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May 17, 2010

Congratulations, 2010-2011 Board of Governors Members

View photos from the June 4 Columbus Bar Association Annual Meeting

The Columbus Bar membership elected three new members to join the 2010-11 Board of Governors. Elected to first-time terms are Jennifer A. Adair, Assistant Attorney General, Court of Claims Defense Section; Jay E. Michael, Law Offices of Jay E. Michael; and Mark C. Petrucci, magistrate for Franklin County Common Pleas. Petrucci is a former board member who served from 2005-2009. Aaron L. Granger, Schottenstein Zox & Dunn, was appointed to the board in 2009 to serve out the remaining term of David S. Bloomfield, Jr. after he was elected Secretary-Treasurer. Granger will now serve his first elected term. In addition, Rosemary Ebner Pomeroy, Law offices of Rosemary Ebner Pomeroy; and Keith W. Schneider, Maguire & Schneider, were re-elected to second terms.

The secretary/treasurer position was won by Bradley B. Wrightsel, Wrightsel & Wrightsel. Wrightsel will join the Hon. Stephen L. McIntosh, judge for Franklin County Common Pleas, who will be sworn in as president, culminating his six years of service on the board – four as a board member and the last two as a Columbus Bar officer – and David S. Bloomfield, Jr., who will be installed as president-elect.

All newly-elected members will be sworn in at the Annual Meeting on June 4 at the Hyatt Capitol Square. They will join sitting board members Kenneth R. Cookson, Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter; Jack A. Guttenberg, Dean of Capital University Law School; Sandra R. McIntosh, Freund Freeze & Arnold; Anthony M. Sharett, Bricker & Eckler; and Gregory M. Travalio, Isaac Brant Ledman & Teetor. Current president Elizabeth J. Watters, Chester Willcox & Saxbe, will serve as past president. David T. Patterson, Weston Hurd Curley Patterson & Bush, will retire from the Board after serving the maximum two terms of office and James E. Phillips, Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease, is retiring after serving one term.

The 2010-2011 Columbus Bar Board of Governors:

Hon. Stephen L. McIntosh, President	David S. Bloomfield, Jr., President-Elect	Bradley B. Wrightsel, Secretary/Treasurer	Elizabeth J. Watters, Immediate Past President
Jennifer A. Adair	Kenneth R. Cookson	Aaron L. Granger	Jack A. Guttenberg
Sandra R. McIntosh	Jay E. Michael	Mark C. Petrucci	Rosemary Ebner Pomeroy
Keith W. Schneider	Anthony M. Sharett	Gregory M. Travalio