Columbus Bar Foundation

The Columbus Bar Foundation is the charitable arm of the Columbus legal community. Working together, we strive to increase access to justice, improve the administration of justice and promote excellence in legal education through scholarships and grants.

Every gift, large or small, makes a difference in the lives of the people of this community. The Foundation is a great place to create a memorial for a loved one, pursue your own philanthropic goals or leave a lasting legacy to this community.

Recent News

August 18, 2010

Race Judicata 5K Set for September 23; Proceeds to Benefit Columbus Bar Foundation

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.

August 13, 2010

Columbus Bar Foundation to Honor 50 Year Attorneys

Fifteen 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., Ted Lee Earl, Thomas S. Erlenbach, E. Bruce Hadden, Bradley Hummel, James P. Kennedy, Robert C. Kiger, 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.

June 18, 2010

Ford Huffman New Foundation President

View all photos from the 2010 CBF Annual Meeting

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.