John P. Lavelle - Athens, OH

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1982
    J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
    Honors: Class President
    Honors: Elected Junior Class Representative to the Student Bar Association.
    Honors: Selected as a member of the International Moot Court team and the Trial Advocacy Board.
    Honors: Elected President of the Senior Class.
    Honors: The ABA selected the Cumberland Law School as having the "Most Outstanding Student Bar Association in the Country" when he served on the board his senior year.

• Non Legal Education

  • Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1979
    B.B.A., Bachelor of Business Administration
    Honors: Noble Ruler (President) of the Beta Theta Chapter of ALPHA GAMMA RHO(AGR)
    Honors: Sam Paschall Memorial Scholarship recipient
    Honors: Vice-President of the Inter-Fraternity Council
    Honors: Served as the University's mascot appearing astride a Tennessee Walking Horse at football games
    Minor: Agriculture (Horse Science)

References

• Hocking Valley Bank

Representative Clients

• Cellular One

• Hocking College

• Hocking Conservacy District

• Hocking Valley Bank

• J.B. Excavating & Pipeline, Inc.

Bar Admissions

• Ohio, 1982
• Montana, 1991
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1983
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1983

Other Affiliations

• Athens County Bar Association, 1982 - Present (Member)
• Ohio State Bar Association, 1982 - Present (Member)
• Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1988 - Present (Member)
• Montana Trial Lawyers Association, 1991 - Present (Member)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1984 - Present (Member)
• Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1990 - Present (Member)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Delta Theta Phi
• Alpha Gamma Rho