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Donald P. Traci Donald P. Traci (13 March 1927 – 24 October 2006) was a nationally-renowned Personal Injury Trial Lawyer from Cleveland, Ohio. He was Managing Partner of Spangenberg, Shibley, Traci and Lancione, which is now known as Spangenberg, Shibley and Liber. Education College of the Holy Cross (BS 1950) Cleveland State University (JD, Magna Cum Laude 1955) Honorary Doctor of Law Recipient, University of Urbino, Italy
Legal Practice • He was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1952. • Partner Spangenberg, Shibley, Traci, Lancione & Liber, Cleveland, 1955-1994. Managing Partner for many years. • Lecturer York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Marshall Law School, University Michigan, University of Akron, University of Cincinnati, Ohio Northern University, and Harvard University. • United States District Court (Northern and Southern Districts) • United States Court of Appeals (3d, 6th and 7th circuits) • United States District Court (Western and Eastern Districts) Pennsylvania • Supreme Court of the United States 1965
Traci specialized in personal injury litigation and considered Craig Spangenberg to be his mentor. He worked prominently on and gained national recognition for his firm by representing primarily Canadian and British children injured by the birth-defect-causing medication THALIDOMIDE. He was a member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a group of elite trial lawyers recognized as the most prestigious organization of trial lawyers in the world, whose mission is to protect and promote the Rule of Law. He served as their President in 1989. Membership Past President, International Academy Trial Lawyers 1989 Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers Member, American Bar Association Ohio State Bar Association (lecturer trial practice) Ohio Academy Trial Lawyers (past chairman rules seminar, lecturer trial practice) Cuyahoga County Bar Association (lecturer trial practice) Cleveland Academy Trial Lawyers (lecturer trial practice) Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (sustaining founder) Cleveland Bar Association (chairman Advocacy Institute, trustee, Continuing Legal Education committee, judicial selection committee, special justice center committee, federal court, common pleas court and court appeals committee, president 1986
Judicial Conference United States 6th Circuit Court (life)
Judicial Conference 8th Judicial District Ohio (life) American Board Trial Advocacy Association of Trial Lawyers of America (trustee Lambert Chair Foundation, lecturer trial practice) Past President, Board of Catholic Education, Cleveland Chairman, Board of Regents, St. Ignatius High School, Cleveland Trustee, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Cleveland Member of the President's Council, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester MA. United States Navy, 1945-1946 Knights of Malta Knights of the Holy Sepulcher Delta Theta Phi
Personal Life Donald married his wife of nearly 53 years, Lillian Margaret Calafiore in 1948, had 11 children and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was a faithful Catholic and counselor to numerous Bishops of Cleveland. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Regents and was a counselor and dear friend to numerous Presidents at St. Ignatius High School. He died in Lakewood, Ohio on October 24, 2006 at the age of 79.