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LOCAL LAWYERS88 | CLEVELAND JEWISH NEWS | CJN.ORG JANUARY 29, 2021working from Israel with my family for six months would be a great experience for my daughtersWhat is your most favorite local restaurant you frequent when not in a pandemic: Taza at Eton has great hummus and fresh baked pitaWhen you walk into a room, what “intro song” should start playing: “Midnight at the Oasis” by Maria MuldaurWhat do you enjoy most about your job:I drive from the west side and back every day so I can work with thoughtful problem solvers – good peopleMost prized possession: My youngest daughter and I have a collection of Muppet action fi gures that were made by a now bankrupt toy manufacturer called Palisades Toys. We expand – I mean – she expands the collection every year.What’s your hidden talent: I am a master of trivial activities

Name: Tod NorthmanFirm: Tucker Ellis LLPPractice area: Aviation, artifi cial intelligence and autonomous vehiclesUndergraduate:Portland State UniversityLaw school: CWRU School of Law (1994)

Synagogue: Green Road SynagogueIf you could take a 6-month sabbatical from work, how would you spend it: Didn’t we just have that with work from home? It feels like it. Post-COVID-19, I’d rent an Airbnb in New Zealand and mountain bike the amazing trails and enjoy the nature.What’s your most favorite local restaurant you frequent when not in a pandemic:FishstixWhen you walk into a room, what “intro song” should start playing: “My Shot” from “Hamilton”; not giving up my shot!What do you enjoy most about your job:Working with my clients and colleagues. I am blessed to be surrounded (virtually) by really great peopleWhat’s your most memorable experience from law school: Arguing about post-modernism with contracts professor Austin, who was not a fanWhat’s your most prized possession: My bike

Name: Lawrence E. OscarFirm: Hahn Loeser & Parks LLPPractice area:Corporate, mergers and acquisitions, insolvency and Chapter 11Undergraduate:University of

Pennsylvania – Wharton SchoolLaw school: NYU School of Law (1981)Synagogue: B’nai Jeshurun CongregationIf you could take a 6-month sabbatical from work, how would you spend it: Travel with my wife to Europe to explore our roots and then wind up in Israel and explore our deeper roots

Other dream job: Culture reviewer and critic for a large newspaperWhat’s your most prized possession: My late father’s bar mitzvah ring that I wear every day

Name: Abbie PappasFirm: Singerman, Mills, Desberg & Kauntz Co. LPAPractice area: Estates and trustsUndergraduate: The Ohio State University Law school: Columbia Law School (2013)

Synagogue: Beachwood Kehilla and Green Road SynagogueIf you could take a 6-month sabbatical from work, how would you spend it: Live in Jerusalem with my familyWhat’s your most favorite local restaurant you frequent when not in a pandemic:Mitchell’s Ice Cream (whether in a pandemic or not)What do you enjoy most about your job: Getting to work with families in the community, and helping “real people” with things that really matter to themOther dream job: Being a fi lm/tv criticWhat’s your most memorable experience from law school: Taking a seminar on religious minorities in Supreme Court litigation, and going with that class to the Supreme Court and having a meeting with Justice ScaliaWhat’s your most prized possession: My books. I love collecting fi ctionWhat’s your hidden talent: I am actually very artistic! My four-year-old can attest to this

Name: Dana M. ParisFirm: Nurenberg, Paris, Heller & McCarthyPractice area: Personal injuryUndergraduate: Miami UniversityLaw school: CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (2012)

Synagogue: Suburban Temple-Kol Ami

Name: Miriam PearlmutterFirm: Walter Haverfi eldPractice area: School lawUndergraduate: Barnard College and Columbia UniversityLaw school: OSU Moritz College of Law (2011)

If you could take a 6-month sabbatical from work, how would you spend it: would love to travel, visit family, and see the Northern Lights. Also maybe write a dystopian novelWhat’s your most favorite local restaurant you frequent when not in a pandemic: Fine dining courtesy of my backyardWhat do you enjoy most about your job:I love everything about my job, especially the fascinating legal situations our clients

encounterOther dream job: Advertising executiveWhat’s your most prized possession: My grandfather’s memoirs detailing his life in the former Soviet Union.What’s your hidden talent: Singing. But this talent is very, very hidden, even from my closest family and friends.

Name: Elizabeth L. PerlaFirm: The Perla Law Firm, LLCPractice area: Estate planning, probate, elder law and family lawUndergraduate: The Ohio State UniversityLaw school: OSU Moritz College of Law (2007)

Synagogue: Beachwood KehillaIf you could take a 6-month sabbatical from work, how would you spend it: TravelingWhat’s your most favorite local restaurant you frequent when not in a pandemic: Jade Chinese KitchenWhat do you enjoy most about your job: I love helping people fi nd solutions to their problems and providing comfort and peace of mind for them and their familiesWhat’s your most prized possession: I am so grateful for my family, they are my world

Name: Scott PerlmuterFirm: Tittle & PerlmuterPractice area: Wage and hour, personal injuryUndergraduate:University of Wisconsin-MadisonLaw school: CWRU School of Law (2007)Synagogue: The Temple-

Tifereth IsraelIf you could take a 6-month sabbatical from work, how would you spend it: Traveling abroad with my wife and kidsWhat’s your most favorite local restaurant you frequent when not in a pandemic: MomochoWhen you walk into a room, what “intro song” should start playing: “The Seinfeld theme song”Other dream job: Guitarist for Pearl Jam, or I’d probably settle for Dylan’s backup bandWhat’s your most memorable experience from law school: Criminal law with Lewis Katz. For an entire semester, I was the exemplar victim or perpetrator of every hypothetical gruesome crime that we discussed.What’s your most prized possession: My 2007 fantasy baseball trophy

Name: Cynthia Krips PortFirm: Hahn Loeser & Parks LLPPractice area: Estates and trustsUndergraduate:University of MarylandLaw school: American University Washington

College of Law (1998)

Synagogue: Park SynagogueWhat’s your most favorite local restaurant you frequent when not in a pandemic:We did a lot of takeout from Taza and Boaz because it was great food that everyone in the family likes and it was well-suited for socially-distanced get-togethers with friends in the backyardWhat do you enjoy most about your job: I really enjoy working with clients and coming up with a plan that gives them a sense of peace that things are in orderOther dream job: Pub owner

Name: Robert PortFirm: Hahn Loeser & Parks LLPPractice area:Commercial litigation and construction lawUndergraduate: Drexel University Law school: CWRU School of Law (2004)

Synagogue: Park Synagogue If you could take a 6-month sabbatical from work, how would you spend it: Israel, I’ve never beenWhen you walk into a room, what “intro song” should start playing: “Rockin’ Over the Beat” by Technotronic featuring Ya Kid KOther dream job: Art photographerWhat’s your most prized possession:Complete set of 1966 Topps baseball cards

Name: Richard A. RabbFirm: McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., LPAPractice area: Family law/prenuptial agreementsUndergraduate: The Ohio State UniversityLaw school: CSU

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, 1989Synagogue: Suburban Temple-Kol AmiIf you could take a 6-month sabbatical from work, how would you spend it: Traveling around the world, hiking in the woods, meet as many people as I could and learn of new cultures. Be outside, sample other foods and enjoy sunshine.What’s your most favorite local restaurant you frequent when not in a pandemic:Crumb and Spigot or Shuhei When you walk into a room, what “intro song” should start playing: “Kid Charlemagne” by Steeley DanWhat do you enjoy most about your job: The deal. Getting it negotiated and done. Using my experience and creativity if the case permits to wrap up a caseOther dream job: Park ranger for the Cleveland Metroparks or the National Park ServiceWhat’s your most prized possession: My license to practiceWhat’s your hidden talent: My party trick? I can roll my eyes and wiggle my ears. As a lawyer, I can remember and memorize more than most.