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Columbus, OH  (July 7, 2009) – Attorney Thomas L. Guillozet has been elected to serve a three-year term as District 2 representative on the Board of Governors of the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA).  District 2 includes 1,434 attorneys who reside or practice in Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and Shelby counties. 

Guillozet is associated with the Versailles firm of Hanes, Schipfer, Cooper, Graber, Guillozet & Detling, Ltd., operating its Versailles branch.  He was elected to his new post by area lawyers at an OSBA district meeting several months ago.  He succeeds retiring District 2 representative Andrew C. Storar, a Kettering attorney. 

The 21-member Board of Governors meets monthly to manage the association's business affairs, set policy, review pending legislation and conduct other business on behalf of the 25,000 Ohio lawyers who are OSBA members.

Guillozet earned his bachelor’s degree from Marietta College and his law degree from the University of Dayton.  A past president of the Darke County Bar Association, he serves as a mayor’s court magistrate for three different villages.  He is also a member of the Versailles Savings and Loan Board of Directors.

In the community, he is the financial secretary for St. Remy Knights of Columbus, Lehman High School’s “Secure the Future” chairman for St. Boniface parish, and a member of the Hope Foundation’s Board of Trustees.  Guillozet lives in Piqua with his wife, Melanie Ellis Guillozet, also an attorney.

The Ohio State Bar Association, founded in 1880, is a voluntary association representing approximately 25,000 members of the bench and bar of Ohio, as well as nearly 4,000 legal assistants and law students.  Through its activities and the activities of its related organizations, the OSBA serves both its members and the public by promoting the highest standards in the practice of law and the administration of justice.                              

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