Welcome to the website of the Orthodox Christian Attorney Network! We're a fellowship of Orthodox Christian attorneys and law students from across the United States who share a desire to build relationships and learn to serve our Lord through the legal profession.

OCAN is not just another professional association. We'd like to help make your legal career a part of your life journey in Christ. As St. Paul said, “Whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him” (Col. 3:17).

We invite you to join us for what we hope will be a career-transforming journey. Check out our website to learn more about our history, mission, and purposes.

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Honorable Nada Kosanovich Sizemore

Connecticut Superior Court (retired)

Judge Sizemore is a retired Connecticut Superior Court judge where she served as chief civil judge in a trial court in Meriden, Connecticut.  Prior to the bench, she served as a judicial law clerk, a commercial litigator, and staff litigator in the Travelers Insurance Company for thirty years, where she was Vice President and Associate General Counsel. As a judge she handled all types of civil jury and court side cases including hundreds of settlement and mediation cases.  She currently supports the Saints Cyril & Methodius Serbian Orthodox Mission parish in Connecticut as an executive board member and was previously a member of St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of Boston.

Honorable Steven Counelis 

California Superior, Riverside County

Judge Counelis has served on the bench since 2011. Previously, he served as a Deputy District Attorney for seventeen years and prosecuted over 80 jury trials. Judge Counelis was invested as an Archon by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on October 31, 2021. Judge Counelis has served in both Family and Criminal Court assignments. Since 2016, he has presided over 120 jury trials. Judge Counelis was raised in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese and currently serves on the Metropolis Council of the GOA Metropolis of San Francisco.

Honorable Rose Marie Karadsheh Preddy 

Seventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida  

 Circuit Judge Rose Marie Karadsheh Preddy was appointed to the bench in Florida in 2023.  She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and her Juris Doctorate from the James E. Beasley School of Law at Temple University. Judge Preddy was admitted to the Michigan Bar in 1995 and the Florida Bar in 1997 and worked in private practice, civil law, including probate, guardianship, and will and trust contests. She maintained an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and owned the Preddy Law Firm, P.A., from 2000 to her judicial appointment in 2023. Judge Preddy presides over a Unified Family Court division in Putnam County. She is a member of St John the Divine Greek Orthodox Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Her parents are immigrants from Madaba, Jordan. She is a proud wife and mother of three.

       “The emergence of the Orthodox Christian Attorney Network is a long-awaited and happy development for Orthodox Christianity in the United States. Creating this national pan-Orthodox professional community will clearly enhance the presence of Orthodox Christianity in the legal and judicial systems of our culture, and reinforce the principles and values of our holy faith among an important and underserved portion of our faithful. Having Orthodox Christian leaders in the legal community will doubtless enhance the quality of legal thinking in the United States, and provide a much-needed support system for faithful lawyers around the country. We look forward to the many blessings that will emerge within and because of OCAN.”  

- Eric S. Namee, Managing Member, Hinkle Law Firm and President, Virginia H. Farah Foundation