LAWYERS

LAWYERS
Passes Ohio Bar
Rhonda S. Hirschl, a 1992 Boardman High School graduate and daughter of Larry and Marsha Hirschl of Boardman, graduated in May from the University of Akron School of Law and passed the Ohio Bar Examination.
She was sworn in as an attorney at a ceremony in Columbus last month.
Hirschl graduated from Youngstown State University in 1996 with a bachelor's degree in chemistry and received her master's degree in analytical chemistry from YSU in 1998. While in law school, she was a member of the trial team, the dean's list, and was a two-time Edward I. Abramson merit-based scholarship recipient.
Graduating in the top 25 percent of her class, she also is a certified mediator approved by the Ohio Supreme Court.
She is an attorney with the local law firm of Buckley & amp; George. She lives in Austintown with her husband, Dr. James H. Mike.
STATE PATROL
Promoted to lieutenant
Sgt. Morris L. Hill Jr. of the Ohio State Highway Patrol's Bucyrus Post recently was promoted to the rank of lieutenant by Col. Kenneth L. Morckel, OSHP superintendent. Hill will remain at Bucyrus as post commander.
Hill, a Warren native, joined the patrol in September 1987 as a cadet candidate working at the Canfield Post. He entered the Academy in March 1988.
He received his commission the following September and was assigned to the Mansfield Post, where he was named Post Trooper of the Year in 1991. In January 1998, he was promoted to sergeant and assigned to the Bucyrus Post as an assistant post commander.
Hill graduated from Western Reserve High School in 1983. He earned a bachelor's degree from Thiel College in Greenville, Pa., in 1987. Before joining the OSHP, he served as a security guard for American Legion Post 534 in Warren.
He lives in Mansfield with his wife, Angela, and their children: Aaron, 11; Ariane, 9; Andrew, 7; Alan, 2; and Aidian, an infant.
Leadership training
Lt. Ronald Kuszmaul, OSHP Delaware Patrol Post commander, graduated in November from the Law Enforcement Foundation's Police Executive Leadership College. PELC is an intensive, three-week leadership-training program for law enforcement executives.
The program involves 105 classroom hours over three weeks covering 20 topics, 24 required readings, six research papers, five community interviews, three speeches, and three team projects. The curriculum is based on the premise that leadership skills can be learned, and that given the opportunity for feedback and practice, executives can substantially improve their leadership abilities.
Kuszmaul, a Warren native, joined the patrol in May 1979. Originally assigned to Ashtabula, he was named Post Trooper of the Year in 1987 and 1989. He transferred to Warren in July 1990, and with his promotion to sergeant in September 1992, went to Delaware as assistant post commander. In December 1998, Kuszmaul assumed the duties as commander of the Delaware Post.
He graduated from Champion High School in 1976, and later earned an associate degree in criminology from Kent State University. He lives in Delaware with his wife, Phyllis. Their children are Randy, 19, and Wendy, 16.
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