Barbara Kaye Besser
Education
J.D., Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University (1973 magna cum laude); B.A., Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York (February, 1970).
Bar Memberships
Ohio Supreme Court (1973); Supreme Court of the United States (1977); U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio (1973); Southern District of Ohio (2003); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1975); U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1977); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1990); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (1991).
Employment History
Private practice, 1989 - present; Staff Attorney and then as the Director of Litigation of the Women's Law Fund, 1973 - 1983; Trial Attorney, Cleveland District office - U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1983 - 1989. Ms. Besser has also been a member of the Adjunct Faculty of the Cleveland-Marshall School of Law, where she taught legal writing.
Professional Affiliations
Ohio State Bar Association :Vice Chair and immediate past Secretary of the Certification Board for Labor and Employment; Chair - Certification and Contracts Sub-Committees.
Secretary and immediate past Chair - Specialization Committee; Chair - Labor and Employment Section.
Member, OSBA planning committee - Mid-West Labor Law Conference.
Cuyahoga County Bar Association, Chair Law & Technology Committee; member - Employment Law and School Law Committees.
Past member, National Association of Women Lawyers, the American Civil Liberties Union (state President 1977 - 1979), the Greater Cleveland Sex Equity Project; Cuyahoga Community College Displaced Homemakers Advisory Committee; served on the Governor's Task Force for Women and Credit and the Cleveland Women's Task Force.
Fellow (Class of 2005), Ohio State Bar Foundation; Ohio "Super Lawyer" (2005 and 2006); member Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Individually AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
Master of the Bench - Cleveland Employment Inn of Court.
Send E-Mail to: bkb@elfvinbesser.com