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When not engaged in forensic combat or drawing up the "perfect" will, our lawyers are out winning awards, doing public service, or engaging in media interviews. Some notable examples:

Jim Friedman, partner at Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff in Cleveland and 1975-76 campaign manager for Senator Birch Bayh's Presidential bid, has been elected president of the Federation for Community Planning, an independent non- profit association of more than 200 social service, health, and civic associations in Greater Cleveland. The Harvard Law grad has also been named to the 1988-90 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, compiled from recommendations of attorneys from around the nation. You can find him under the category of Natural Resources and Environmental Law, his specialty. Jim began his legal career as law clerk to the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, a short time after he met and married Ruth, a Northwestern University graduate and teacher of French. He has been executive counsel to the governor of Ohio, chairman of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, and a director of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. Jim is also coauthor of The Silent Alliance, a book on acid rain and electricity imports. Jim and Ruth have two children, Laura, who is in college, and Seth, a high school student.

The head of the Johnson law firm in Tallahassee, Fla., Barrett Johnson, has been awarded the Silver Beaver, the highest award equivalent to the Eagle—bestowed on an adult scout. Barrett, who is on the national board of the Boy Scouts and president of the Swanee River Council, covering ten Florida counties and five in Georgia, had to do something to keep up with son Jett, a Georgia Tech student, who earned the Eagle scout award with three Palms.

To whom do you go for advice when relocating your business? Well, there are real estate brokers, architects, space planners, etc., and there are lawyers. For its advice, Crain's New York Business went to JerryUram, partner and chairman of the real estate department at Davis & Gilbert. "Negotiating the lease and the work letter is very adversarial, confrontational, and financially oriented," Jerry told the paper. "There are at least 12 profit centers in the lease besides the rent rate. You should be sure that your attorney is well aware of each and every one of them." In addition to practicing law, Jerry is on the board of trustees of St. Francis Friends of the Poor, a .charitable organization which has established and operates three residences for homeless schizophrenics.

This past spring the class experienced two losses among our ranks: Alan Davies and Fereshteh Boldt, wife of David Boldt. Alan, renowned for his service to the class, the College, the real estate industry, and his community, is described in an eloquent article prepared for the obituary section by Dave Schaefer. Fereshteh, whom Dave Boldt met while a young army officer in Iran, was a wonderful and supportive wife and mother, and devoted Meals-on-Wheels coordinator for senior citizens in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia. We miss them both.

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