2009-2010

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President
Barbara J. Howard
Cincinnati attorney Barbara Howard, an OSBA certified family relations law specialist with collaborative law certification, has provided many years of service to the Ohio bar. She has served on the OSBA Board of Governors since 2005, and previously chaired the Government Affairs Committee. She has served on the OSBA Council of Delegates since 1985, is a past chair of the OSBA Women in the Profession Section, a former member of the Ohio Lawyer Board of Editors and a current member of the OSBA Family Law Committee (and the Spousal Support Subcommittee). 

President-Elect
Carmen V. Roberto
Akron attorney Carmen Roberto became the Ohio State Bar Association president-elect at the Association’s Annual Convention in Cleveland. Roberto will take office as president of the OSBA on July 1, 2010. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Connecticut and his law degree from the University of Akron. Roberto’s activities include the American Bar Association, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, past president of the Akron Bar Association, vice president of the Western Reserve Legal Services and an Ohio State Bar Foundation fellow. Roberto is also a member of the Lake Township Zoning Board, the attorney’s chair for the United Way and a special prosecutor for Youngstown and Cuyahoga Falls.

Immediate Past-President
Gary J. Leppla
Gary J. Leppla, born in Cleveland, is a two-time graduate of The Ohio State University (B.A., J.D.), and has practiced law in Dayton since 1978. Gary is the principal attorney at Leppla Associates, which serves individuals, businesses and family clients in a litigation practice emphasizing business and property matters, injury claims, malpractice, land use and ethics. He is a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate.

Executive Director
Denny L. Ramey
Denny Ramey is a Certified Association Executive and has been the executive director of the association since 1986. He is a member of Ohio Society of Association Executives, American Society of Association Executives and National Association of Bar Executives.

District 1 (2011)
Patrick F. Fischer
Patrick Fischer is an attorney with Keating Muething & Klekamp in Cincinnati. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School and his bachelor’s degree from Harvard College. Fischer is a member and past president of the Cincinnati Bar Association, Supreme Court of Ohio Task Force on Commercial Docket co-chair and a member of the ABA Center on Professional Responsibility. He is a trustee on the Hamilton County Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board, Mental Health and Recovery Services Board and Visions Community Service Board.

District 2 (2012)
Thomas L. Guillozet
Thomas L. “Tom” Guillozet is an attorney with Hanes, Schipfer, Cooper, Graber, Guillozet & Detling, Ltd., in Versailles. He received his bachelor’s degree from Marietta College and his law degree from the University of Dayton. He is past president of the Darke County Bar Association, a member of the board of directors for Versailles Savings and Loan, and serves as Mayor’s Court magistrate for villages in Darke County.

District 3 (2010)
Max E. Rayle
Max Rayle is an attorney with Rayle Matthews & Coon in Bowling Green. He received his law degree from the University of Toledo College of Law and his bachelor’s degree from Findlay University. Rayle is a member of the Wood County Bar Association, Northwest Ohio Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

District 4 (2011)
Martin E. Mohler
An attorney with Shindler, Neff, Holmes, Schlageter & Mohler in Toledo, Martin Mohler received his law degree from the University of Toledo College of Law and his bachelor’s degree from John Carroll University. Mohler is a past president of the Toledo Bar Association and is a member of the Toledo Bar Association, Toledo Legal Aid Society, an Ohio State Bar Foundation fellow and a trustee on the Advocates for Basic Legal Equality and Legal Aid of Western Ohio Board.

District 5 (2011)
David A. Hejmanowski
Delaware County juvenile and probate court magistrate David Hejmanowski received his bachelor’s degree from Hiram College and his law degree from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Hejmanowski serves as coordinator of the Delaware County Interfaith Legal Services Clinic, is a member of the Supreme Court of Ohio Advisory Committee on Interpreter Services, is secretary of the Central Ohio Symphony Board of Trustees and is a frequent presenter for the Ohio Judicial College.

District 6 (2010)
Mark F. Roberts
Springfield attorney Mark Roberts received his bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University and his law degree from Capital University. Roberts served as past president and secretary of the Clark County Bar Association. He is a member of the Springfield Board of Health, Springfield Board of Building Appeals, a member of the Yesterday Services for Youth board, member and past president of the Springfield Kiwanis Club and McKinley Hall drug and alcohol rehabilitation board member.

District 7 (2011)
David C. Patterson
David Patterson is an attorney with Readey and Patterson in Columbus. He received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and his law degree from the University of Michigan. Patterson is a former president and board member of the Columbus Bar Association and is an International Academy of Mediators Fellow. He serves as a trustee for Trinity United Methodist Church.

District 8 (2012)
Mark K. McCown
An Ironton attorney practicing with McCown & Fisher, Mark K. McCown received his bachelor’s degree from Miami University and his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. He is a past president of the Lawrence County Bar Association, a Life Fellow of the Ohio State Bar Foundation and a legal columnist for the Ironton Tribune. McCown also serves as chair for the Ironton Mainstreet Program.

District 9 (2010)
Carol S. Marx
Carol Seubert Marx of Lancaster received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Toledo and her law degree from The Ohio State University. Seubert Marx is a member of the Fairfield County Bar Association and member of the OSBA Supreme Court Joint Task Force on Gender Fairness in the Legal System Screening Committee. She is a member of the Fairfield County Medical Center Board of Trustees and serves as a volunteer for the Fairfield County Pro Bono Legal Clinic.

District 10 (2010)
Judge Joseph E. Cirigliano
Former Ninth District Appellate Judge Joseph Cirigliano is an attorney with Wickens Herzer Panza Cook & Batista in Avon. He received his law degree from Western Reserve University and his bachelor’s degree from Baldwin Wallace College. Cirigliano is an Ohio Judicial College trustee, serves on the Elyria City Council and is a member of the Lorain County Community College Board of Trustees.

District 11 (2012)
Jeffrey T. Heintz
The managing partner with Brouse McDowell LPA, Jeffrey T. Heintz received his bachelor’s degree from Ohio University and his law degree from University of Akron Law School. Heintz has served on the OSBA Council of Delegates since 2003, and is past president and a Life Fellow of the Akron Bar Association, past chair of the Supreme Court of Ohio Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, a Life Fellow of the Ohio State Bar Foundation, a life member of the 6th Circuit Judicial Conference and is a current member of the Commercial Law League of America and the American Bankruptcy Institute.

District 12 (2010)
Barbara Friedman Yaksic
An attorney with McGlinchey Stafford in Cleveland, Barbara Yaksic received her law degree from The Ohio State University and her undergraduate degree from Indiana University. Some of Yaksic’s professional activities include the OSBA Council of Delegates, past chair of the OSBA Women in the Profession Section, past Cleveland Bar Association trustee, past chair of the Cleveland Bar Association Women in the Law Section, a life member of the Eighth Judicial District Bench Bar Conference, member of the William K. Thomas Inn of Court and a founding member of the Judicial Candidates Rating Coalition.

District 13 (2011)
James E. Roberts
James “Ted” Roberts is an attorney with Roth, Blair, Roberts, Strasfeld & Lodge in Youngstown. He received his bachelor’s degree from Youngstown State University and his law degree from the University of Akron School of Law. Roberts is a past president and current board member of the Mahoning County Bar Association, serves on the Chautauqua Lake Estates Board of Directors and the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport 910th Airlift Wing Base Community Council.

District 14 (2012) 
Gust Goutras 
Gust Goutras earned his bachelor’s degree from Kent State University and his law degree from the University of Akron School of Law. Goutras has served as the Stark County Probate Court chief deputy/magistrate since 1988. He is also a past president of the Stark County Bar Association, a member of the Ohio Judicial College Probate Practice Planning Committee, and a member of the Association of Probate Judges Probate Form and Superintendence Rules Subcommittee.

District 15 (2012) 
C. Keith Plummer 
C. Keith Plummer is an attorney with Tribbie Scott Plummer & Padden in Cambridge. He received his bachelor's degree from The Ohio State University and his law degree from Capital University and is a member of the Guernsey County Bar Association, as well as a former member of the executive committee of the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association. Plummer also serves in the Cambridge Area Chamber of Commerce.

District 16 (2012) 
Carlene Huston-Kinworthy 
Carlene Huston-Kinworthy practices law with Huston-Kinworthy Law Office in Lima. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Findlay and her law degree from Ohio Northern University. She is a member of the Allen County Bar Association Grievance, Domestic Relations, Nominating, Entertainment, Executive, and Law Library committees. She is also a certified mediator and a past instructor for the Street Law education program at Shawnee High School.

District 17 (2010)
William W. Henderson
Logan attorney William Henderson received his law degree from the University of Dayton and his bachelor’s degree from Ohio Northern University. Henderson is a member and past president of the Hocking County Bar Association. He serves as president of the Logan County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities and is a member of the Logan Hocking School Board Business Advisory Council and the Hocking County Democratic Party Central Committee.

District 18 (2010)
David A. McGee
An attorney with Svete McGee & Carrabine in Chardon, David McGee received his law degree from Cleveland-Marshall and his bachelor’s degree from Fordham University. McGee is member and past chair of the Ohio State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Committee. He is a member of the Lake County and Geauga County bar associations, past board member and chair of the Lake County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board and district events chair of the Headwaters District Western Reserve Council.

At-Large Appointee (2012)
Mary Asbury
An attorney with the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati, Mary Asbury received her law degree from Boston University School of Law and her bachelor’s degree from Trinity College. Asbury serves on the Family Housing Developers Inc. Board of Trustees, the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation Board, the Murray and Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation and is executive vice president of the Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor Foundation.

At-Large Appointee (2010)
Mark S. Floyd
Mark Floyd is an attorney with Thompson Hine in Cleveland. He received his bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and his law degree from Columbia Law School. Floyd is a member of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and has served as a board member of the Cleveland Ballet, the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Club at Key Center.

At-Large Appointee (2011)
Jonathan Hollingsworth
Dayton attorney Jonathan Hollingsworth received his law degree from the University of Michigan School of Law and his bachelor’s degree from Harvard.