Moyer Receives the Foundation's President Award

Columbus Bar Foundation President Frank Ray presented Chief Justice Thomas Moyer with the Foundation's highest honor, the President's Award, for his many years of commitment to improving access to the courts for the poor at the Foundation's Annual Pro Bono Luncheon on October 30. The Foundation's Luncheon was part of the ABA's first National Pro Bono Celebration.

The Foundation and the CBA annually recognize outstanding pro bono service. The 2009 honorees are:

LeeAnn M. Massucci for Outstanding Pro Bono Service to an Individual;

Bricker & Eckler LLP for Outstanding Pro Bono Service by a Law Firm;

Hon. William A. Klatt for Outstanding Pro Bono Service by a Judge.

The award recipients are selected by the CBA Pro Bono Committee Chaired by Lisa Eschleman. The Legal Aid Society of Columbus Executive Director Tom Weeks presented the LASC Excellence in Pro Bono Service by an Individual to James Abrams.

The American Bar Association’s Annual National Pro Bono Celebration was scheduled for October 25 through 31, 2009. Sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, the celebration is a coordinated national effort to showcase the great difference that pro bono lawyers make to the nation, its system of justice, its communities and, most of all, to the clients they serve. The week is also dedicated to the quest for more pro bono volunteers to meet the ever-growing legal needs of this country's most vulnerable citizens.