Pillars of Giving DisplayDonors who make a pledge of $5,000 and above are recognized on the Pillars of Giving display at the Columbus Bar.

Grants and Programs

The Columbus Bar Foundation, in its relatively short history, has made over$3.7 million in grants. It is a 501c (3) organization and is classified as a 509(a)(1)and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) public charity that, in partnership with Columbus Bar

Association, is committed to supporting:

• Legal services for indigent clients through grants to the Legal Aid Society, Community Mediation Services, and the CBA pro bono program

• Professionalism within the legal community through sophisticated CLE• New lawyers entering private practice through the Columbus Bar inc (incubator)• Lawyers in need due to serious illness or tragic circumstances

All of this is possible because of the generosity of the Columbus legal community.The CBF can be one way for lawyers to give back to our community. Through thoughtful consideration of projects and grants, the Foundation tries to make sure that 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.

The Columbus Bar Foundation with a corpus of almost $4 million supports programs and projects that further its vision for a more just and equitable legal system in central Ohio. The CBF concentrates its resources and talent in the areas where it has unique expertise: improving access to the courts, collaboration with the courts, nurturing the professionalism of the bar, promoting excellence in legal education, and public education about the law. Below are some of the Foundation’s larger programs and the cumulative amount of grants made:

$1,367,000

$21,000

$30,000

Legal Aid Society of Columbus

Ohio Judicial Center

$72,080 Law and Leadership Institute

City Attorney’s Office Victims of Domestic Violence

$846,000 Columbus Bar Pro Bono Program, Lawyers for Justice

$510,400 Center for Family Safety and Healing

$467,000

$189,000

Community Mediation Services

$200,000

$105,000

$36,000

CBA renovation and appointment of Education/Committee Meeting rooms

Public Interest Law Foundation Fellowships and Schermer Scholarships

Columbus Bar inc (incubator) Professional Development Center for new lawyers

$50,000 Capital University Law School–Program on Advanced Dispute Resolution Education (PADRE)

Open Books Open Minds–Juvenile Detention Facility Media Center

Visionary: $1,000,000 and AboveMary Seaton BreeseDennis S. and Judy S. Pines

Humanitarian: $200,000–$499,999John J. ChesterColumbus Bar AssociationColumbus Law Library AssociationRichard R. Murphey, Jr.Stanley D. RossKim L. Swanson

Founder: $100,000–$199,999John and Ginny ElamRichard L. LovelandPorter Wright Morris & Arthur LLPFrank and Carol Ray Robert R. RichardsVorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLPR. Douglas WrightselBenjamin L. Zox

Advocate: $50,000–$99,999BakerHostetlerBricker & Eckler LLPCarpenter Lipps & Leland LLPMichael CarpenterIce Miller LLPJones DayDavid P. MeyerRobert Gray Palmer and Susan L. Simms Scott E. SmithSquire Patton Boggs LLPTaft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

Leader: $25,000–$49,999David W. AlexanderSandra J. AndersonBailey Cavalieri LLCSally and David BloomfieldColumbus Bar Association AllianceDinsmore & Shohl LLPLloyd E. Fisher, Jr.Linda and John Hartranft Sr.Fordham E. HuffmanFrancine JacobsJohn C. Elam Fund of the Legal Aid Society of ColumbusKegler Brown Hill & RitterCynthia C. LazarusDavid C. PattersonSusan D. RectorRoss FoundationThomas M. TaggartThompson Hine LLPKathleen and Robert Trafford Robert J. Weiler

Trustee: $10,000–$24,999James E. ArnoldDaniel A. BaileyMichael R. BeckerHerbert R. BrownStephen R. BuchenrothCarlile Patchen & Murphy LLPNick & Avalon CavalieriStephen and Sharon ChappelearJames DavidsonDominion HomesGerald L. DraperRobert DuncanHon. Richard A. FryeDarold I. Greek, Estate ofThomas W. HillBradley P. KoffelBruce G. LynnMaguire & Schneider LLPRobert A. Meyer Jr.Philip R. MootsTerry and Cindy O’ConnellOrgan Cole LLPHon. Guy L. Reece, IIRich Crites & Dittmer LLCThomas B. RidgleyDouglas and Nancy RogersMichael D. SaadSamuel H. ShamanskyStephen J. Smith Roger Sugarman and Colleen Nissl Paul F. and Anita S. Ward (in memory of Stephen M. Ward)Charles C. WarnerSam B. and Frances M. WeinerWhitt Sturtevant LLPAlec WightmanRoderick H. Willcox

Partner: $5,000–$9,999Jerome R. BahlmannHon. Ted BarrowsDavid S. Bloomfield, Jr.Thomas BonaseraSandra Booth (in memory of John and Jerry LeVan)Kristen J. BrownYvette McGee BrownHon. Peggy Bryant and Thomas LongHon. Julia L. Dorrian and David J. RobinsonJohn C. FergusStephen C. FitchIvery D. ForemanJ. Miles GibsonJohn P. GilliganPaul GiorgianniCarrie E. GlaedenJeffrey A. GrossmanValoria C. HooverRichard G. IsonJanet JacksonJames P. KennedyElizabeth P. Kessler and Gregory J. HenchelAlexander LaguschDiane and Charles LeaseThomas K. LindseyMurray Murphy Moul + Basil LLPShawn J. OrganKathleen & Frederick Ransier James & Linda ReadeyPaul D. Ritter, Jr.Ronald and Barbara RowlandCharles R. SaxbeLee M. SmithMarion Smithberger and Carol Sheehan Heather SowaldElizabeth J. WattersE. Joel WespJ. Craig WrightJay A. Yano

Columbus Bar Foundation Trustees

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President: Hon. Carrie E. GlaedenVice-President: Thomas W. HillSecretary/Treasurer: Michael H. CarpenterImmediate Past President: Stephen R. Buchenroth

Trustees:James D. AbramsJames E. ArnoldBelinda S. BarnesJohn J. Chester, Jr. Sharon L. DaviesHon. Richard A. FryeLoriann E. FuhrerMichael K. GireBrigid E. HeidRonald G. LinvilleDavid P. Meyer

Counsel: James H. BalthaserCBA Executive Director: Jill Snitcher McQuainCBF Executive Director: Marion Smithberger

If you would like more information about the Columbus Bar Foundation, visit our website at www.columbusbarfoundation.org, or call Marion Smithberger at (614) 340-2070.

Jay E. MichaelRobert G. PalmerSue PorterChad A. ReadlerHon. Guy L. Reece IILisa Pierce ReiszHeather B. RobinsonKathleen M. TraffordGregory M. TravalioRobert J. WeilerKaren A. Winters

Columbus Bar Foundation

Working together to advance the philanthropic interests of the central Ohio legal community

Gifts and PledgesAbout Your Columbus Bar Foundation

Columbus Bar Foundation Funds 2015 Donors

Access to JusticeThe Columbus Bar Foundation, since its inception, has had access to justice as one of its key areas of focus. In the recent past, this has been done through grants over the years in excess of $1.3 million to support the Legal Aid Society of Columbus.

In difficult financial times when indigent clients are in greatest need of legal representation, funding for legal services are frequently reduced by government and private funding sources.

Last year the Legal Aid Society of Columbus established the Voices for Justice Endowment Fund with the Columbus Bar Foundation to provide long term economic stability to the primary provider of legal services for indigent citizens in central Ohio.

To date over $100,000 has been given and pledged to the Voices for Justice Endowment Fund. This fund is intended to supplement the generous annual giving of the central Ohio legal community.

Lawyers for Justice Fund supports the staffing of the Columbus Bar Association’s pro bono program including the traditional pro bono programs Lawyers for Justice, and developing programs such as the citywide Brief Advice and Service Clinics and the ABC6 TV Ask the Attorney.

Sometimes court is not the answer. Disputes between neighbors, between a landlord and

$25,000-$50,000Anonymous Donor*Dennis and Judi Pines

$10,000-$24,999Bricker & Eckler LLPCarpenter Lipps & Leland LLPMichael H. CarpenterShawn J. OrganPorter Wright Morris & Arthur LLPStanley D. RossVorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP

$5,000-$9,999Baker HostetlerBricker & Eckler LLPKegler Brown Hill + RitterIce Miller LLPPhilip R. MootsFrank and Carol RaySquire Patton Boggs LLPTaft Stettinius & Hollister LLPRobert J. Weiler

$1,000-$4,999David W. AlexanderBailey Cavalieri LLCSandra E. BoothStephen R. BuchenrothColumbus Bar Association AllianceJames J. ChesterJohn J. ChesterMichael K. GireMark Albert HerderThomas W. HillFrancine JacobsKatheryn M. LloydElbert R. NesterHon. Guy L. Reece, IIHeather B. RobinsonDouglas and Nancy RogersMichael D. SaadAnne Marie SferraWomen Lawyers of Franklin County

a tenant can sometime be efficiently handled through mediation. The CBF and the CBA jointly created the Community Mediation Services in 1989 to cost-effectively handle some of these more minor disputes in a timely fashion. The CBF has been supporting this consumer-friendly service for 20 years. CMS provides important assistance in the area of landlord-tenant disputes.

The Columbus Law Library has been a tremendous resource to pro se litigants for many years. The Columbus Law Library Association Fund was created to increase access to the justice system by providing support for assisted pro se and pro bono programs. The Fund will also be used to support the Columbus Law Library which continues to be a resource to the general public as well as the legal community.

The Scott E. Smith Fund has given a voice to the unheard children who are victims of physical and sexual abuse through generous support of the Center for Family Safety and Healing at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The Annual Rock ‘n Bowl fundraiser also provides financial support for the Center.

ExcellenceThe Chester Family Professionalism Fund was created to nurture professionalism within the central Ohio legal community. Most recently it was a lead sponsor for the semi-annual CBA Bench Bar Retreat, the Path to the Bench Seminar and high-end litigation demonstrations.

The Visitation and Memorial Fund was created to provide aid and comfort to lawyers who are seriously ill and to provide

appropriate recognition to deceased members of the central Ohio legal community. The Lawyer to Lawyer Fund was created by a local lawyer to provide much needed financial assistance to central Ohio lawyers who are temporarily or permanently disabled due to illness or an accident or who have suffered some other type of adversity. Based on previous requests for financial assistance, it is anticipated that individual grants will be less than $10,000 and could include such needs as payment of health insurance premiums for a lawyer who is

no longer able to work due to an accident or illness; paying the monthly office rent until a disabled attorney can return to work; establishing temporary offices because of fire or flooding; or hiring an attorney to review files and close cases for an attorney who has been mentally or physically disabled.

The Jack R. Alton Family Fund currently recognizes outstanding lifetime achievement by local trial advocates. Recent recipients of the Alton Award were Rick Marsh and Bradley Hummel. The newly created Fund will also support the legal education of academically promising minority law students; and support the work of volunteer lawyers who visit sick and dying colleagues.

The Elam Family Fund rrecognizes outstanding commitment by an individual to pro bono services in Ohio. Past recipients are: James Feibel, Douglas Rogers, Judge John Hoffman, Riley Crandall, Susan Choe and David Kutik. In addition to the award, a donation of $5,000 is made in honor of the recipient to a charity of their choice.

The Columbus Bar Association Fund supports the specific philanthropic interests of the Columbus Bar. In 2009 it seeded the

Columbus Bar inc Program with a two-year grant to assist newly admitted attorneys to position themselves for legal jobs in a difficult economy. The grant will be used to develop programs and services that are of particular interest to new lawyers. A portion of the program will be to train the new lawyers to handle court appointments, low fee, and pro bono cases.

The Alex Lagusch Administration of Justice Fund was created in 2010 to nurture excellence in Franklin County Court operations, with a special emphasis on programs that promote collaboration between the courts and the bar. The Fund will be used to support operational improvements, operations assessments, judicial and staff development programs, and other initiatives aimed at helping the courts to better serve the people of central Ohio.

Some Funds have been established to promote excellence within the CBA’s continuing legal education program such as the Theodore L. Horst Memorial Fund which supports the Capital University Adoption Columbus Bar Association’s CLE program in the areas of estate planning and probate law and the Hugh Holton Memorial Fund which supports the CBA’s Real Property Institute.

DiversityMarsha Schermer had a vision of what the Columbus legal community could look like. It would be led by talented and committed lawyers without regard to sex, race, or social rank. The Marsha Schermer Fund made a grant of $3,500 to the OSU Moritz College of Law Public Interest Law Foundation to support a law student for a 10-week unpaid internship position working in public interest law. As part of her legacy the Marsha Schermer Memorial Fund has provided scholarships to women and minorities of character and promise at Capital University Law School and the Moritz College of Law.

The Women Lawyers of Franklin County Fund and the John Mercer Langston Bar Association Fund also provide law school scholarships through the generosity of their members.

$500-$999Kris BanvardBarnes & Thornburg LLPPhillip H. BarrettSally W. BloomfieldCentral Ohio Association of Juvenile LawyersMolly S. CrabtreeFrost Brown Todd LLCLoriann E. FuhrerMichael K. GireBrigid E. HeidJulie JacobsJones DayLumpe & RaberDavid P. ShouvlinLee M. SmithThompson HineGregory M. TravalioKurtis A. TunnellZeiger Tigges & Little LLP

$100-$499Jerry O. AllenMarty AndersonMarcelle Rose AnthonyMaria J. ArmstrongM.J. AsensioSteven L. BallJohn C. BeelerRobert J. BeggsRobert J BehalDan J. BinauDavid S. Bloomfield, Jr.Merisa K. BowersRobert L. BrubakerBrian L. BuzbyDrew H. CampbellKimball H. CareyCraig R. CarlsonShirley A. CochranStephanie A. ConnorCrabbe Brown & JamesTyson A. CristAlan J. DavidsonPatti L. Denney

J. Quinn Dorgan IIIEleni A. DrakatosMary S. DuffeyEve M. EllingerHon. Richard A. FryeSandra Mendel FurmanNelson E GenshaftR. Clifton GibbsSylvia Lynn GillisWilliam A. GoldmanSusan B. GreenbergerDaniel J. GunsettPhilip K. HartmannVincent I. HolzhallDouglas E. HooverL. Bradfield HughesRichard B. IgoMark A. JohnsonGordon W. JohnstonMarie-Joelle C. KhouzamAllen S. KinzerJohn M. KirsnerKenneth R. KlineRobert A. LetsonRichard L. LevineRonald G. LinvilleThomas L. LongMichael S. LoughryMac Murray Petersen & Shuster LLPPamela N. MaggiedMaguire & Schneider LLPJane Higgins MarxCarol MasonLeeAnn M. MassucciJohn W. McCormacCharles H. McCrearyTimothy B. McGranorTimothy J. McGrathRobert A. Meyer, Jr.Joseph R. MillerFred J. MilliganHenry P. Montgomery, IVD. Brent MulgrewWilliam F. NewmanAdam Lee NemannWilliam A. NolanHon. Colleen O’DonnellJoseph M. PatchenDavid C. PattersonJerry E. Peer, Jr.Perez & Morris LLCGeorgeann G. PetersJohn J. PetroMark PetrucciKaren Held PhippsGina M. PiacentinoNicholas PittnerGary Paul PriceRebecca C. PrincehornC. Eileen PruettDiane C. ReichweinNelson M. ReidNicklaus J. Reis

Thomas B. RidgleyDavid A. RiepenhoffJohn B. RohyansRussell R. RoslerJoan RossRonald L. RowlandErika J. SchoenbergerSuzanne J. ScruttonDouglas ShevelowAndrew M. ShottRichard C. SimpsonJ. Theodore SmithMarion SmithbergerBeatrice K. SowaldHeather G. SowaldStanley R. SteinPhilip W. StichterChristopher N. SwankJill S. TangemanDavid H. ThomasMitchell A. TobiasWebb I. VorysGary A. WadmanCharles C. WarnerElizabeth J. WattersHon. William H. WoodsDennis V. Yacobozzi, IIMichael E. ZatezaloBenjamin L. Zox

*Anonymous matching gift for the new Voices for Justice Endowment Fund

Annual 50 Year LuncheonChester Courtroom Dedication at Capital Law School

EducationMary Seaton Breese committed a $1 million deferred gift to the Foundation to endow the Josiah H. Blackmore II/ Shirley Marie Nault Chair in Legal Education at Capital University. The endowment will formalize a long-standing working relationship between Capital and the Columbus Bar which was initiated many years

ago by President Blackmore and Ms. Nault.

Columbus Bar Association Alliance Fund supports the philanthropic works of the CBAA such as Open Books, Open Minds (see below), the Law and Leadership Institute, and Victims of Domestic Violence through the City Attorney’s office.

Open Books Open Minds Fund supports the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Facility’s Media Center with books (now over 4,000 volumes), magazines and computer hardware and software. It also provides financial support for the Center’s GED program.

The FutureEmerging needs are addressed by the newly created Robert G. Palmer and Susan L. Simms Fund as well as the Marion Smithberger Fund which supports the general purposes of the Foundation. Likewise, the Columbus Bar Association Fund seeds programs which are of special interest to the central Ohio legal community such as the Columbus Bar inc (incubator) Program.

FellowsThe Columbus Bar Foundation is fortunate to have the broad based support of the Columbus legal community through its nearly 800 Fellows. Every year the Foundation asks its membership to nominate other lawyers who are committed to the Foundation’s mission.

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