Celebrezze-Zanghi
It is the purpose of the organization to provide education about the Ohio Judiciary and Legislature to attorneys, judges, government officials, businesses and the general public.
CZCLEP is a not for profit corporation duly registered with the Ohio Secretary of State. In its non-profit status, the corporation will encourage and sponsor programs designed to help better understand Ohio’s legal process.
All applications for sponsorship must be e-mailed to
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. Teachers, judges, lawyers and others are encouraged to present seminar ideas for consideration.
John Celebrezze
John Celebrezze, the Project co-founder, is the nephew of the late Anthony J. Celebrezze, the popular mayor of Cleveland who later served as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. John founded the Celebrezze-Zanghi Community Legal Education Project, Inc. (CZCLEP) as a tribute to his uncle’s lifetime commitment to the legal process as an Ohio State Senator, Cleveland’s Mayor, member of President Kennedy’s and Johnson’s Cabinets, and a federal judge.
As a career educator, John recognized early in his career how legal matters impacted the lives of his students and peers. He then vowed to make his lifework the teaching and learning of legal education.
A Promise Kept:
Many years ago then Federal Judge Anthony J. Celebrezze encouraged his nephew, John Celebrezze, a high school principal, to become an attorney. Albeit John was a successful school administrator, he promised his Uncle he would, in fact, become an attorney someday.
On Monday, May 18, 2009 John was sworn in as a newly minted Ohio attorney at age 61. Wearing his Grandfather's pocket watch as reminder of the promise America offered to the family of Rocco Celebrezze, a proud and courageous Italian immigrant, he took his oath just as his Uncle did on 02.11.1938. Congratulations John, Uncle Tony would be proud.
Mark A. Zanghi
Associate Attorney with McDevitt, Mayhew and Malek, L.P.A. in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Mark’s primary areas of practice include criminal defense, domestic relations, and real estate law. A graduate of the Ohio Northern University College of Law (J.D.), Ada, Ohio, he was admitted to the Ohio bar in November 2004 with primary practice in the Mount Vernon Municipal Court, the Knox County Common Pleas Court, and the Fifth District Court of Appeals.
Mark was a law clerk (2002-2003) to the Honorable Richard K. Warren of the Allen County Court of Common Pleas and Judicial intern for the Honorable Salvatore Martoche (2001) and the Honorable Joseph Gerace (2000) of the New York State Supreme Court, Mayville, New York.
Mark is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the Columbus Bar Association, and the Knox County Bar Association. He is currently president (2007-2008) of the Knox County Bar Association and chairperson of the Bar Admissions Committee.
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