Background
Akers, Deborah Rowley was born on April 27, 1949 in Troy, New York, United States. Daughter of Samuel Lansing and Audrey (Relyea) Rowley.
Akers, Deborah Rowley was born on April 27, 1949 in Troy, New York, United States. Daughter of Samuel Lansing and Audrey (Relyea) Rowley.
Washington University (Bachelor of Arts, 1971). Cleveland Marshall College of Law (Juris Doctor, 1976).
Worked at Wolf and Akers A Legal Professional Association (Cleveland, Ohio) specializing in Domestic Relations Law. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Ohio. Member: Best Lawyers in America, 1987-1996.
Who"s Who in American Law, 1990-1996.
Company-Author: "Disqualification," Family Advocate, Volume 9, Number. 3, 1987. Author: "The Valuation of Stock Options in Divorce and Dissolution Cases," and "The Valuation of Limited Partnerships in Divorce and Dissolution Cases," American Bar Association Family Law Section Annual Meeting Compendium, 1990.
Lecturer: Ohio Continuing legal education Institute, 1985-1993, 1996. Ohio Family Law Institute, 1988.
The Valuation of Stock Options in Divorce and Dissolution Cases, Law Education Institute, Incorporated., 1992.
Professional Education Systems, Incorporated., 1990, 1991. Primary Dratfsman: Amended Substitute House Bill 514 (effective January 1, 1991) and principal witness for the Ohio State Bar Association before both houses of legislature, State of Ohio. Opinion Number. 89-3, Professional Ethics Committee, re: Representing the Mentally Disabled Client, The Cleveland Bar Journal, November, 1989 (as corrected at page 190, April 1990).
Contributing Author, Member of Editorial Advisory Board: The Domestic Relations Journal of Ohio.
Participant: American Bar Association Advanced Family Trial Law Advocacy Institute, Participant, 1987. Faculty, 1992-1994. Cuyahoga County Bar Association, Chair, 1993, Faculty, 1988, 1989 and Company-Chair, 1990, 1991, Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute.
Principal, 1979 and Associate, 1976-1978, Manlove, Manlove, Rowley and Fuhry Company, Legal Professional Association Sole Practitioner, 1979-1988. Associate, Schwarzwald, Robiner, Wolf & Rock, Legal Professional Association, 1984-1987.
Trial Referee, Medina County Court of Common Pleas, 1983-1984.
Trustee, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Alumni Association, 1991-1996. Faculty Member, Ohio Supreme Court Judicial College Teleconference, 1991. Appointee: Bench Bar Conference, 1990, 1994.
Eighth Ohio Appellate District Judicial Conference, 1991.
Member: Cleveland (Chair, 1989-1990, Family Law Section. Member, Professional Ethics Committee, 1986-1993), Cuyahoga County (Trustee, 1992-1995.
Family Law Section Trustee, 1986-1987. Chair, 1992-1993; Member, Certified Grievance Committee, 1986-1996), Ohio State (Delegate to Council of Delegates, 1990.
Family Law Committee, Vice-Chair, 1992-1993.
Legislative Drafting Sub-committee Chair, 1989-1993) and American (Member, Family Law Section. Member, Litigation Section. Vice-Chair, 1990-1991, Family Law Ethics Sub-committee.
Member, Property Division Sub-committee) Bar Associations.
Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Trial referee Medina County Court of Common Pleas, 1983-1984. Member Profl.Edn. systems, 1990-1991. Appointee 8th Ohio Appellate District Judicial Conference, 1991, 98, Bench Bar Conference, 1990, 94.
Fellow American Academy Matrimonial Lawyers. Member American Bar Association (family law section, property division committee, since 1992, litigation section, since 1989, participant Advanced Family Law Advocacy Institute 1987, faculty 1992-1994, 97, vice chairman family law ethics 1990-1991), National Institute Trial Advocacy (participant Teacher Training Program, Harvard Law School, 1993). Ohio State Bar Association (vice chairman family law committee 1992-1993, chairman 1994-1996, chairman legislation drafting subcommittee 1989-1993, delegate county of deals since 1990), Cuyahoga County Bar Association (chairman family law committee 1992-1993, trustee 1986-1987, member grievancecom.
1986-1996, faculty Trial Advocacy Institute 1988-1989, co-chairman 1990-1991, chairman 1993), Cleveland Bar Association (chairman family law section 1989-1990, professional ethics committee 1986-1993), Medina County Bar Association (lecturer 1983, 84, 87), Ohio Family Law Institute, Akron Bar Association, Wayne County Bar Association, Geauga County Bar Association, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Alumni Association (trustee 1991-1996, chairman CLE committee 1994-1996).