Education
Celebrezze graduated from Holy Name High School and attended Ohio State University and the University of Maryland (European Division).
Celebrezze graduated from Holy Name High School and attended Ohio State University and the University of Maryland (European Division).
Celebrezze served in the United States. Navy from 1974 to 1980, serving as a radioman for North Atlantic Treaty Organization command in Naples, Italy. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cleveland State University in 1980 and a Juris Doctor degree from Cleveland State University"s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1983. Celebrezze entered the private practice of law and then, from 1987 to 1991, served as a district hearing officer for the Industrial Commission of Ohio.
From 1991 to 1993, he was a staff attorney with the Cuyahoga County treasurer"s office.
He resigned from the common pleas bench on January 1, 2001, to take the appeals bench. He has sat on the Ohio Supreme Court by appointment of Chief Justice Thomas Moyer.
Celebrezze"s wife is the former Koula Pappas. They have two daughters.
Celebrezze"s grandfather was Frank Doctorate. Celebrezze I. His granduncle, Anthony Celebrezze, was a member of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson"s cabinets.