Recent News

08.27.2010How to Make it to "The List"
Judge Michael J. Holbrook, Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, has organized a 3.0 CLE seminar titled "Basics of Court Appointments," slated for Friday, September 17 from 1:30-4:45pm. He will be joined by Judge Kim A. Browne and Judge Anne Taylor.
08.27.2010CLE Masters Series: Health Care Reform
Masters Series: Health Care Reform will take place on September 10 and offers 6.25 CLE credit hours. This program will cover issues regarding health care reform as it relates to employee benefits, fraud and abuse, reimbursement and payor systems and more.
08.27.2010CBA@noon - September 14
Lockstep? Apprenticeship? Core Competencies? New Directions For Entering The Profession.
08.26.2010Judiciary Committee Process and Bylaws
To help understand the Preference Poll, you must know that the Preference Poll includes the findings of the Columbus Bar Judiciary Committee candidate screenings.
08.20.2010Judicial Campaign Advertising Committee Helps Ensure a Clean Campaign
In its 22nd year, the bi-partisan Committee is screening the campaign advertising materials of 22 candidates, all of whom have signed an agreement pledging to adhere to the Code of Judicial Conduct and conduct their campaigns in a reputable manner.
08.20.2010Judicial Rules Amended
The Supreme Court of Ohio has amended portions of two rules governing disclosure of political party affiliation and solicitations of campaign contributions by judicial candidates.
08.20.2010Remembering James E. Phillips
James E. Phillips, our friend and colleague, died on August 11 after battling lung cancer.
08.20.2010Let's Not Give Them Something to Talk About
Alvin Mathews, Bricker & Eckler, and Mark Weaver from Communications Counsel, Inc. will team up to present “Election Law and Social Media,” a 3.0 hour CLE, Wednesday September 15.
08.20.2010On Powerful Communication Strategies
Persuading a jury. Engaging a client. Influencing a team. Attorneys rely on their communication skills to achieve results like these on a daily basis.
08.13.2010Columbus 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.
08.13.2010Past President Bruce Lynn to Speak at CBA@noon
The Columbus Bar is pleased to announce the creation of a new, weekly luncheon program. CBA@noon will offer networking, socializing, and timely personal and professional development topics.
08.13.2010Generational Differences in the Workplace
The Columbus Bar, Willis and UnitedHealthcare will bring Bar members a new luncheon series this fall. Generations at Work, the first luncheon in this series, will take place on August 24 from noon to 1:00pm.
08.13.2010Masters Series: Employment Law
William A. Nolan of Barnes & Thornburg and Marie-Joelle C. Khouzam, Carlile Patchen & Murphy, are sharing the lead in organizing Masters Series: Employment Law - a 6.0 hour CLE seminar scheduled for September 30.
08.13.2010Updates on New Tax Legislation
Business Tax Committee is kicking off a new season with its popular Taxing Matter Series, on September 8. For the premier, the group welcomes Brent Johnson, CPA, MT, partner in the firm of Yankovich Adelman Johnson Stevenson, LLC.
08.13.2010Meet Ray Critchett, ColumbusLawyerFinder.com
A profile of ColumbusLawyerFinder.com attorney Ray Critchett.
08.13.2010Velvet Motorcycle Ride
Sunday (not Saturday) August 29, 11:00am (before lunch).
08.12.2010Willis Health Care Reform Calculator
Employers seeking to measure medical inflation now have the ability to obtain precise information regarding how healthcare reform will impact their particular group health plan.
08.06.2010Masters Series 2010-2011 Begins with Health Care Reform
Masters Series: Health Care Reform will take place on September 10 and offers 6.25 CLE credit hours. This program will cover issues regarding health care reform as it relates to employee benefits, fraud and abuse, reimbursement and payor systems and more.
08.06.2010PACO Leaders 2010-2011
Paralegals met at the Franklin County Conservatory last month for the installation of new officers.
08.06.2010PACO and the Bar Pairing Up for CLE
A six-part series will kick off in September with monthly, one-hour CLE seminars offered beginning in September through February. Each program will be on a Wednesday and begin at 12:30.
08.06.2010Judge Sutton to Speak at Civil War Meeting
The next meeting of the Civil War Club is set for 12-1 pm on Sept. 10. The speaker is Hon. Jeff Sutton of the US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals and his presentation is titled "Major Battles of the Civil War Era: The Legacy of Lincoln and the Supreme Court."
08.06.2010Supreme Court Adopts Changes to Unauthorized Practice of Law Rules
Under changes to the Supreme Court of Ohio Rule governing the Unauthorized Practice of Law (UPL), the Ohio Attorney General will be authorized to investigate and prosecute UPL cases starting September 1. Justices concurred 7-0 in adopting the amendments.
08.06.2010Meet Kristie Campbell, ColumbusLawyerFinder.com
A profile of ColumbusLawyerFinder.com attorney Kristie Campbell.
07.30.2010Intellectual Property - Forum for Ideas
Fields of law covered by the new Intellectual Property Committee will range from trademark, copyright, and patent to sports and entertainment law. All Columbus Bar members are urged to participate in the committee's launch.
07.30.2010New Energy Comes to the Bar
The fall season brings us Ohio State football, cooler weather, colorful foliage and this year, energy law! On September 16, the first Energy Law Committee meeting will be held at the Columbus Bar offices. The meetings are open to all CBA members.
07.30.2010Social Security Disability Committee Making Big Plans
The Columbus Bar has approved a one-year pilot for a Social Security Disability Committee, with goals of providing SSD practitioners a forum for the exchange of news and information and facilitating communication between the SSD bar and the Agency.
07.30.2010No Frills No Fluff, Just Good Stuff
J.Ferm, a locally-based, international leadership development solutions firm, has teamed up with the Columbus Bar to offer a CLE program series. The No Frills No Fluff Law Practice Management series will kick off on August 18.
07.30.2010Meet Laura Bogrees, ColumbusLawyerFinder.com
A profile of ColumbusLawyerFinder.com attorney Laura Bogrees.
07.23.2010Priming the Diversity Pipeline Pump
Various members of the Columbus Bar are encouraging promising youngsters in high school and law school to pursue careers in the legal profession this summer.
07.23.2010Columbus Bar Introduces Three New Committees
The Columbus Bar is pleased to announce the creation of three new committees. Meetings begin in September. To join a committee, visit the committee webpage or contact Donna Sweet.
07.23.2010LGBT Committee Co-Sponsors TransOhio Symposium
The LGBT committee joins the 3rd Annual TransOhio Transgender and Ally Symposium for continuing legal education, August 13, 2010.
07.23.2010Changes Coming for Out-of-State Attorneys
In about six months out-of-state attorneys who want to appear temporarily in a proceeding in Ohio (pro hac vice) will notice some significant changes to the process.
07.23.2010Meet Robert L. Caplan, ColumbusLawyerFinder.com
A profile of ColumbusLawyerFinder.com attorney Robert L. Caplan.
07.09.2010Ben, Beatles, and *Birthday Balloons
It was June 30, but it felt like December with the Training Room at the Columbus Bar Association full of attorneys pursuing their continuing legal education requirements.
07.09.2010Green Committee to Meet in Squire Sanders' LEED Gold Certified Offices
Squire Sanders has graciously offered to host the July 20 meeting of the Columbus Bar Green Committee at its new LEED Gold certified office space.
07.09.2010Twelve Hours Work in an 8-Hour Day
Einstein may have discovered that time speeds up or down depending upon how fast one thing is moving in relation to something else, but in law firms, time seems fixed.
07.09.2010Law and Leadership Starts Its Third Year
The Law and Leadership Institute identifies promising youth from urban neighborhoods and grooms them to be future leaders in the legal profession by offering them a chance to study law during the summer at an Ohio law school.
07.09.2010Franklin County Municipal Court - Court Appointed Counsel List
Open enrollment for the Franklin County Municipal Court Appointed Counsel List will occur in the month of July 2010. Any attorney who would like to be considered for the List should complete the Appointment of Counsel Application.
07.09.2010Meet Mike Miller, ColumbusLawyerFinder.com
A profile of ColumbusLawyerFinder.com attorney Mike Miller.
07.02.2010Health Care Reform: Prohibition on Canceling Coverage
The recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act prohibits group health plans from canceling, or rescinding, coverage of an enrolled individual once the enrollee is covered except in cases of intentional misrepresentation or fraud.
07.02.2010Supreme Court Seeks Comment on New Juvenile Protection Rule
Public comment will be accepted until July 20 on a new rule that would authorize juvenile courts to issue civil protection orders against juveniles and standardized forms with instructions about how to petition the court for a protection order.
07.02.2010Meet Roger Gilcrest, ColumbusLawyerFinder.com
A profile of ColumbusLawyerFinder.com attorney Roger Gilcrest.
07.01.2010iAppeal, Internet Medical and ERE Training Available!
SSA is offering iAppeal and Internet Disability Report training through September 24th. In conjunction with SSA training, the Ohio Disability Determination Service will also provide Electronic Records Express (ERE) training.
06.25.2010Mentoring Program Seeks Participants
A Supreme Court of Ohio mentoring program for new lawyers needs more mentors from Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus. Newly admitted lawyers are also encouraged to register for the upcoming mentoring term.
06.25.2010Meet Thomas N. Taneff, ColumbusLawyerFinder.com
A profile of ColumbusLawyerFinder.com attorney Thomas N. Taneff.
06.18.2010Ford Huffman New Foundation President
Judge Robert Duncan officiated at the installation of Ford Huffman as the 2010-11 Columbus Bar Foundation President at the Annual Meeting last week.
06.18.2010Healthcare Reform: Tax Benefits for Adult Child Coverage
Under a new tax provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act the value of any employer-provided health coverage for an employee’s child is excluded from the employee’s income through the end of the taxable year in which the child turns 26.
06.18.2010Foodfight 6.30 is Back!
Foodfight 6.30 is back! The Central Ohio Restaurant Association (CORA) has assembled a great group of restaurants for the second annual “eat out to fight hunger” event. Supporting Mid-Ohio Foodbank’s Operation Feed has never been tastier.
06.18.2010PACO Elections & Oscar Party
Come celebrate with the executive board, recognizing our sustaining members, committee members, advisory board members, and you! After elections are complete, we will begin our big bash and send you back to work in a fabulous mood.
06.11.2010Attorneys Outperform Pro Bono Report for 2008
A higher percentage of reporting Ohio attorneys worked pro bono in 2009 than those who reported for 2008, according to the second annual results of pro bono activities statewide.
06.11.2010CDHPs Changes Under Health Care Reform
Employees with an FSA or HRA cannot use funds in those accounts for over-the-counter medications, with the exception of insulin, unless prescribed by a physician, as of Jan. 1, 2011.
06.11.2010Meet Michael Weisz, ColumbusLawyerFinder.com
A profile of ColumbusLawyerFinder.com attorney Michael Weisz.
06.04.2010Annual Meeting Honors Extraordinary Service
Today, we honor four of our members who have contributed extraordinarily to the Columbus Bar and to the community.
06.04.2010John Mercer Langston Bar Salutes Columbus Bar Initiative
Carl Smallwood and Judge McIntosh accepted the Outstanding Organization Award for the Columbus Bar's Managing Partners Diversity Initiative from JMLBA President Anthony Sharett and Treasurer Jennifer Adair at an award ceremony held on May 27.
06.04.2010Minority Clerkship Program Offers Summer Enrichment
In addition to the clerking, the class of 2010 will engage in a variety of other activities. This year the Minorities in the Law committee planned a speaker series with lunch, which includes a networking opportunity with attorneys.
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