Awards and accomplishments
Cincinnati
Michael N. Barnett, Western & Southern Financial Group, E. Richard Oberschmidt, Frost Brown Todd LLC, and W. Russell Wilson, Frost Brown Todd LLC, have each been awarded “Practitioner of the Year” by the Real Property Law Committee of the Cincinnati Bar Association.
Charles E. Strain, Charles E Strain Atty at Law, has been sworn in as president and Darrin E. Nye, Mulvey & Muller LLC, has been sworn in as vice president of the Lawyers’ Club of Cincinnati.
Cleveland
Deborah A. Coleman, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP, has received the designation of IMI certified mediator from the American Arbitration Association.
José C. Feliciano, Baker Hostetler, has received the ORT America Jurisprudence Award.
Stephen H. Gariepy, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP, has been elected to the board of directors for the Cleveland International Piano Competition.
Columbus
Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer, Supreme Court of Ohio, has been named to the advisory committee of the O'Connor Judicial Selection Initiative.
Jeffrey D. Porter, Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter, has been selected to serve on the policy steering committee of the national eHealth Initiative.
Susan D. Rector, Schottenstein Zox & Dunn, has been presented with the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium Board Leadership Award.
Carl D. Smallwood, Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLP, has been honored by the Columbus Bar Association for his leadership in promoting diversity in the legal profession.
Geoffrey Stern, Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter, has been inducted as a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America.
Dayton
Christopher B. Epley
, Christopher B. Epley Co., L.P.A., has been sworn in to the Oakwood School Board.