Bio

CURRICULUM VITALE

LARRY W. ZUKERMAN, ESQ. Born: November 11, 1960

Zukerman, Daiker & Lear Co., L.P.A.

3912 Prospect Ave., East

Cleveland, Ohio 44115

(216) 696-0900

EDUCATION

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Juris Doctor awarded May 22, 1985.

Washington & Jefferson College,

Washington, Pennsylvania

Bachelor of Arts in Economics awarded June 4, 1982.

Honors: Dean’s List.

National College for DUI Defense,

National College for DUI Defense, Inc.

Harvard Law School. Cambridge, Mass. (August, 1998)

ADMISSION TO BAR PRACTICE

State of Ohio, November 4, 1985.

United States District Court for the Northern

District of Ohio, December 19, 1985.

United States District Court for the Southern

District of Ohio.

United States District Court for the Western

District of Michigan.

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth

Circuit, October 18, 1988.

United States Supreme Court, April 26, 1993.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law 1996 – Present.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2002 to Present Acting Judge of the Shaker Heights Municipal Court.

1993 to Present Shareholder and Managing Partner.

Zukerman, Daiker & Lear, Co., L.P.A.

Responsibilities include criminal and civil litigation and appellate representation in all municipal, state, and federal courts.

1996 to 1998 Law Director and Chief Prosecutor for the Village of Moreland Hills.

1991 to 1993 Partner, Trial Lawyer.

Hennenberg, Stuplinski & Zukerman, Cleveland, Ohio.

1985 to 1991 Trial Lawyer.

Greene & Hennenberg, Cleveland, Ohio.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Case Western Reserve University School of Law:

Board of Governors, 1996 – 2002;

Annual Fund, Vice Chair, 1997 – 2000;

Class Agent, 1985 – 2002;

Board of Governors Awards Committee, 1987, 1998, 2000 and 2001;

Young Alumni Group, Chairman, 1995 – 1988; and

Dean Finfrock Advocate, 1990 – 2002.

Ohio State Bar Association:

Criminal Justice Committee, 1989 – 2001; and

Council of Delegates, 1994 – 2002.

Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers:

Vice President, 1997 – 1998; and

Board of Directors, 1996 – 2000.

Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association:

President, 2000 – 2001;

President-Elect, 1999 – 2000;

Vice President, 1998 – 1999;

Board of Directors, 1987 – 1989, 1992 – 1995;

Treasurer, 1989 – 1992;

Membership Committee, Co-Chairperson, 1985 – 1991; and

Grand Jury Reform Committee, Member, 1986 – 1987.

Cuyahoga County Bar Association:

Grievance Committee Member, 1988 – 1993 and 1997 – 1998;

Law School Liason Committee, Co-Chairman 1990 – 1991; and

Judicial Selection Committee, 1992 – 1999

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association:

Strategic Planning Committee 2015-2016

Board of Trustees 1999 – 2002

Criminal Law Committee, 1985 – Present,

(Executive Committee Member, 1987 – 1989, Chair, 1994 – 1995);

Professional Ethics Committee, Member, 1986 – Present,

(Vice-Chair, 1991 – 1992, Chair 1992 – 1993);

Litigation Section, Charter Member;

Criminal Trial Walk-Thru,

(Chair, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007); and

Fees Mediation and Arbitration Committee, 1992 – 2001

(Vice-Chair 1992 – 1999)

(Chair 1999 – 2001)

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation:

Vice President 2013-2015

Board of Trustees 2007 – 2013

William K. Thomas Inn of Court

President 2014-2015

President Elect 2013-2014

Barrister, 2004 – 2006; Master Barrister, 2006 - Present

Eighth District Judicial Conference

Lifetime Member

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATONS

American Bar Association

Association of Trial Lawyers of America

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

National College of DUI Defense

Ohio State Bar Association

Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Cuyahoga County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys

Fellow of the American Academy of Trial Counsel

Federal Bar Association.

LECTURES

Guest Lecturer: The New Ohio Drug Trafficking Mandatory Fine Legislation, Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association, October, 1986.

Guest Lecturer: The Fourth and Fifth Amendments As They Apply to Juveniles, Shaker Heights High School, May, 1987.

Guest Lecturer: The Criminal Law System, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, July 14, 1988.

Guest Lecturer: Criminal Trial Walk-Thru, Cleveland Bar Association, Cleveland, Ohio, September 17, 1988.

Guest Lecturer: Criminal Trial Walk-Thru, Cleveland Bar Association, Cleveland, Ohio, May, 1992.

Guest Lecturer: Drink and Dive Seminar, Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Hudson, Ohio, February 25, 1994.

Guest Lecturer: Suppression of Breath Test Results, Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Cleveland, Ohio, April 19, 1994.

Guest Lecturer: Guardian ad Litem Training, Cuyahoga County Bar Association, Cleveland, Ohio, November 11, 1994.

Guest Lecturer: DWI and DUI, Defense and Strategies, Lorman Business Center, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, December 14, 1994.

Guest Lecturer: New Sentencing Law and Defense Strategies in D.U.I. Trials, Cuyahoga County Bar Association, Cleveland, Ohio, November 15, 1996.

Guest Lecturer: Pre-Trial motions and Suppression motions, Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Cleveland and Dayton, Ohio, May 15 and 22, 1998.

Guest Lecturer: Discovery Techniques and Suppression of Breath/Blood Alcohol Machine Results, Akron, Ohio, June 4, 1998.

Guest Lecturer: Criminal Trial Walk-Thru, Cleveland Bar Association, July 11, 1998.

Guest Lecturer: DUI Trial Techniques, Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, March 12, 1999.

Guest Lecturer: Domestic Violence Seminar, Ohio State Bar Association, Cleveland, Ohio, August 20, 1999.

Guest Lecturer: The Peoples Law School, Cleveland Bar Association, Cleveland, Ohio, August 20, 1999.

Guest Lecturer: Representing Foreign National in Municipal Courts, Cuyahoga County Bar Association, Independence, Ohio, September 20, 1999.

Guest Lecturer: Criminal Trial walk-thru, Cleveland Bar Association, Cleveland, Ohio, November 6, 1999.

Guest Lecturer: Federal Criminal Practice Seminar, Anatomy of the Prosecution and Defense of a Child Pornography Case on the Internet, United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, August 18, 2000.

Guest Lecturer: Admissibility of Polygraph Testing and Rules under DNA Evidence, Cuyahoga County Bar Association, Parma, Ohio, November 9, 2000.

Guest Lecturer: Practical Legal Ethics in Ohio Seminar, National Business Institute, Eastlake, Ohio, August 14, 2003.

Guest Lecturer: Sexually Oriented Offenders in Municipal Court, Cuyahoga County Bar Association, Independence, Ohio, September 6, 2003.

Guest Lecturer: Contempt, Substance and Procedure, Cuyahoga County Criminal Defense lawyers Association, May 20, 2006.

Guest Lecturer: Confrontation: The Aftermath of Crawford, Cuyahoga County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, April 17, 2008.

Guest Lecturer: Cuyahoga County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association: Update on O.V.I. Law, December 2009.

Guest Lecturer: Dirty Litigation Tactics: How to Deal with the “Rambo” Litigator, National Business Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, July 30, 2010.

Guest Lecturer: Handling First DUI Case, Law Review, Cleveland, Ohio, June 16, 2011.

Guest Lecturer: Substance Abuse and Contempt of Court: What Process is Due an Attorney, William K. Thomas Inn of Court, Cleveland, Ohio, December 14, 2011.

Guest Lecturer: Ethics, Professionalism and Substance Abuse, Zukerman, Daiker & Lear Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, Ohio, December 17, 2011.

Guest Lecturer: Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer 2015 Superstar Seminar: Evidence Rule 613: Impeachment by Self-Contradiction and Extrinsic Evidence of Prior Inconsistent Statement of Witness, Cleveland, Ohio, October 23, 2015

AWARDS

Top 100 Trial Lawyers 2013 – Present

Super Lawyers 2011 - Present

Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Outstanding Service Award, 1987.

Cleveland Bar Association, President’s Appreciation Award, 1989 and 1993.

Israel Bond, Young Leadership Division, Areivim Award, 1990, New Leadership Co-Chairman, 1992 – 1994.

Ohio State Attorney General, Certificate of Recognition, 1990.

Ohio State Senate, Commendation, 1990.

Who’s Who Among Rising Young Americans in American Society and Business, 1991.

Who’s Who in American Law, Tenth Edition, 1998/1999.

Cuyahoga County Bar Association, Certificate of Recognition.

COMMUNITY ACHEIVEMENTS

Greater Cleveland Israel Bonds Organization, Chair, New Leadership, 1993 – 1996.

National Israel Bonds Organization, National New leadership, Vice-Chair, 1996 – 1998; King David Society, Chair 1999 – 2001;

Solomon Schechter Day School, Board of Directors, 1996 – 2002.

Cleveland ORT, Board of Directors, 1997 – 1999.

Cleveland Drug Court, Board of Directors, 2001 – 2003.

Cleveland Hillel, Board of Directors, 2006 – 2009.

PUBLICATIONS

Voir Dire in DUI Cases, OACDL Vindicator, Fall, 2001.

Crawford and the Rebirth of the Confrontation Clause, Cleveland Bar Journal, November 2006.

How “Implied Consent” Became Forcible Consent: Ohio’s Forcible Blood-Draw Law, Cleveland Bar Journal, May 2009.

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