03/30/2026
Dr. Utterback's oldest daughter, Laurel, is wrapping up her second year of law school at Case Western Reserve University. To Dr. Utterback's surprise, Laurel chose to follow in her dad's footsteps by focusing on sleep apnea for her note, a law school thesis that she constructed comprising 47 pages 😳.
Her Note, "DoT the I's and Cross the T's: A Wake-up Call for Transportation Safety," explores the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea among commercial drivers and proposes legal solutions to improve safety. Her work earned "Note of the Year" at CWRU and will be published in Volume 37 of Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine, one of the nation's leading health law journals.
Laurel is looking forward to gaining more experience in corporate, healthcare, and transportation law as a 2026 Summer Associate at Benesch Law in downtown Cleveland. Great work, Laurel!