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The Lawyers Guild of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland serves the counties of Ashland, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Summit and Wayne.
The Guild fosters spiritual growth and fellowship within the legal community, encourages observance of high ethical standards, and calls attention to legal and societal issues that affect morality, justice and faith.
Members enjoy fellowship and networking within our eight-county legal community as well as events such as our Advent Mass, Lenten Reflection, Annual Meeting with complimentary Continuing Legal Education, Annual Red Mass and Luncheon.
To complete a membership form click here.
For information regarding membership or events, contact Kristen Craig at (216) 696-6525 Ext. 4440.
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2026 Red Mass and Luncheon
The Annual Red Mass and Luncheon will be held Friday, October 30, 2026. Mass begins at 10:30 a.m. with lunch immediately. Nominations for the St. Thomas More award are open. Click here to nominate someone for this prestigious honor.
The Martin and Tracy Galvin Memorial Scholarship Fund
Sophia Persia, a Magnificat High School, and Emmett O’Donnell, a junior at St. Edward High School, received the 2025 Martin and Tracy Galvin Memorial Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarships are named after Galvin, a past president of the Lawyers Guild, who died a few years ago, and his wife, who died in 2024. Recipients are students attending a Catholic high school in the diocese who have a family member who is a member of the Lawyers Guild or an attorney practicing law in Northeast Ohio.
Application Process for The Martin and Tracy Galvin Memorial Scholarship
The Martin T. Galvin Memorial Scholarship is an annual scholarship awarded to a student attending a Catholic high school within the Diocese of Cleveland, and who has a family member who is a member of the Catholic Lawyers Guild or an attorney practicing law in Northeast Ohio.
Apply today for the 2026 Galvin Scholarship. Be sure to follow all instructions and submit a complete packet. Incomplete packets will not be considered.
In 2018, The Lawyers Guild of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland established the Martin T. Galvin Memorial Scholarship Fund in conjunction with the Catholic Community Foundation. The Reminger Foundation granted $10,000 toward the creation of a scholarship fund in honor our their departed colleague and friend Martin T. Galvin.
Marty was a past president of the Lawyers’ Guild of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland and an active member of the Irish American Law Society of Cleveland. He joined Reminger in 2001, focusing his legal practice on appellate advocacy, professional liability, and business and employment litigation. He served as Co-Chair of Reminger’s Appellate Practice Group and received multiple honors throughout his career.
Although Marty had many impressive and significant accomplishments, the most important one to him was his family. On February 5, 2024, Marty's wife Tracy lost her battle with cancer leaving behind their two children, Fiona and Tommy. The scholarship fund was then renamed to The Martin and Tracy Galvin Memorial Scholarship.
The Red Mass
The Lawyers Guild celebrated the annual Red Mass and Luncheon on Friday, October 24, 2025. Bishop Edward Malesic celebrated the Mass.
The historic Red Mass originated in the Cathedral of Paris in 1245 to invoke the guidance of the Holy Spirit on the judges of the ecclesiastical courts and traditionally coincides with the beginning of the U.S. Supreme Court’s fall session. The Red Mass is sponsored by the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Cleveland.
The St. Thomas More Award
The Lawyers Guild presented the 2025 St. Thomas More Award to Honorable Joan C. Synenberg.
Judge Synenberg, a parishioner of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, received the St. Thomas More Award in recognition of her years of service to the legal profession as a criminal defense attorney and a judge. She has presided over a mental health developmental disability docket in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court for five years, and she created the Pro Bono Collaborative that meets monthly in her courtroom with multiple social services present to assist clients.
St. Thomas More (1478-1535) was an English statesman who served as Chancellor under the reign of Henry VIII. More opposed the King’s attempt to divorce his wife and refused to renounce the authority of the Pope. For that he was beheaded. In 1935, Sir Thomas More was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church and is considered the patron saint of lawyers. The St. Thomas More Award is named in honor of this Catholic statesman who served with integrity and held on to his values in spite of fierce resistance.
Nominations for the 2026 St. Thomas More Award are now being accepted. Click here for a nomination packet.
Special Recognition Award
The Lawyers Guild presented the 2025 Special Recognition Award to Fatima Family Center for their work and commitment to the Hough Neighborhood through outreach, support and ongoing service.
