Dean M. Valore
Director
Dean M. Valore has been a Director of BGC’s Board since 2020. Mr. Valore is managing partner of Vallore & Gordillo L.L.P., a law firm based in Cleveland, Ohio, which he co-founded in January 2012. Since January 2021, Mr. Valore has also acted as Magistrate with the South Euclid Municipal Court in Ohio. Mr. Valore has been an adjunct professor of law, focusing on federal procedure, with the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University since January 2011. Before entering private practice, Mr. Valore was a United States Attorney. Mr. Valore is an expert in matters related to federal corporate compliance and acts as legal counsel to several medical-grade cannabis and cannabis-related companies. Mr. Valore received his J.D. from Cleveland State University - Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and his B.S. in finance from Miami University. Mr. Valore brings decades of corporate governance and federal regulatory and legal experience to the Board.