EDUCATION***

Bowling Green State University  1979                 

Degree: Bachelors of Art                                                            

Major:  English; Afro American Studies Majors with Honors; Deans List

Academic Achievement Award Winner; International Law Editor Obsidian Newspaper

************************************************University of Toledo College of Law         1985

Degree: Juris Doctorate                                            

Honors and Activities

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*Moot Court Board Member

*Finalist of the Charles W. Fornoff Intra School Advocacy Competition

*Vice President Black Law Students Association

*Judicial Internship: Magistrate James Carr, Federal Magistrate for the Northwestern District of Ohio  1983

AWARDS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES***

Board of Trustees, Akron Bar Association   2002-2005

Board of Trustees, Akron Area YMCA                            2003- Present

Polemarch Akron Alumni Chapter Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.   2000-2003

Board of Directors, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Akron Alumni Chapter                  2004- Present

Member Council of Delegates

Ohio State Bar Association   1997-2003

President of Kappa Foundation Akron Ohio 2005-Present

Member Arlington Street Church of God

Akron Bar Association Foundation Board of Governors 2006-Present

President Akron Barristers Association 1990-1995

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE***

*Law Firm of Orlando J. Williams   

2001 - Present

Owner, Managing Partner

*Law Firm of Ivy and Williams 1996 - 2001

Managing Partner

*Law Firm of GA Clark and Associates          

1992 - 1996

Partner

*Roetzel and Andress  1985 - 1992

Litigation Associate

*Lucas County Court of Common Pleas 1983 - 1985

Law Clerk/Bailiff for the Honorable Charles J. Doneghy