud, criminal tax, civil litigation, and appellate representation in State and Federal Courts (1974-1991).

Legal Intern. Legal Aid-Public Defender's Office, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio. Worked under the direction of William T. Wuliger, Esquire, First Assistant, Public Defender's Office. Responsibilities included assigned case load in Cleveland Municipal Court, Criminal Division; research and brief writing; investigation in support of felony case load; and research and writing of criminal appeals, State and Federal (1973-1974).

Law Clerk. Law Students Civil Rights Research Council, Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio. Worked under the direction of Professor Ann Aldrich. Responsibilities included research and brief writing in criminal appeals, both State and Federal (1972-1973).

Deputy Clerk. Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, Child Support Division, Cleveland, Ohio. Worked under the direction of James Papp, Esquire. Responsibilities included interviewing with parties involved in child support matters and appearances before the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court (1972).

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
American Bar Association
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
National Board of Trial Advocacy, A division of the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification: Certified Criminal Trial Advocate
American Board of Criminal Lawyers
United States Supreme Court Historical Society
Ohio State Bar Association
Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Cleveland Bar Association
Cuyahoga County Bar Association
Cleveland State University - Cleveland Marshall Law Alumni Association
Anti-Defamation League, Regional Board Member, 2001—

LECTURES AND MEDIA APPEARANCES:

Moderator, topic: "Death Penalty Defense Video Replay," Ohio State Bar Association, Cleveland, Ohio, November 18, 2009.

Guest lecturer, topic: "Trial Tactics & Novel Defense Strategies," Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Cleveland, Ohio, April 18, 2008.

Guest lecturer, topic: "A Practitioner's Guide to Professionalism, Ethics and Substance Abuse in Ohio," Lorman Education Services, Cleveland, Ohio, August 5, 2007.

Guest lecturer, topic: "Criminal Trial Walk-Thru Seminar," Cleveland Bar Association, Cleveland, Ohio, May 19, 2007.

Guest lecturer, topic: "A Practitioner's Guide to Professionalism, Ethics and Substance Abuse in Ohio," Lorman Education Services, Cleveland, Ohio, August 3, 2006.

Guest lecturer, topic: "A Practitioner's Guide to Professionalism, Ethics and Substance Abuse in Ohio," Lorman Education Services, Cleveland, Ohio, August 19, 2005.

Guest lecturer, topic: "A Practitioner's Guide to Professionalism, Ethics and Substance Abuse in Ohio," Lorman Education Services, Cleveland, Ohio, August 19, 2004.

Guest lecturer, topic: "A Practitioner's Guide to Professionalism, Ethics and Substance Abuse in Ohio," Lorman Education Services, Cleveland, Ohio, September 5, 2003.

Guest lecturer, Table Lodge Speaker, topic: "Masonic History and Law," Forest City Lodge, No. 388. F. A. & M., 25th Annual Table Lodge, Wednesday, June 18, 2003.

Guest lecturer, topic: "A Practitioner's Guide to Professionalism, Ethics and Substance Abuse in Ohio," Lorman Education Services, Cleveland, Ohio, September 5, 2002.

Guest lecturer, topic: "Criminal Advocacy - Voir Dire," The Ohio State Bar Association CLE Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, November 15, 2001.

Guest lecturer, topic: "A Practitioner's Guide to Professionalism, Ethics and Substance Abuse in Ohio," Lorman Education Services, Cleveland, Ohio, November 28, 2001. (Seminar originally scheduled for Tuesday, September 11, 2001).

Guest moderator, topic: "Joint Bar Initiative on Civility and Professionalism: Time for a Change," Cleveland and Cuyahoga County Bar Associations, Cleveland, Ohio, January 25, 2001.

Guest lecturer, topic: "A Practitioner's Guide to Professionalism, Ethics and Substance Abuse in Ohio," Lorman Education Services, Cleveland, Ohio, September 22, 2000.

Guest lecturer, topic: "Plea Negotiations," The Ohio State Bar Association CLE Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, February 18, 2000.

Chairman, Cleveland Bar Association, Golf Outing Committee, Cleveland Bar Association, Cleveland, Ohio, 1999.

Guest lecturer and panelist, topic: "Handling the Domestic Violence Case," The Ohio State Bar Association CLE Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, August 20, 1999.

Guest panelist, radio program - WERE; Strictly Business, "Federal White Collar Crime," Cleveland, Ohio, February 20, 1998.

Guest lecturer, topic: "Litigation Essentials: Talking to the Jury," The Cleveland Marshall Law Alumni Association, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, November 2, 1996.

Guest lecturer, topic: "The Death Penalty - Is It Right for America? Is It Right For Free Masonry?," Forest City Mason's, Table Lodge Series, Cleveland, Ohio, June 28, 1995.

Guest lecturer, topic: Drug Treatment In Lieu of Conviction and Conditional Probation for Drug Treatment, Ohio Common Pleas Judges' Association, Columbus, Ohio, December 4, 1992.

Guest lecturer, topic: Defense Attorney's Role In A Criminal Case and Criminal Defense Pleadings, Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association, Cleveland, Ohio, November 7, 1992.

Guest panelist, television program - TV 61; In Your Interest, "The Role of the Criminal Defense Attorney," Cleveland, Ohio, August, 1992.

Guest lecturer, topic: Pleading and Practice in White Collar Cases, Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer's Defense of White Collar Criminal Cases, Cleveland, Ohio, July, 1992.

Guest panelist, radio program - WERE; The Gary Dee Show, "The Death Penalty," Cleveland, Ohio, May, 1992.

Guest lecturer, topic: The Defense Attorney's Role, Cleveland Bar Association Criminal Trial Walk-Thru, Cleveland, Ohio, May, 1992.

Guest panelist, television program - Continental Cable, North Coast Connection "The Death Penalty in the United States," Cleveland, Ohio, May, 1992.

Guest lecturer, topic: Death Penalty Case, Jury Voir Dire, Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer's Death Penalty Seminar and Workshop, Cincinnati, Ohio, December, 1991.

Guest lecturer, topic: Preparation of the defense of a criminal case, Dyke College, Cleveland, Ohio, January, 1991.

Guest panelist, radio program - WERE; Inside the Law Business, "What's Clogging the Docket," Cleveland, Ohio, October, 1990.

Guest panelist, television program - Channel 5, The Morning Exchange "The Death Penalty - Is It An Appropriate Punishment," Cleveland, Ohio, April, 1990.

Guest lecturer, topic: Criminal Law and Procedure, Cleveland Bar Association Practice and Procedure Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, January, 1990.

Guest lecturer, topic: Persuasion in Pleading and Practice, Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Third Annual Superstar CLE, Columbus, Ohio, October, 1989.

Guest lecturer, topic: Criminal Law and Procedure, Cleveland Bar Association Practice and Procedure Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, February, 1989.

Guest lecturer, topic: Criminal Law and Procedure, Cleveland Bar Association Practice and Procedure Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, January, 1988.

Guest lecturer, topic: Criminal Law and Procedure, Cleveland Bar Association Practice and Procedure Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, January, 1987.

Guest lecturer, topic: Criminal Law and Procedure, Cleveland Bar Association Practice and Procedure Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, January, 1986.

Guest lecturer, topic: Grand Jury Practice and Procedure, Cuyahoga County Law Directors Association monthly meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, January, 1986.

Guest lecturer/moderator, topic: "What Every Lawyer Should Know About The New Sentencing Statutes," Greater Cleveland Bar Association Third Annual Trial Advocacy Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, February, 1983.

Guest lecturer, topic: Criminal Law and Procedure, Greater Cleveland Bar Association Practice & Procedure Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, January, 1983.

Guest panelist, radio program - Cleveland State University, "The Law and You," Cleveland, Ohio, January, 1983.

Guest lecturer, topic: Motion Practice in a Criminal Case, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, Columbus, Ohio, February, 1981.

Guest lecturer, topic: Criminal Defense Lawyer's Perspective of the New Rules of Evidence, The Greater Cleveland Bar Association Advocacy Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, January, 1981.

Guest panelist, radio program - Cleveland State University, "The Law and You," Cleveland, Ohio, August, 1980.

Guest lecturer, topic: Appellate Advocacy, Cleveland State University, College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, April, 1980.

Guest lecturer, topic: New Ohio Drug Laws, Cuyahoga County Criminal Courts Bar Association Seminar on Criminal Law, Cleveland, Ohio, September, 1978.

Guest panelist, radio program - Cleveland State University, "The Law and You," Cleveland, Ohio, August, 1978.

Guest panelist, television program - Channel 43 "Coffee Cup Series," Role of the Defense Lawyer and Prosecutor in a Criminal Case, Cleveland, Ohio, June, 1977.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Criminal Trial Advocate certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, Washington, D.C., December 1984—.

American Board of Criminal Lawyers, 1997—.

Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, Life Member, 2003—.

Eighth District Judicial Conference, Charter and Life Member, Co-Chairman, Criminal Justice Commission, 1987-1988.

Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Charter Member. Board of Directors 1986—. Treasurer, 1986-1988.

Panel Member, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Common Pleas Court Arbitration Commission, Medical Malpractice, 1984-1987.

Ohio State Bar Association, Criminal Justice Committee, 1984—.

Criminal Law Journal of Ohio, Editorial Advisory Board, Banks Baldwin Law Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1989-1992.

Cleveland Bar Association, Nominating Committee, 1989.

Cleveland Bar Association, Chairman, Victim of Crime Committee, 1988.

Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, President 1987-1988.

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Brief Bank Committee, 1986-1988.

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, State & Local Bar Liaison Committee, 1986-1988.

Cleveland Bar Association, Board of Trustees 1985-1988.

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Lawyers Assistance Strike Force Committee, 1985-1988.

Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, President Elect 1986-1987.

Cleveland Bar Association, Ad Hoc Committee to Establish a Public Service Clearing House for Matching Attorneys Wishing To Offer Public Service with Community Organizations Having Need for Such Service, 1985-1986.

Testimony before the Ohio Senate and House Judiciary Committees regarding proposed legislation H.B. 326 re jury waivers in criminal trials; H.B. 192 re: mandatory availability of pre-sentence reports to defendants and defense counsel, and H.B. 338 re requirement that co-defendant's testimony in criminal trials be corroborated, 115th Ohio General Assembly (1985-1986).

Cleveland Bar Association, Criminal Law Committee Legislative Liaison, 1983-1986.

Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, founder and editor of quarterly newsletter with a mailing distribution of approximately 2000 lawyers, judges and others interested in the criminal justice system, including but not limited to the Supreme Courts of the United States and Ohio, Courts of Appeal for all districts in Ohio, and all Common Pleas and Municipal Courts in Ohio, 1978-1986.

Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Board of Directors 1983-1985.

Cleveland Bar Association, Judicial Selection Committee, 1982-1985.

Cleveland Bar Association Task Force on Violent Crime, Steering Committee member and Co-Chairman, Robbery Sub-Task Force, 1982—. Directed the formation of the Cleveland Police Auxiliary, C-2 Base at King Kennedy Public Housing Project, founded March 26, 1984.

Cleveland Bar Association, Special Committee member on Criminal Trial Walk-Through for Young Lawyers, November, 1982.

Cleveland Bar Association, Criminal Law Committee, Past Chairman, 1981-1982.

Panel Chairman, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Common Pleas Court Arbitration Commission, 1974-1991.

Cleveland Bar Association, Criminal Law Committee, 1974—.

ARTICLES and PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS:

West Group f.n.a. West Publishing/Banks Baldwin, 1993-2006, Criminal Defense Motions and Pleadings, published on CD Rom, the Internet and Diskette, by the West Group as part of the Baldwin's Ohio Practice Library (co-authored by Michael C. Hennenberg and Harry R. Reinhart)

The Vindicator (Official Publication of the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Winter 1992, "Deposition Testimony and the Alleged Child Sex Offense Victim: R.C. 2907.41" (co-authored by Michael C. Hennenberg and Marianne Milligan)

Criminal Law Journal of Ohio
Vol. 1, Issue 5, September/October, 1989, "An Analysis of R.C. 2951.041 - Drug Treatment In Lieu of Conviction"

Cleveland Bar Journal Vol. 59, No. 5, March, 1988, "The Victims of Crime - An Overview"
The Champion (Official Publication of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers) Vol. II, No. 2, March, 1987, "Conducting a Defense Jury Voir Dire Through the Judge in Federal District Court" (co-authored by Michael C. Hennenberg and Mark R. DeVan)

Cleveland Bar Journal Vol. 55, No. 9, July-August, 1984, "A Success Story In The Fight Against Crime"

Cuyahoga County Criminal Courts Bar Association Newsletter
Vol. 4, No. 4, September-October, 1981, "Expungement of Arrest Records, City of Pepper Pike v. Jane Doe, 66 Ohio St. 2d 374" (Ohio Supreme Court 1981)

Cuyahoga County Criminal Courts Bar Association Newsletter
Vol. 3, No. 3, November-December, 1980, "Alleged Drug Law Violators -Statutory Right to Have an Independent Chemical Analysis of the Alleged Controlled Substance, O.R.C. Sec. 2925.51"

Cuyahoga County Criminal Courts Bar Association Newsletter
Vol., No. 8, December, 1978, "Arrest for Misdemeanor - New Ohio Statute, Sec. 2935.26"

Cuyahoga County Criminal Courts Bar Association Newsletter
Vol. 1, No. 7, November 1978, "Time Off for Good Behavior, Sec. 2967.19, O.R.C."

Cuyahoga County Criminal Courts Bar Association Newsletter
Vol. 1, No. 6, October, 1978, "Drug Law, Sec. 2951.04, O.R.C., Treatment in Lieu of Conviction"

Cuyahoga County Criminal Courts Bar Association Newsletter
Vol. 1, No. 4, August 1978, "Conditional Probation for Drug Treatment, Sec. 2951.04, Ohio Revised Code"

Cuyahoga County Criminal Courts Bar Association Newsletter
Vol. 1, No. 3, June 1978, "Shock Parole Summary"

Cuyahoga County Criminal Courts Bar Association Newsletter
Vol. 1, No. 2, May 1978, "Pre-Trial Diversion Program"

Cuyahoga County Criminal Courts Bar Association Newsletter
Vol. 1, No. 1, April 1978, "Abney v. United States Double Jeopardy Claims Entitled to Immediate Appellate Review"

CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS:

Ohio Super Lawyers, voted by peers as an Ohio "Super Lawyer," (2004-2010)
Greater Cleveland Growth Association
United States Golf Association
Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity
The Citizens League of Greater Cleveland
Commendation from Ohio Senate for work in establishing Cleveland Police Auxiliary, C-2 Base at King Kennedy Public Housing Project. 115th Ohio
General Assembly (1985)
Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies
Hebrew Free Loan Association, (Board of Directors, 1979-1983)
Jewish Community Federation (Attorney's & Accountant's Division), 1985—
At Large member Long Range Planning Task Force for Holocaust
Commemoration (1983)
Israel Bonds, Cleveland, Committee New Leadership Division (1982-1985)
Israel Bonds, Cleveland, "New Life Award" for Hennenberg Family, December, 1982
Guest Panelist, radio station WDOK - Cleveland, Ohio. Report on the World
Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors held in Israel, August, 1981
Kol Israel Foundation Second Generation
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Certified as a Criminal Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Certified by the Ohio Supreme Court Committee on the Appointment of Counsel for Indigent Defendant's in Capital Cases. Author: "An Analysis of R.C. 2951.041 - Drug Treatment In Lieu of Conviction," Vol. 1, Issue 5 Criminal Law Journal of Ohio; "Conducting a Defense Jury Voir Dire Through the Judge in Federal District Court." Co-Author: with Mark R. DeVan, "The Champion," Official Publication of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Vol. II, No. 2, March, 1987. Lecturer: "A Practitioner's Guide to Professionalism, Ethics and Substance Abuse," Lorman Education Services, 2000-2004; "Plea Negotiations," The Ohio State Bar Association CLE Institute, 2000; "Litigation Essentials: Talking to the Jury," Cleveland Marshall Law Alumni Association, 1996; "Pleading and Practice in White Collar Cases," Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer's Defense of White Collar Criminal Cases, 1992. Fellow: Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference (Life Member, 2003—); Eighth District Judicial Conference (Charter and Life Member; Co-Chairman, Criminal Justice Commission, 1987-1988); American Board of Criminal Lawyers.
Michael C. Hennenberg, Of Counsel to the law firm of Dinn, Hochman & Potter, devotes his criminal defense practice to felonies, misdemeanors, appeals, Ohio Professional Licensing Boards, Regulatory Agency Investigations, IRS Criminal Tax, Anti Trust. Banking, Health Care, and Government Contract Fraud

Born September 23, 1948
Military ROTC, 1966 - 67, The Ohio State University
Reported Cases Cuyahoga Cty. Bar Assn. v. Robert Garfield, 109 Ohio St. 3d 103 (Supreme Court of Ohio 2006); Lake Cty. Bar Assn. v. Donald Ezzone, 102 Ohio St. 3d 79 (Supreme Court of Ohio 2004); James Samuel Sims v. Ted Engle, 619 F.2d 598 (United States Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, 1980) cert. denied, 67 L.Ed.2d 374 (United States Supreme Court, 1981); Pepper Pike v. Doe, 66 Ohio St. 2d 374 (Supreme Court of Ohio, 1981); State of Ohio v. Thomas Pearson, 62 Ohio St. 2d 291 (Supreme Court of Ohio, 1980); State of Ohio v. Lee, et. al., 48 Ohio St.2d 208 (Supreme Court of Ohio, 1976); State of Ohio v. Robert Cornell, 72 OOp.2d 428 (Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, 1975).
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