Ronald B. Adrine

Ronald B. Adrine is a life-long resident of Greater Cleveland. He graduated from Fisk University and the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He passed the Ohio bar in l973. In 1974, he joined the staff of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor as an assistant in the criminal trial division. In 1976, he entered the private practice of law. Two years later, he served as a Senior Staff Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations. He was elected to serve six full six-year terms, on the bench of the Cleveland Municipal Court. He was elected by his peers to serve as Administrative and Presiding Judge of his Court, from 2009 until his retirement in January of 2018. In 2017, he received the President’s Award from the Association of Municipal and County Court Judges of Ohio, the Freedom Fund Award from the Cleveland Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and was selected for inclusion in the inaugural class of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law’s Hall of Fame. Additionally, he was appointed by Cleveland-Marshall College of Law to serve as its initial Jurist in Residence. He is recipient of The Ohio State Bar Association’s two highest awards: the Ohio Bar Medal and the Thomas J. Moyer Award for Judicial Excellence.