Roger M. Synenberg

Roger Synenberg concentrates his practice in criminal trials and appeals and civil litigation. Roger has tried over 100 cases, including numerous white collar crime and drug conspiracy trials. He has briefed, argued, and won cases in United States Circuit Courts of Appeals and the Ohio Supreme Court. Roger graduated from American University in Washington, D.C. and the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. Since 1985, Roger has specialized in criminal defense and civil litigation. He has tried numerous jury trials in state and federal courts in Ohio and other states. Roger is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and also a Fellow of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers. Roger earned an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell. He has been recognized every year since 2005 as an Ohio Super Lawyer for his White Collar criminal defense practice and has been rated for his criminal defense work in the prestigious Chambers USA Guide, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Roger's list of high profile cases include representing a serial murderer, a stock broker accused of misappropriating over $150 million, a financial planner accused of bribing the Chief Financial Officer of the Ohio Bureau of Worker's Compensation, and the defendant in the first federal death penalty case in the Northern District of Ohio in over twenty-five years. Mr. Synenberg's civil practice has included representation of Cleveland State University and several, well-known, privately held businesses in the Northeastern Ohio area. Roger is a life member of the United States Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference and the Eighth District Judicial Conference and numerous State and Federal Bar Associations. Active in his community, Roger served fifteen years on the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, serving eight years as Chairman. He has been a Board Member of the Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland since 1994. In 2004, Roger and his wife Joan founded Synenberg & Synenberg, LLC. Shortly after that association began, Governor Bob Taft appointed Joan to become a Cleveland Municipal Court judge. Joan continues to serve as a Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge. Roger and Joan live in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the father of two boys, Eric, who is a lawyer in Columbus, Ohio, and Reid, who lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Cleveland Criminal Attorney Cleveland DUI Attorney Cleveland Drug Offense Attorney Cleveland Fraud Attorney Cleveland White Collar Criminal Attorney Cleveland Sex Offense Attorney Cleveland Child Pornography Attorney Cleveland Rape Attorney Cleveland Internet Crimes Attorney Cleveland Violent Crime Attorney Cleveland Grand Jury Attorney Cleveland Election Attorney Cleveland Stock Fraud Attorney Cleveland Mortgage Fraud Attorney Cleveland Traffic Attorney Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Roger M. Synenberg included in a Super Lawyers® list Other Sources of Feedback About Roger M. Synenberg Included on the 2024Ohio Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2023 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2022 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2021 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2020 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2019 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2018 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2017 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2016 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2015 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2014 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2012 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2011 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2010 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2009 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2008 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2007 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2006 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2005 Ohio Super Lawyers list

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• Ohio, 1977