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Sadly, Max Kravitz passed away August 12, 2007. He will be missed deeply by everyone that he touched.

He was an amazing man. The Leader and Patriarch of a great firm - always fighting for others.

Max Kravitz has been a professor of law at Capital University Law School since 1976. At Capital, he has taught criminal law, criminal procedure, advanced criminal procedure, federal criminal law, capital punishment litigation and participated in the criminal, civil and general litigation clinical courses. In 2005, he is teaching international criminal law at the University of Passau in Germany. He has also been a partner in the firm of Kravitz and Kravitz LLC (now Kravitz, Brown & Dortch, LLC) since 1988.

Max Kravitz has practiced criminal law since 1973 when he started his career as a public defender. He has defended federal and state criminal and forfeiture cases throughout the United States. During that time, he has obtained acquittals or dismissals of all charges in cases such as homicide, RICO, drugs, federal bribery, mail fraud, bank fraud, tax fraud, voting fraud, conspiracy, Hobbs Act, obstruction of justice, bank robbery, postal robbery, cash bulk smuggling, money laundering, receiving stolen property, rape, aggravated vehicular homicide, DUI, solicitation and importuning as well as prevailed on cases involving the defenses of insanity, self-defense, entrapment and necessity. He has successfully defended police officers, lawyers, prosecutors and political figures at trial and in grand jury proceedings as well as prisoners in civil rights and medical malpractice actions. In 1997, he settled a federal civil rights, class action case against the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction that resulted in a $40,000,000 renovation of London Correctional Institution. Other areas of practice include state and federal forfeiture proceedings, appellate advocacy, state and federal administrative law, equine law and selected issues concerning civil litigation.

Max Kravitz has published numerous articles on criminal law and procedure and is a sought-after lecturer in criminal law education programs for attorneys. He has also appeared as counsel in the United States Supreme Court in Lockett v. Ohio, 438 U.S. 586 (1978) where Ohio’s death penalty was held unconstitutional and over 450 individuals were immediately removed from death row. He appeared as counsel in Smith v. Ohio, 494 U.S. 541 (1990) where the United States Supreme Court held that a stop and search violated the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. A more complete list of successful criminal, administrative and civil appeals as well as a summary of legal education programs for attorneys that he has participated in appears under the “Notable Cases” section of this website.

Max Kravitz has been a member of the Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission since 1993. He was first appointed and re-appointed by Governor Voinovich and was recently reappointed by Governor Taft. Currently, he is a fellow and member of the board of governors of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers. He also is a current member of the Sixth Circuit Rules Advisory Committee as well as a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, a former president of the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and a former chair of the Criminal Justice Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association. Professor Kravitz was also a member of the Ohio Supreme Court Committee for the Appointment of Counsel in Capital Cases (1987-1993) where he helped develop educational and experiential requirements for attorneys who are court-appointed in death penalty cases. He was also a member of the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism (1997-1999).

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