68 | CLEVELAND JEWISH NEWS | CJN.ORG JANUARY 25, 2019 LOCAL LAWYERS

Name: Michael D. Goldstein

Firm: Goldstein & Goldstein

Practice area(s): Personal injury (plaintiff)

Undergraduate school: OSU

Law school: University of Wisconsin-Madi-

son Law School

Graduation year: 2002

Synagogue: Temple Emanu El

Last vacation: Family trip to Niagara Falls

and Toronto

Hobbies: Playing softball in the lawyer’s league and Beachwood

Men’s Softball League, traveling and sports with my 3- and

5- year old sons

Favorite local restaurant: Flour and B Spot

Top of bucket list: Attend as many major league ballparks as

possible

Name: Andy Goldwasser

Firm: Ciano &

Goldwasser, LLP

Practice area(s): Civil litigation

Undergraduate school: OSU/University of

Akron

Law school: CSU’s Cleveland-Marshall

College of Law

Graduation year: 1997

Favorite place to relax: Bay Point in Mar-

blehead

Last vacation: Israel

Top of bucket list: Humanitarian trip working with refugees

Guilty pleasure: Wheat bagel from Bialy’s Bagels

Name: Alan Goodman

Firm: Alan I. Goodman Esq., LLC

Practice area(s): Employment

Undergraduate school: OSU

Law school: CSU’s Cleveland-Marshall

College of Law

Graduation year: 1969

Synagogue: B’nai Jeshurun Congregation

Favorite place to relax: On the tennis court

If not a lawyer...: Teacher

Hobbies: Tennis, skiing, reading and attending lectures and

educational events

Top of bucket list: Skiing again and traveling to other national

parks

Name: David L. Grant

Firm: Grant & O’Malley

Practice area(s): Criminal defense

Undergraduate school: OSU

Law school: Univ. of Akron School of Law

Graduation year: 1976

Synagogue: The Temple-Tifereth Israel

Last vacation: Boca Raton, Fla.

Hobbies: Golfi ng, exercising and watching

Cleveland sports

Favorite local restaurant: Austin’s Steakhouse

Top of bucket list: Witnessing the Browns win a Super Bowl

Name: Caryn Markowitz Groedel

Firm: Caryn Groedel & Associates Co., LPA

Practice area(s): Employment law and civil

rights

Undergraduate school: George

Washington Univ.

Law school: George Mason University

Antonin Scalia Law School

Graduation year: 1985

Synagogue: Solon Chabad

Last vacation: South Africa

If not a lawyer...: Actor

Top of bucket list: Going to Alaska

Guilty pleasure: Good wine

Name: Marc W. Groedel

Firm: Reminger Co., LPA

Practice area(s): Medical malpractice,

professional, liability and legal professional

liability

Undergraduate school: Univ. of Toronto

Law school: CWRU’s School of Law

Graduation year: 1979

Name: Kevin M. Gross

Firm: Zipkin Whiting Co., LPA

Practice area(s): Plaintiff’s

employment and personal injury

Undergraduate school: OSU

Law school: CWRU’s School of Law

Graduation year: 2016

Synagogue: Solon Chabad

Favorite place to relax: The Schvitz

Last vacation: Columbus for OSU game

Top of bucket list: Watch the Browns play in every NFL stadium

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