Columbus Bar Foundation

The Columbus Bar Foundation recognized members with fifty years of service to the bar on September 25 at the Athletic Club. Pictured left to right: David Alexander (CBF President), Robert Perry, Mark Petrucci (CBA President-Elect), Ronald D avis, Benjamin Zox, James Monahan, John Petro, Donald Davies, Hon. James Graham, Jill Snitcher McQuain (CBA Executive Director), Harvey Minton, and Marion Smithberger (CBF Executive Director). Not pictured but also honored were Prof. Albert Clovis and Sheldon Taft.

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The Annual Columbus Bar Foundation Luncheon honoring CBA members with fifty years of service will be held at noon on September 25 at the Athletic Club of Columbus.

The 2012 honorees are Albert L. Clovis, Donald A. Davies, Ronald E. Davis, Hon. James L. Graham, Harvey S. Minton, James S. Monahan, Robert J. Perry, John J. Petro, Sheldon A. Taft, and Benjamin L. Zox.

The cost of lunch is $40; prepaid reservations need to be received by the Columbus Bar Foundation, 175 S. Third St., Suite 1100, Columbus, Ohio 43215, by September 20. All past fifty year honorees are invited to attend for free but a reservation is required. Questions? Contact Marion at marion@cbalaw.org or 614/340.2070.

The Columbus Bar Foundation honored lawyers for 50 years of service to the bar and the community on September 21 at the Annual 50 Years Luncheon.

From left (back row): Columbus Bar President Hon. Stephen McIntosh, Edward F. Pelteson, Columbus Bar Past President Hon. Charles R. Petree, William M. Lane, Hon. Andy Douglas, A. C. Strip, Rick E. Marsh, Bradley Hummel, Foundation President Ford Huffman. From left (front row): Robert H. Albert, Thomas S. Erlenbach, James P. Kennedy, and Robert C. Kiger.

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The Columbus Bar Foundation thanks board member Stan Ross for his generous financial support of the Law and Leadership Institute over the past two years. Stan's gift provides a stipend to cover the cost of law student teacher Gina Prescott, a Capital 3L who also taught LLI 9th-graders last summer.

LLI President Carl Smallwood said, "We are very grateful to have Stan as a supporter. Ending its second year, the Law and Leadership Institute uses legal issues as means to inspire students, to train them in research, writing, and oral presentation, and to provide hands-on experience in mock trials and internships. We are preparing students from underserved high schools to succeed in high school, college and beyond."

Race Judicata is sponsored by the Moritz College of Law Student Bar Association and its proceeds benefit the Columbus Bar Foundation. Last year, 100 members of the Columbus legal community participated, and we hope to exceed 150 participants this year. The Columbus Bar Association is sponsoring a team and we hope that you will join us!

Race Judicata 2010 will take place on Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 6:00pm at Beekman Park, with registration beginning at 5:00pm. Cost of participation is $20, and each participant will receive a Race Judicata 2010 t-shirt.

Two ways to register:

• Register online
• Download a registration form (PDF)

Be sure to list the Columbus Bar as your team!

Sponsorship Opportunity:

For a donation of $50 or more, law firms, businesses, or other groups may have their logos printed on Race Judicata t-shirts as sponsors, in recognition of their generous support. Please click here for additional information regarding sponsorship levels. Donations and logos must be received no later than Friday, September 3, 2010 to ensure placement on the shirts.

Eighteen members of Columbus Bar will be applauded this year at the annual luncheon, hosted by the Foundation on September 21. Thirteen of the honored guests are still Active status and in practice. Two members are retired courts of appeals judges -- the Hon. Alan E. Norris (Sixth Circuit) and the Hon. Charles R. Petree (Tenth District).

The noon luncheon will be held at the Athletic Club of Columbus, cost of lunch is $40; prepaid reservations need to be received by the Columbus Bar Foundation, 175 S. Third St., Suite 1100, Columbus, Ohio 43215, by September 17. All past fifty-year attorneys are invited to attend free; a reservation is required.

The 2010 honorees are Robert H. Albert Sr., William W. Brown, Andrew G. Douglas, Ted Lee Earl, Thomas S. Erlenbach, E. Bruce Hadden, Bradley Hummel, James P. Kennedy, Robert C. Kiger, Walter Kocher, William M. Lane, Stefan Levy, Rick E. Marsh, Hon. Alan E. Norris, Edward F. Pelteson, Hon. Charles R. Petree, A.C. Strip, and Frederick A. Vierow.

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Judge Robert Duncan officiated at the installation of Ford Huffman as the 2010-11 Columbus Bar Foundation President at the Annual Meeting last week.

Also sworn in were Trustees for three-year terms: Belinda Barnes, Michael Carpenter, Paul Giorgianni, Judge Carrie Glaeden, Judge Guy Reece, and Heather Sowald.

The other Foundation Trustees are: James Arnold, Stephen Buchenroth, James Davidson, Thomas Hill, Robert Meyer, Robert Palmer, Stanley Ross, Robert Weiler, James Yano. Sharon Chappelear is the CBAA Liaison Charles Warner retired from the Foundation Board after ten years of service including 18 months as president.

The other officers of the Foundation are Vice President Heather Sowald, Secretary/Treasurer David Alexander and Immediate Past President Frank Ray. Bradley Wrightsel is the Columbus Bar Board Liaison, Jill Snitcher McQuain is the Columbus Bar Staff Liaison, Michael Mahoney is Counsel, Benjamin Zox is Development Director, and Marion Smithberger is the Executive Director.

Frank Ray presented a check for $19,180 to the Ohio Judicial Center Foundation to Richard Simpson, the Vice Chair of the Ohio Judicial Center Commission, in memory of Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer. The gift represented the total donations that had been made in the Chief Justice’s memory by his many friends and colleagues.

Bradley Hummel was presented the Jack Alton Lifetime Achievement Award by John Alton.

The Columbus Bar Foundation seeks nominations for the John and Ginny Elam Pro Bono Award recognizing exceptional pro bono representation necessary to make justice available to all; support to organizations that provide pro bono representation to indigent clients; or time and skills donated to community, governmental and/or other activities that promote the common good. The award recipient will receive recognition at the OSBA Annual Meeting, May 6, and in legal and general interest media. In addition the recipient will designate a 501(c)(3) organization to receive a $5,000 grant from the Award Fund of the Columbus Bar Foundation. Individuals can be nominated for the award by the submission of an email or letter to the Award Selection Committee Chair, Norton R. Webster, at nrwebster@vorys.com, 52 East Gay Street, P.O. Box 1008, Columbus 43216. Nominations must be received by March 31 and should include a brief description of the qualifications of the nominee for the award, as well as contact information for the nominee and/or nominator.

The Columbus Bar Foundation would like to thank the following judges for participating in the 2010 Rock’n Bowl that raised over $100,000 for the Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: Judges Ted Barrows, Laurel Beatty, Susan Brown, Kim Browne, Peggy Bryant, Kimberly Cocroft, Julie Dorrian, Richard Frye, Elizabeth Gill, Carrie Glaeden, Harlan Hale, Paul Herbert, Mark Hummer, William Klatt, Julie Lynch, Patrick McGrath, Dana Preisse, Patrick Sheeran, Anne Taylor, and G. Gary Tyack.

The Foundation also thanks for their support Cardinal Health, Carpenter Lipps & Leland, Chester Willcox & Saxbe, COTA, Columbus City Attorney’s Office, Dinsmore & Shohl, Downes Hurst & Fishel, Equal Justice Foundation, Franklin County Common Pleas Court, Freund Freeze & Arnold, Hahn Loeser & Parks, Isaac Brant Ledman & Teetor, Jones Day, Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter, Luper Neidenthal & Logan, Massucci & Kline, Paralegal Association of Central Ohio, Robert Weiler Company, Schottenstein Zox & Dunn, Shumaker Loop Kendrick, Ulmer & Berne, Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease, Weston Hurd, and the Women Lawyers of Franklin County.

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The OSU Moritz College of Law Student Bar Association donated $1,500.00 to the Columbus Bar Foundation. The donation was the proceeds from their October 16 fundraiser Race Judicata.

Pictured, from left to right: Suzanne Mills (2L); Carson Barylak (2L); Foundation President Frank Ray; Kristen Delacruz (2L); and Jennifer Halas (1L).

Columbus Bar Foundation President Frank Ray presented Chief Justice Thomas Moyer with the Foundation's highest honor, the President's Award, for his many years of commitment to improving access to the courts for the poor at the Foundation's Annual Pro Bono Luncheon on October 30. The Foundation's Luncheon was part of the ABA's first National Pro Bono Celebration.

The Foundation and the CBA annually recognize outstanding pro bono service. The 2009 honorees are:

LeeAnn M. Massucci for Outstanding Pro Bono Service to an Individual;

Bricker & Eckler LLP for Outstanding Pro Bono Service by a Law Firm;

Hon. William A. Klatt for Outstanding Pro Bono Service by a Judge.

The award recipients are selected by the CBA Pro Bono Committee Chaired by Lisa Eschleman. The Legal Aid Society of Columbus Executive Director Tom Weeks presented the LASC Excellence in Pro Bono Service by an Individual to James Abrams.

The American Bar Association’s Annual National Pro Bono Celebration was scheduled for October 25 through 31, 2009. Sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, the celebration is a coordinated national effort to showcase the great difference that pro bono lawyers make to the nation, its system of justice, its communities and, most of all, to the clients they serve. The week is also dedicated to the quest for more pro bono volunteers to meet the ever-growing legal needs of this country's most vulnerable citizens.

Columbus Bar Foundation President Frank Ray announced that Chief Justice Moyer will be the keynote speaker at the Foundation’s Celebration of Pro Bono and Annual Meeting on October 30, noon at the Hyatt on Capitol Square. The Foundation’s Luncheon is part of the ABA’s first National Pro Bono Celebration.

The Foundation and the CBA annually recognize outstanding pro bono service. The 2009 honorees are:

LeeAnn M. Massucci for Outstanding Pro Bono Service to an Individual;

Bricker & Eckler LLP for Outstanding Pro Bono Service by a Law Firm;

Hon. William A. Klatt for Outstanding Pro Bono Service by a Judge.

The award recipients are selected by the CBA Pro Bono Committee Chaired by Lisa Eschleman. The Legal Aid Society of Columbus will also be presenting its Excellence in Pro Bono Service by an Individual to James Abrams.

This luncheon is open to all CBF Fellows, CBA members and their guests. Tickets are $40.00 per person, checks made payable to the Columbus Bar Foundation (no portion of this fee is deductible as a charitable donation). For more information, contact Marion Smithberger at marion@cbalaw.org.

The American Bar Association’s Annual National Pro Bono Celebration is scheduled for October 25 through 31, 2009. Sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, the celebration is a coordinated national effort to showcase the great difference that pro bono lawyers make to the nation, its system of justice, its communities and, most of all, to the clients they serve. The week is also dedicated to the quest for more pro bono volunteers to meet the ever-growing legal needs of this country's most vulnerable citizens.

The Annual Columbus Bar Foundation Luncheon honoring Columbus Bar members with fifty years of service will be held at noon on Tuesday, September 22 at the Athletic Club of Columbus. The cost of lunch is $40; prepaid reservations need to be received by the Columbus Bar Foundation, 175 S. Third St., Suite 1100, Columbus, Ohio 43215, by September 18. All past fifty year honorees are invited to attend free of charge, but a reservation is required. The 2009 honorees are: Albert L. Bell, G. Brian Boltz, Charles E. Brant, John J. Dilenschneider, Stewart R. Jaffy, Mary Jo Grotenrath, J. Richard Emens, James B. Feibel, R. Cliffton Gibbs, Dwight I. Hurd, Wayman C. Lawrence, Richard V. Patchen, Leonard S. Sigall, Hon. George C. Smith

Columbus Legal Aid Society Child and Youth Law Program and the Columbus Bar Foundation received a Health Care Heroes Honorable Mention Award from Columbus Business First. Presenting the award is Don DePeperro, President and Publisher of Business First, to staff attorneys Tracy Simmons (L) and Annalisa Van Kirk (R), (Vanessa Coterel, Director of CYLP; Katie Rogers, an Equal Justice Works Fellow, are not pictured). "The Health Care Heroes award honors those who have made an impact on health care in our community through their concern for patients, research and inventions, management skills, innovative programs for employees and service to the poor and uninsured." The Foundation’s Grant to the Legal Aid Society to advocate for indigent children who have special medical needs is generously funded by donations from the lawyers in central Ohio.