Joseph E. Cirigliano, Esq.

Litigation • Domestic Relations & Family Law • Personal Injury • Real Estate • Select Criminal Cases

Mr. Cirigliano is a member of the Litigation Department and is a retired judge. Mr. Cirigliano serves on the Board of Directors for Liberty Bank, N.A. and is also active within the legal community, having served with the National Judicial College and National Conference of the Judiciary on the Rights of Victims, as well as having acted as Law Director for the City of North Ridgeville, Ohio and Contributor to the Ohio Judges Resource Manual.

He has also held positions on the Ohio Judicial College Board of Trustees, Elyria City Civil Service Commission, and Lorain County Community College Board of Trustees, and was an Adjunct instructor in Commercial Law at Lorain County Community College.

 

Practice Focus:

Alternative Dispute Resolution
Available for Private Judging

Bar Admissions:

1952 State of Ohio
1956 U.S. District Court, Northern District Court of Ohio

Education:

1949 Baldwin-Wallace College (B.A.)
1952 Western Reserve University (LL.B.)

Professional & Civic Affiliations:

American Judicature Society
Lorain County Bar Association (Executive and Legal Ethics & Grievance Committees.)
American Bar Association (Board of Governors)

Appointment:

Councilman for the City of Elyria, Ohio, 1954-1958
Elyria, Ohio Civil Service Commission (former Chairperson), 1958-1969
Common Pleas Judge, Lorain County, 1981-1989
Ohio Judicial College Board of Trustees, 1983-1989
Law Director of North Ridgeville, Ohio, 1979
Appellate Judge, Ninth District Court of Appeals, 1989-1991
Appointed as Visiting Judge, Common Pleas Court, by Supreme Court of Ohio, 1992-2005
Lorain County Community College (Board of Trustees; Vice-Chairperson), 1995-present
Ohio State Bar Association Board of Governors
Editorial Board of The Ohio Lawyer
Baldwin-Wallace College Alumni Merit Award (1994
American Bar Association Fellow (2009-present)
Ohio State Bar Foundation Fellow (2009-present)
Lorain County Bar Association Executive Committee (2011-2012)

Teaching Experience:

National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada, Group Facilitator, 1983
National Conference of the Judiciary on the Rights of Victims, 1985
Adjunct Instructor in Commercial Law at Lorain County Community College, 1991-1993

Contributor:

Ohio Judges Resource Manual, 1987