Staff

Marion Smithberger

• Executive Director, Columbus Bar Foundation 1985-Present
• Assistant Executive Director, Columbus Bar Association 1978-Present
• Director, Lawyer Referral Service 1995-Present
• President, ABA National Conference of Bar Foundations, 1999
• Board member and past president, Columbus Legal Aid Society
• President, Ohio Center for Law Related Education, 2009-10
• Program Committee, Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation
• Chair, Ohio Supreme Court Committee for Lawyer Referral 1997-2003
• Member, Peer Assistance Review LRS Panel for ABA 2001-Present
• Chair, ABA National Association of Bar Executives, Lawyer Referral Forum, 2003, 2010
• Director, Continuing Legal Education 1978-1995
• Coordinated the development of the Lawyers for Justice Program
• Coordinated the transition from voluntary to mandatory CLE
• Chair, ABA National Association of Bar Executives CLE Section 1992-93
• Graduate, The Ohio State University, 1976
• Husband of Carol Sheehan, partner, Carlile Patchen & Murphy
• Deacon at St. Timothy Church, 2008-present