Ian Friedman '97 Elected President of American Board of Criminal Lawyers
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Ian Friedman '97 was elected to a one-year presidency of The American Board of Criminal Lawyers, effective Jan. 1. Friedman, a criminal defense attorney at Friedman & Nemecek in Cleveland and adjunct professor in computers and criminal law at C|M|LAW, is the third Ohio fellow to be elected president of the organization. The 40-year-old invitation-only organization aims to encourage fellows to pursue fundamental freedoms for those accused of criminal conduct. Comprised of 200 fellows from the United States, Canada and Europe, each member is required to have 10 years of criminal trial experience and to try 50 trials, of which 35 must be felony jury trials.