COLUMBUS (April 6, 2011) – The Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation (“OLAF”) Board of Trustees elected new officers during its annual meeting held Thursday, March 17, 2011. H. Ritchey Hollenbaugh, Partner, Carlile, Patchen & Murphy LLP, was elected to serve as the board’s president. Jim Petro, Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents and former Ohio Auditor of State and Ohio Attorney General, was elected to serve as the board’s vice president. Joseph Mas, Partner, 330 Lawyers Group, was re-elected as the board’s treasurer. Kathy Burke, former Commissioner of the Ohio Lottery, was elected to serve as the board’s secretary.
“We are honored to have such extraordinary individuals leading our board at this critical economic time,” stated Angela Lloyd, Executive Director of the Foundation. “We believe that their collective experience and wisdom will help OLAF address the many challenges in adequately funding civil legal services in Ohio,” Lloyd added.
About OLAF and Legal Aid
The Ohio General Assembly created OLAF in 1994 to fund and to enhance civil legal aid for low income Ohioans. OLAF uses no general revenue funds, but rather, utilizes dollars earned from the interest on lawyers trust accounts, the interest on real estate trust accounts funds, and a civil filing fee surcharge to ensure that low income veterans, children and victims of domestic violence, and people facing foreclosure have access to legal information, advice and representation.