About 100 lawyers and law students joined panels of national and state experts at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law on Friday to discuss improving access to justice in Ohio. Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation Executive Director Angela M. Lloyd served as conference advisor. Supreme Court of Ohio Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, in opening [...]
The Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation Presidential Award is presented annually to law firms or individuals who have made outstanding efforts in improving access to justice through pro bono or volunteer service. Past recipients include the Ohio State Bar Association (2012); Hon. Mary Jane Trapp (2011); Laurie J. Pangle (2010); and Hon. Robert P. Ringland (2009). [...]
Nearly 1,500 Ohio attorneys have already taken advantage of the invitation to report hours of pro bono service to the Ohio Supreme Court. Voluntary pro bono reporting is now in its fifth year. Attorneys having an email address on file with the court's attorney services division, now over 90 percent of attorneys with an active [...]
With the expiration of the Dodd-Frank Deposit Insurance Provision on December 31, attorney IOLTA accounts no longer have unlimited FDIC insurance coverage. All types of trust accounts, including attorney IOLTA accounts, have now reverted to the standard maximum deposit insurance amount of $250,000. Attorney IOLTA accounts qualify under FDIC regulations as fiduciary accounts, and are [...]
Foundation board member David A. Kutik, a partner at Jones Day in Cleveland, said in a recent Court News Ohio story "Working with legal aid has been one of the highlights of my career...the attorneys who work at legal aid are inspiring." To read more, click here.
