Experience

• Judge 1994 to Present Garfield Heights Municipal Court
• Private Attorney 1984–1994 Law Office of Deborah J. Nicastro, Criminal and Civil Litigation, Real Estate, Public Contracts
• Law Director and Prosecutor for the Village of Grafton, Lorain County, Ohio 1979–1984 Wuliger, Fadel & Beyer, Associate Attorney, Criminal & Civil Litigation, Labor Law-Labor Representative, Appellate Practice

Education

• 1996–1997, Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead Society of Professional Fellows
• 1976–1979, Case Western Reserve University, School of Law, Juris Doctor Degree
• 1972–1976, Cleveland State University, Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science

Public Service

• President of the Garfield Heights Chamber of Commerce Charitable and Educational Foundation 2004 to present
• Ohio Judicial Conference Community Outreach and Public Confidence Committee 2005
• Chair of the Cuyahoga County Bar Association's Municipal Court Committee 1995-2005
• Trustee for the St. Michael’s Federal Credit Union 1999-2004
• Garfield Heights Family Violence Task Force 1998-to present
• The Silver & Gold 1st Trustee and Scholarship Chairperson 1996-2003
• Garfield Heights City Schools’ Substance Abuse and Violence Elimination Task Force 1996-2004
• Ohio Judicial Conference’s Publication Committee 1997-2001
• Ohio Judicial Conference’s Technology Committee 1999-2000/2005
• National Association of Women Judges-District 7 Director  1999-2001
• Garfield Heights Family Violence Coordinated Community Response Team 1998-2001
• Guest Lecturer for the United Steel Workers of America AFL-CIO    1998-1999
• Judge of the Alternative Juvenile Program of the Garfield Heights City Schools 1996-1998
• Member of Board of Directors of the Weatherhead Society of Professional Fellows 1997-1999
• Guest Lecturer on Traffic Law and LEADS for the Cuyahoga County Bar Association 2001
• Guest Lecturer on Professionalism for Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2002
• Guest Lecturer Mayor's Court Clerks Ass'n. 2002
• Guest Lecturer on DUI Updates for Municipal Prosecutors’ Ass’n 2002
• Panelist for Domestic Violence Center Advocate Training  2002
• Guest Lecturer on Domestic Violence for Cuyahoga County Bar Association and Association of Matrimonial Lawyers- 1997 to present
• Guest Lecturer on Damages in Eviction Cases for Ohio Judicial College 2003, 2005
• Guest Lecturer for Cuyahoga County DUI Reduction Task Force 2003
• Guest Lecturer on Electronic Courts for the Parma Bar Ass’n. 2003
• Guest Lecturer Cleveland State University School of Law Alumni CLE Program 2003-2005
• Marymount Hospital Community Advisory Board 2004

Memberships

• Cuyahoga County Bar Association
• Cleveland Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Weatherhead Society of Professional Fellows
• Independence Kiwanis Club
• Italian American Police Association
• Italian Sons and Daughters of America
• C.A.M.E.O
• CWRU School of Law’s Silver Barrister Circle
• Marymount Hospital Community Advisory Committee

Bar Admissions

• Supreme Court of Ohio – Admitted 1979
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
• United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth District
• United States Tax Court

Current Special Projects

• Garfield Heights Municipal Court Electronic Court Project 2001-2005
• Garfield Heights Safe Schools/Healthy Students Advisory Committee 2003-2004
• Independence Kiwanis Club Home Days Chairperson 2004-2005
• Garfield Heights Chamber of Commerce Foundation/Cuyahoga County Bar Association Partnership for Landlord/Tenant Community Education