Background
Strauch, John L. was born on April 16, 1939 in Pittsburgh. Son of Paul L. and Delilah M. (Madison) Strauch.
Strauch, John L. was born on April 16, 1939 in Pittsburgh. Son of Paul L. and Delilah M. (Madison) Strauch.
University of Pittsburgh (Bachelor of Arts, 1960). New York University (Bachelor of Laws, 1963). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Law Clerk to Judge Waterman, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1963 term. President, Cleveland Bar Association, 1985.
Law clerk to Judge Sterry Waterman United States Court 2nd District Court of Appea circuit), St. Johnsbury, Vermont, 1963-1964. Associate Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, 1964-1970, partner, litigation group, since 1970, chair, litigation group, 1993—2004. Member Statutory Committee on Selecting Bankruptcy Judges, Cleveland, 1985-1988.
Member lawyers committee National Center for State Courts.
President, trustee Cleveland Task Force on Violent Crimes, 1985-1988. Trustee Legal Aid Society, Cleveland, 1978, Cleveland Greater Growth Association, 1985-1986, Citizens Mental Health Assembly, 1989-1990, lawyers committee National Center for State Courts, since 1989. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers (life).
Member American Bar Association, Ohio Bar Association, Cleveland Bar Association (trustee 1980-1983, president 1985-1986), Federal Bar Association (trustee Cleveland chapter 1978-1979, vice president Cleveland chapter 1979-1980), Sixth Federal Judicial Conference (life), Ohio Eighth Judicial Conference (life), Order of Coif, Inns of Court, Oakmont Country Club, The Country Club, Kiawah Island Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Gail Lorraine Kohn, December 5, 1991. Children: Paul L., John M., Lisa E.