Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati Annual Report 2012

Legal Aid Society
of Greater
Cincinnati
Legal Aid Society
of Southwest
Ohio, LLC
Serving Communities, Families and Individuals through
Partnerships and Collaborations • Promoting Economic
and Family Stability through Effective Legal Assistance

Legal Aid’s mission is to resolve serious legal problems of low-income people, to
promote economic and family stability, and to reduce poverty through effective
legal assistance.
Dear Friends,
The Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati was ahead of its time in realizing that the
effectiveness of legal assistance for low-income people would be enhanced when it was
provided in conjunction with services offered by other non-profit agencies.
Beginning in the 1990s, Legal Aid started experimenting with what now are considered
best practices in helping the poverty population. These best practices are based on the
realization that people living in poverty often face multiple challenges. For people to move
out of poverty, legal services need to be provided as part of bigger-picture solutions.
Since 2004, I have been involved with the
Legal Aid Society’s initiatives to improve
housing conditions and stabilize
neighborhoods impacted, initially by predatory
lending practices and now the broader
housing crisis. I commend Legal Aid for acting
as legal counsel to Price Hill Will and for the
leadership role it has played in convening and
leading the Hamilton County Homeowner
Preservation Group. Legal Aid understands
that valued, long-term partnership
relationships, often combined with aggressive
legal advocacy (changing policies or
structures), can produce real change for
individuals and communities, rather than
moving an issue to the next block or the next
neighborhood.
Sally Duffy, SC, President & Executive
Director, SC Ministry Foundation
The presence of legal advocates on-site has
transformed the way our clinic cares for
low-income children. Doctors feel empowered
to raise issues like poor housing and hunger
with families because we know we have
powerful help at hand. Doctors have discovered
that sometimes our most effective ‘prescription’
is a referral to a lawyer! At this point, we
wouldn’t ever want to go back to the old way
of practicing.
Robert Kahn, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and
Medical Director, Child HeLP, Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital
The YWCA and Legal Aid have collaborated
effectively for many years to provide services to
battered women and their children. Assistance
from Legal Aid is critical to a battered woman’s
success in leaving an abusive relationship. The
YWCA and Legal Aid have also worked together
to bring about a coordinated community
response to domestic violence through
sustained leadership. We are committed to
continuing our joint efforts with Legal Aid to
provide both individual and systemic assistance
to victims of domestic violence.
Charlene Ventura, President & CEO, YWCA
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati has been
a passionate and committed advocate by quietly,
and not so quietly, serving as a catalyst for
systems change as it relates to education reform.
LAS formed partnerships with public and private
agencies to create programming designed to
improve education outcomes for students
involved in the juvenile justice and child
protection systems. These community
collaborations resulted in the implementation of
best practice and nationally recognized models.
John M. Williams, Administrative & Presiding
Judge, Hamilton County Juvenile Court
Hamilton County Department of Job and Family
Services (HCJFS), Children’s Services Division
have benefited greatly from the collaborative
relationship with Legal Aid. Our partnership
enhances the lives of the children and families
we collectively serve. There is strong
evidence-based documentation of the critical
importance of school stability for youth in the
child protection system and our local Legal Aid
Office continues to play a critical role by
providing leadership to a collaboration that
supports individual students and also creates
systemic interventions.
Moira Weir, Director, Hamilton County
Department of Job and Family Services
In order for legal assistance to be part of a more effective problem-solving approach, Legal
Aid made a strategic decision to establish strong and long-term partnerships with other
organizations or agencies whose missions and client populations overlap with those of
Legal Aid.
Providing client assistance and advocacy through partnership relationships has now become
the preferred approach at Legal Aid. All our core programs involve collaboration of one
form or another and thus Legal Aid’s 2012 Annual Report focuses on this successful
method for achieving results.
In some instances, Legal Aid acts as the Legal Department for a community organization
that requires legal counsel to carry out its mission. In other circumstances, numerous
individual clients of an agency require legal assistance. Thus, specific referral protocols are
developed so that an agency can send large numbers of its clients to Legal Aid. And in
other cases, a new program has been developed where from “day one” the organizations
not only share clients, but work to create systemic change in the environments in which
those clients operate.
Legal Aid is proud of the role it now plays within southwest Ohio’s vibrant non-profit
sector, through partnership relationships and shared advocacy activities. We thank those
who have embraced this effort to work together on important issues, as well as the many
donors who have stepped up to fund these successful initiatives either by participating in
the Annual Fund or making special grants or gifts.
Mary Asbury
Executive Director
Earle Jay Maiman
President

Partnerships Thrive in 2012
Clearing Legal Hurdles to Employment
Legal Aid’s Clearing Legal Hurdles to Employment program was founded in 1996, in
partnership with Cincinnati Works. Now 30 partners strong, this program’s newest partner
agency is CityLink. CityLink offers its participants a “bundled service model” to enroll in
programs that help them advance from poverty to self-sufficiency.
CityLink Service Coordinators, trained by Legal Aid, meet with participants and, as part of
an overall assessment, determine if the participants have barriers affecting their ability to
be successful in their job search.
Program participants face multiple issues that Legal Aid can resolve, such as expunging a
criminal record, securing a driver’s license, reducing consumer debt, dealing with child
custody, gaining access to Medicaid and/or preventing eviction.
Legal Aid and CityLink provide the personal support and legal representation necessary to
complete the CityLink program and then reach the important goal of success in the work
force. Legal Aid is very pleased with this new partnership which is expected to grow in the
next few years.
Kids In School Rule! Supporting School Success
for Kids in Foster Care
Legal Aid, along with Hamilton County Job and Family Services, Hamilton County Juvenile
Court and the Cincinnati Public Schools, formed Kids In School Rule!, a program designed
to promote improved education outcomes for children in foster care.
Research shows that once children age out of foster care, they are at greater risk of
joblessness and homelessness than the general population. While safety must be a primary
issue in caring for children in foster care, education, which is frequently neglected, should
also be a high priority.
The KISR! Program provides individual legal assistance for students with issues such as
school enrollment, discipline or special education needs, but its strength is the lasting
changes made by Children’s Services and CPS to meet the educational needs of children in
foster care.
Each CPS school now has a KISR! Liaison to provide educational support to foster children.
JFS provides designated Education Specialists to work with the KISR! Liaisons.
When CityLink designed their
service model, they quickly realized
that legal assistance would be an
essential component. Rather than
hire their own attorneys and
paralegals, CityLink reached out to
Legal Aid, inviting us to join their
new initiative and function as the
Legal Department for their
participants.
Here is what a Woodward High
School graduate had to say about
KISR!
You were such a support to me. If
you hadn’t made sure that we met
at the school in April, I never
would have graduated. I was so
anxious and worried about school
that I quit going. You made sure
the staff knew what had happened
to me at the beginning of the
semester and they helped me with
everything after that meeting.
Now considered a national model
for effective medical-legal
collaborations, Child HeLP’s
Leadership team presented the
keynote address at the 2012
National Center for Medical-Legal
Partnership’s Summit.
In 2012, Legal Aid became part of a
group effort with the City of
Cincinnati, Local Initiatives Support
Corporation (LISC), Avondale
Comprehensive Development
Corporation, Avondale Community
Council and Walnut Hills
Redevelopment Foundation to find
an appropriate buyer for 19
buildings and seek funds to assist
with a transformation plan.
Child HeLP: Medical-Legal Partnership with
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Launched at the Pediatric Primary Care Clinic of the Cincinnati Children’s main
Avondale campus, and later expanded to include its Hopple Street and Fairfield locations,
Child HeLP’s goal is to improve children’s health outcomes by providing legal services that
stabilize families, so families can better support their children’s health needs.
Child HeLP outcomes include: improvement in unsafe and unhealthy living conditions;
resolution of landlord-tenant disputes; establishment of Medicaid eligibility; improvement
of school supports for children with special needs; help for victims of domestic violence;
and resolution of custody disputes and child support issues.
Child HeLP functions smoothly because of a well-developed training program for all
residents working in Hospital Clinics. With this training, doctors have become
comfortable asking questions about issues related to living in poverty that can be
addressed by Legal Aid.
Stabilizing Neighborhoods Through Secure
Housing
Legal Aid’s Stabilizing Neighborhoods Through Secure Housing program has worked with
many groups since it was launched in 2004. It is a comprehensive program that prevents
foreclosure, assists in redevelopment and improves rental housing for the benefit of
residents and the larger community.
After Legal Aid saw a pattern of client complaints related to unhealthy living conditions in
several Avondale and Walnut Hills multi-family apartment buildings, Legal Aid embarked
on a two-year legal advocacy effort to help hundreds of tenants, while preserving
affordable housing in key Cincinnati neighborhoods. The owner had let the buildings fall
into serious disrepair and was in foreclosure. Legal Aid’s advocacy resulted in extensive
repairs being made by a court appointed receiver; however, the future of these 19
buildings remained in flux.
In late 2012, The Community Builders, a large nonprofit developer of mixed-income
housing brought the 19 buildings, and with the help of the local partnership, was awarded
a $29.5M Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant by the US Department of Housing
and Urban Development.
Given the multiple challenges that kids in foster care face, KISR! participation can make the
difference between obtaining a high school diploma or entering the working world
without one.
A representative from The Community Builders stated that it will utilize the grant to
“reestablish this neighborhood as a community of choice to live, work and raise a family.”

ASSETS
2012 2011
2012 Operating Revenue
Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,300,572 $ 1,136,642
Cash held in trust for clients 40,489 51,396
Investments 2,801,932 2,709,821
Grants and Contracts receivable 474,202 323,901
Contributions receivable, net 498,381 551,445
Other accounts receivable 0 1,229
Property and equipment, net 3,662,766 3,672,314
Other 167,740 106,967
Total Assets $ 8,946,082 $ 8,553,715
Ohio Legal Assistance
Foundation $1,895,770 26%
Types of Services Received
Protecting the Other Types
Consumer of Assistance
Securing Housing
Helping Children
& Helping the
& Families
Homeowner
Client Income
$20,001 -
$30,000
$30,001 -
$40,000
$40,001
& above
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Liabilities
Accounts payable $ 72,041 $ 73,622
Accrued annual leave 292,582 313,385
Equipment Lease 9,716 20,316
Assets held for others 40,489 51,396
Long-term debt 1,789,948 1,863,623
Other accrued liabilities 254,885 234,653
Total Liabilities $ 2,459,661 $ 2,556,995
Net Assets
Unrestricted
Operating $ 3,238,680 $ 3,376,490
Board designated 1,277,240 1,343,218
Temporarily restricted 1,287,036 631,916
Permanently restricted 645,096 645,096
Total Net Assets $ 6,448,052 $ 5,996,720
Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 8,946,082 $ 8,553,715
Legal Services
Corporation* 1,356,699 18%
Government Grants
& Contracts 1,670,767 23%
United Way 620,955 8%
Contributions 373,476 5%
Foundation Grants 601,742 8%
Rental Income 229,928 3%
Other 417,637 6%
Operating Reserve
Allocation 203,788 3%
Total $7,370,762 100%
Helping People Obtain & Maintain
Employment & Healthcare
Helping Children & Families 34%
Helping People Obtain & Maintain
Employment & Healthcare 40%
Securing Housing & Helping
the Homeowner 20%
Protecting the Consumer 2%
Other Types of Assistance 4%
$10,000 -
$20,000
Below
$10,000
Below $10,000 55%
$10,000 - $20,000 25%
$20,001 - $30,000 12 %
$30,001 - $40,000 5%
$40,001 & above 3%
2012 Expenses
American Bar Association
The William P. Anderson Foundation
Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc.
Butler County Court of Common Pleas
Butler County Job & Family Services
Butler County Public Defender
Commission
Butler County United Way
CareSource Management Group
CHIPRA/US Dept. of Health & Human
Services
Child Welfare Education/US Dept.
of Health & Human Services
Cincinnati Bar Foundation
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
City of Cincinnati
Department of Justice/Violence Against
Women Office
Thomas J. Emery Memorial
Equal Justice Works
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
The George Gund Foundation
Hamilton Community Foundation
Hamilton County Juvenile Court/
Reclaim Program
The Health Foundation of Greater
Cincinnati
The Josephine Schell Russell Charitable
Trust/PNC Bank, Trustee
The Kroger Co.
Legal Services Corporation*
LISC/AmeriCorps
The Manuel D. & Rhoda Mayerson
Foundation
Mercy Health Partners
Metropolitan Sewer District
City of Middletown
Molina Healthcare of Ohio, Inc.
Office of Attorney General/Moving
Ohio Forward
Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation
Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission
PNC Foundation
Public Allies/AmeriCorps
SC Ministry Foundation
Scripps Howard Foundation
Social Security Administration/WIPA
Strategies to End Homelessness, Inc.
TriHealth
UHCAN Ohio
United Way of Greater Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati College of Law
Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor
Foundation
* Legal Services Corporation supports only the activities of the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati.
Housing & Consumer
Program $1,591,148 22%
Employment &
Benefits Program 1,439,877 20%
Family & Domestic
Violence Program 1,069,788 15%
Children & Education
Program 1,750,803 23%
General Civil & VLP 524,277 7%
Management & General 680,162 9%
Fundraising 81,713 1%
Rental Property 232,994 3%
Total $7,370,762 100%
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati/Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio, LLC/Volunteer Lawyers Project
Requests for Individual Case Services
January - December 2012
County Requests Sent Written Made External LAS VLP Pending Cases
for Service Materials Referral Case Open Case Open LAS & VLP
BROWN 415 42 86 85 21 153
BUTLER 4,333 153 1,082 1,280 229 1,655
CLERMONT 1,573 73 430 246 89 219
CLINTON 481 86 114 68 12 57
HAMILTON 18,706 1,077 2,946 3,246 1,005 2,464
HIGHLAND 439 90 72 91 6 51
WARREN 1,000 36 277 177 51 131
UNSPECIFIED 1,510 23 272 31 6 36
TOTAL 28,457 1,590 5,279 5,224 1,419 4,766

Leadership Circle
Pacesetter (Over
$2,500)
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Coletti
Scott & Mary Farmer Family
Fund
Kate Furlong & Jim Walker
GE Aviation
Paul Heldman & Deborah
Kirshner Fund*+
Alison Goss Herschede
Mr. & Mrs. David C. Horn
Barbara & Timothy Juenke
The Kroger Co.
Legal Aid Society Staff
Macy's Foundation
Deborah Platt Majoras
Ms. Evelyne Martial & Mr. Paul
Alexander
Pepper Family Fund*+
Ruth & John Schrider
Anonymous Fund*+
Investor ($1,000 -
$2,500)
A. K. Steel Corporation
Mary Asbury & Robert Newman
Bartlett & Company
Liz Blake
Matthew Brownfield & Karen
Litkovitz
Daniel J. Buckley & Ann Marie
Tracey
Michael S. & Lissa Cambron
Michael Mooney & Barbara J.
Cook
James E. Evans Foundation
William & Susan Friedlander+
Kathryn S. Gibbons
Deborah & Louis Ginocchio+
Hon. Robert J. Gorman
Kathleen & Gerald Greene
Family Fund*+
George L. & Anne P. Heldman
Fund*
Jack E. & Karen Holley Horrell
Isidor-Kaltman Philanthropic
Fund
Joiner Family Fund*
Hon. Nathaniel Jones
Klekamp Family Fund*
Robert J. Kohlhepp Family
Fund*
Mark & Tina Lawson
Louis & Louise Nippert Trust
Ted T. Martin
Bob & Mamie Maxwell
James A. Miller+
George Justin Musekamp
Foundation
Ms. Valerie L. Newell
O'Connor Acciani & Levy
James T. O'Reilly+
Ohio State Bar Association
Mr. & Mrs. Vito C. Peraino
Liane & Dave Phillips
Doreen A. Quinn+
Westheimer Rhodes Family
Fund*
Fredric J. Robbins
Rodenberg Family Fund
Roselle Foundation
Harry & Ann Santen Fund *
SC Ministry Foundation
Vincent Stamp+
Dee & Tom Stegman
J. Frederick & Helen B. Vogel
Trust
Alice Weston
George B. Wilkinson+
Ann & Peter Williams
Member ($500 – $999)
Connie & Taylor Asbury
Marianna Brown Bettman
Bricker & Eckler, LLP
George & Kathleen Brinkman
Cincinnati Bar Foundation
Ruth J. & Robert A. Conway
Foundation
Tom & Cathy Crain
David C. Cramer
Thomas L. Cuni
Naomi Dallob
Steven T. Dzibinski
John W. Eilers
Lori K. Elliott
Elaine Fink & Robert Shapiro
The Guttman Family
Barbara & Guy M. Hild
John D. Holschuh, Jr.
Johnson Family Fund
Charles M. Judd
Andy & Elaine Kaplan
Cecilia & Tom Kloecker
Cathy Levine
Dottie & Gene Lewis
Earle & Sharon Maiman
Kelly Malone
Michael A. Marrero
Brian & Paula Boggs Muething
Steve Olden
Col Owens & Milly Hudson
Diehl
Greg & Donna Park
Richard M. Rothfuss
Diane Schneiderman
Elizabeth Stautberg
Martha A. Stimson
Tom & Molly Tami
Barbara Wagner
David B. Walker
Barbara G. Watts
Jim & George Ann Wesner
The Wyler Family Foundation
Andrea Zigman & Ted Scharf
Anonymous (2)
Karen Faaborg
Jim & Bobbie Farley
Jean E. Feinberg
Richard Feinberg & Diane Gotkin
Fiehrer & Fritsch, LLC
Dawn A. Finch
Alice M. FitzGerald
Mary & Bob Fitzpatrick
Hilliard J. Fjord
Caryn Franklin
Paul A. Franz & Shari M. Loo
W. Roger Fry
Thomas M. Gaier
Michael B. Ganson
Don & Jane Gardner
J. Neal Gardner
Timothy A. Garry
William & Joanna Gaynor
Dr. & Mrs. Rodney P. Geier
Louis & Robbin Gilligan
Ralph P. Ginocchio
Thomas F. Glassman
Goering & Goering, LLC
Genevieve Gomez
Goodson & Company LTD
Mr. Stephen M. Goodson
Lynne Meyers Gordon, M.F.A.
Robert H. Gorman
Ellen Greene
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Groenke
Herbert J. Haas
Helen & John Habbert
Susan & Jeff Harris
Jacob S. Hermann Trust
Mary Anne G. Hettenhaus
Jessica D. Hickey
G. Robert Hines
Daniel J. Hoffheimer
Florette B. Hoffheimer
Jon Hoffheimer
Patricia B. Hogan
David & Karen Hoguet
Kevin J. Hopper
Alan W. Houseman
Larry L. Huston
Susan M. Ingmire+
Julie Jacobson-Ruby
Richard Jefferson, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Jones
Joan Kallman
Bill Keating, Jr.
Marcia & Jim Kennedy
Eugene R. King
Steve & Ann Kisling
Franklin A. Klaine, Jr.
Geri & Andy Kolesar
Annette Krochmalny
Michael C. & Kathleen B. Krug
Shannon M. Kuhl
Lane, Felix & Raisbeck Co., L.P.A.
Mrs. John T. Lawrence, Jr.
Marian Leibold
Gary J. Leppla
Julie & Stephen Lerner Charitable
Fund*
Cindy Summers Lewis
Donald B. Lewis
Dr. Phil & Barbara Lichtenstein
Phillip C. Long
David & Margaret Lopez
Linnea Lose
Mark Lutwak & Y. York
Ronald D. Major
Marlene Penny Manes
Tim S. Mangan
David & Betsy Mann
Mona E. Mansour
Paul & Beth Mattingly
Donna & Neal Mayerson
Frederick J. McGavran
Romian & Shanee McGhee
Franciscan Sisters of the Poor
Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. McGraw
Mary Carol & John Melton
Charles M. Meyer
Mile High United Way
Greta A. Minsky
Brenda Kloos Mitchell
Margaret M. Moertl
Joan & Dan Morgan
Marjorie Motch
Multilaw
Hon. Beth A. Myers & Mr. Michael
P. Keefe
Stephen M. Nechemias
Kate Nolan
Mark Norman
Hon. & Mrs. Thomas C. Nurre
Richard & Diana Oberschmidt
Adolfo Olivas
Robert & Carol Olson
Anthony L. Osterlund
Morris H. Passer
Penny & Myles Pensak
Honorable Burton Perlman
Bruce I. Petrie, Sr.
Susan & Dan Pfau
Constance M. Pillich
Robert & Marian Pitcairn
Pamela W. Popp
Jessica Powell
Drs. Michael Privitera & Marcia
Kaplan
Deborah Price Rambo & William
Cates Rambo
The Randolph Company, Inc.
Regine W. Ransohoff
Trudy & Jerry Rauh
Gladys Reid
James K. Rice
Steve L. Richey & Sharon Nuckols
Carole & Ed Rigaud
R. Patrick Riley
Eric M. Robbins
Carol W. Roberts
Douglas & Dorothy Roberts
Debra Rothstein
Laura Ryan & Keith Johnson
Steve Schreiber
Theodore L. Schwartz
Jean Sepate & Peter Djuric
Ben Fink Shapiro+
Jane & Kevin Shea
Jack Sherman, Jr.
Mr. William D. Sherman
Jeff & Susie Shoskin
Melvin Shotten
Mark L. Silbersack
Elizabeth C.B. & Paul G. Sittenfeld
Peter J. Stern MD
Gil Stevens
Elizabeth & Joe Stewart-Pirone
Laurence G. Stillpass
John S. & Carolyn Liles Stith
Mary Beth & Thomas Sundermann
Sarah Tankersley
Morley & Brenda Thompson
Howard & Marty Tomb
Jack L. Tucker
Joan Verchot
Karen B. Wachs
Anne Marie & Richard Wagner
Richard H. Ward
Steve F. Warkany Fund*
John Warrington
Christopher Watkins
Tom Weeks
Bob Wehling
William K. Weisenberg
Kent Wellington
Donetta Wiethe
James Roy Williams
Kimberley Williamson
Carol L. Willis
Beatrice & Henry Winkler
John & Theresa Woliver
Dawn R. Wooton
Victoria & Lawson Wulsin
Charles F. Yeiser
Dan Zavon
Hilla M. Zerbst
Nick Zingarelli
Peggy E. Zink
Anonymous (13)
Benefactor
($250 - $499)
Janet Abaray
Richard & Barbara Allen
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Anderson
Jeffrey S. Bakst
C. Francis Barrett
Carrie A. Barron
Melvin and Kathleen Bedree
Adam Blake
Jennifer L. Branch
Anthony & Susan Covatta
Lisa & Mike Debbeler
Jill & Jack Fuchs
GE Matching Gift Program
Susanne E. Geier
Alphonse A. Gerhardstein & Mimi
Gingold
Sarah Gideonse
Marcheta Lee Gillam & Joseph
H. Feldhaus
Steven J. Goldstein
Judith B. Green
Adam & Karla Hall
Joseph H. Head, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. David Hemminger
Allison Herriott
Joseph D. Heyd
Mr. Patrick Hornschemeier & Hon.
Margaret Clark
Barbara J. Howard
Robert P. Johnson
David W. Kapor
Catherine & Reuven Katz Fund*
James R. Kirkland
Scott E. Knox
Bea V. Larsen
Paul M. Laufman
Robert F. Laufman
Doloris F. & Bill Learmonth
George D. & Janmarie V. Leikauf
Helen & Joe LeVay
Deborah Lydon
Jim Mahon
Edward G. Marks
Raymond & Madelynn Matlock
Melissa & Michael Moeddel
Carl C. Monastra
Montgomery Rennie & Jonson
Paul V. & Theresa A. Muething
Mark Patterson
Janet E. Pecquet
John Pinney & Lyn Marsteller
Peggy Pleasant & Jack Hall
William T. Robinson III
J. David & Dianne Rosenberg
Elaine & Marvin Rosenberg
Jeffrey B. Rubenstein
C. J. Schmidt, III
Meredith Schnug & Chris Lahna
J. David Seibert
Andrew M. & Sally R. Shott
Beth Silverman
Robin & Murray Sinclaire
John F. Steele, Sr.
Mary S. Stern
Yvonne & Timothy Tepe
Paul H. Tobias
Mark & Barbara VanderLaan
Susan Wheatley
Bruce & Ginny Whitman
Anonymous (3)
Associate
(Up To $249)
Bradley S. & Erin B. Abbott
Alan Abes & Monica Schneider
Affordable Language Services, Ltd
Liz & Hank Alexander
Michael K. Allen & Associates
Tim Ammer
William & Eve Appleton
Rick Bachhuber, Jr.
Ann & Todd Bailey
Peter & Helen Baker
Cassandra Barham
Rhonda Moore & Thomas Bedall
Carol & Jay Beech
Virginia Behrens & Stephen Spaeth
Belkin for Judge Committee
Milo R. Beran
Michele S. Bertaux
Jinny & John Berten
Barbara Black
Phyllis G. Bossin
Joel S. Brant
Deborah Brooks
J. Lorch Brooks
Henry J. Bruewer
Robert W. Buechner
Ann J. Bunis
Mary Alice Burke
Timothy M. Burke
Helene M. Buse
Tom Calder
Bonnie G. Camden
Peter & Nancy Cassady
Richard A. & Madeleine D. Castellini
Eileen & Jim Chalfie
Dot Christenson
Susan Coan
Kathryn Ann Connelly
Jason & Sheri Conte
Cook, Portune & Logothetis, LLC
Ethna & Todd Cooper
Brendon & Becky Cull
Gerry Daly
Tony Dattilo
Bill & Nancy DeCenso
Rev. Noel Julnes Dehner &
Mr. Joseph Dehner
Greg Delev/Delev & Associates
Brenda Dunlap & Ron McHenry
Robert Gray Edmiston
John C. Eidleman
Ms. Paige L. Ellerman
The Legal Aid Society appreciates the generosity of donors who contributed to the Annual Fund from February 1, 2012 – January 31, 2013. Every effort
has been made to list donors and respect anonymous contributions as requested. Please forgive any unintended errors and notify us of changes by calling
(513) 362-2815. All private donation income is used in support of our mission, and in accordance with Legal Services Corporation and other funder
regulations. * Indicates Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation. + Indicates contribution designated for Child HeLP program.
Memorial Gifts
In memory of Sharon Barker
David B. Walker
In memory of Vincent H. Beckman
Edward G. Marks
In memory of Judge Gilbert Bettman
Marianna Brown Bettman
In memory of Frederic J. Buckley
Jean E. Feinberg
In memory of John H. Burlew
Marlene Penny Manes
In memory of I. Robert Feinberg
Jean E. Feinberg
In memory of Mr. William V. Finn,
Esq.
John L. & Marian Leibold
In memory of Reva C. Ganson
Michael B. Ganson
In memory of George Hopper
Kevin J. Hopper
In memory of Rachel Hutzel
Christopher A. & Gina Watkins
In memory of Sue Livensparger
Evelyne Martial & Paul Alexander
Kathryn S. Gibbons
In memory of Robert E. Manley
John W. & Judith Eilers
In memory of Jean and Alvin Marrero
Michael A. Marrero
In memory of Manuel Mayerson
J. Lorch Brooks
In memory of Richard Nurre, Esq.
Judge Thomas C. Nurre
In memory of Chris Werrell
Kent Wellington
In memory of Hulon Wesner
James E. & George Ann Wesner
In memory of Harris K. Weston
Carol W. Roberts
Honorarium Gifts
In honor of Mary Asbury
Sr. Arlene McGowan
Victoria & Lawson Wulsin
In honor of Marci & Gary Blachman
Julie Jacobson-Ruby
In honor of Tim Burke
Judith B. Green
In honor of Trey Daly
Geri & Andrew L. Kolesar
In honor of Marcheta Gillam
Janet E. Pecquet
In honor of Gerry H. Greene, Jr.
Peter & Helen Baker
Cincinnati Bar Foundation
Ellen Greene-Tom
Mary Anne Greene Hettenhaus
Barbara & Timothy Juenke
In honor of Doug Hensley
GE Aviation
In honor of James L. Johnson
William J. Keating
In honor of Donald P. Klekamp
Robert & Brynne Coletti
Robert & Mamie Maxwell
J. David & Diane Rosenberg
Kimberley Williamson
In honor of Bea Larsen
Doloris F. & William Learmonth
In honor of Mark Lawson
Mary Carol and John Melton
In honor of Earle Maiman
Laura A. Ryan & Keith Johnson
In honor of Stephanie Moes
SC Ministry Foundation
In honor of Noel M. Morgan
Barbara & Timothy Juenke
In honor of Judge Thomas & Linda S.
Nurre
Thomas M. Gaier
In honor of R. Collins Owens, Jr.
Cathy Levine
In honor of Janet Pecquet
Bonnie G. Camden
In honor of Hon. & Mrs. Burton &
Alice Perlman
Judith B. Green
In honor of Maggie Quinn
Joan Kallman
In honor of Debra Rothstein
Susan E. Wheatley
In honor of John Schrider
Barbara & Timothy Juenke
In honor of Ginny Whitman
Keith Belkin
Michael B. Ganson
Mary Carol & John Melton

Legal Aid Staff Honored
Volunteer Lawyers Project
Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration
The Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor
Foundation celebrated its 30th Anniversary in
2012. On October 16th an enthusiastic group
of VLP attorneys and donors gathered in the
Mercantile Library’s elegant Reading Room to
acknowledge the accomplishments of the VLP
and to honor Founding Trustees Robert F.
Laufman, Diane Schneiderman, and Joseph L.
Trauth, Jr.
Opening remarks by Eric K. Combs, President
and Fredric J. Robbins, Chairman, as well as a
keynote address by Hon. Jeffery P. Hopkins,
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of
Ohio, focused on how the VLP has become
the standard bearer for the collective results of
individual volunteerism and a nationally
recognized leader in pro bono legal services.
Thousands of our neighbors in seven
southwest Ohio counties have improved lives
due to the legal services provided by VLP
attorneys. Now the VLP is working hard to
extend this 30-year success story into a fourth
decade, with a renewed commitment to a
large and sustainable volunteer program
carried out in partnership with county bar
associations.
Founding Trustees
Recognized
Robert F. Laufman
When Bob Laufman joined the Volunteer
Lawyers for the Poor Foundation Board he
already had a strong commitment to the
notion of equal access to justice. Bob was just
finishing his three-year term as President of
the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati,
and was instrumental in early efforts to
establish the Foundation. Bob actively
recruited volunteers for the new organization,
and initiated the idea that volunteer attorneys
pledge to take two case referrals per year.
Bob made the two year pledge himself, and
has continued to take case referrals every year
since. Bob primarily reviews Title VII cases
referred from the US District Court, providing
a great service to the Court and his clients.
Diane Schneiderman
When Diane Schneiderman became a
founding Trustee of the Volunteer Lawyers for
the Poor Foundation, she was an attorney
with Federated Department Stores. Her
interest in providing legal help to low-income
individuals stemmed from her work at a legal
aid clinic while at Yale Law School. Diane has
strengthened the Board over the past thirty
years by serving two three-year terms as
Treasurer, serving as Vice President in 2001,
and then becoming President for 2004-2006.
Throughout the years, Diane has accepted
case referrals and currently assists low-income
individuals and families with challenging
immigration issues.
Joseph L. Trauth, Jr.
Joe Trauth joined the Volunteer Lawyers for
the Poor Foundation Board as a representative
of Keating Muething & Klekamp (KMK). Joe
served as Chairman of the Foundation Board
from 1987-1989, guiding the Foundation’s
successful fundraising efforts during those
years. Joe has remained actively involved with
Board matters, and has assured KMK’s
commitment to pro bono work and continuing
financial support. For the past thirty years,
KMK attorneys have represented hundreds of
clients referred through the VLP, thanks in
large part to Joe’s leadership at his firm and on
the Board.
Many clients come to Legal Aid as a result of
strategic partnerships with other nonprofits or
agencies. These organizations rely on Legal
Aid attorneys to provide legal assistance
and also to lead or manage aspects of the
collaborative programs. In recognition of the
excellent work carried out by Legal Aid staff,
many organizations have bestowed awards
upon our attorneys during 2012.
Gerry Greene
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati
Cincinnati Bar Association’s John W.
Warrington Community Service Award
Anne Lucas
Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio, LLC
Caracole’s Living Award
Debra Rothstein
Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio, LLC
Butler County Domestic Violence
Coordinating Council’s 2012 Leadership
Award
John Schrider
Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio, LLC
Cincinnati Homeless Coalition’s Buddy Gray
Lifetime Achievement Award
Virginia Tallent
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati
Center for Great Neighborhoods of
Covington’s Community Leader Award
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati Staff
Mary Asbury, Executive Director
Managing & Senior
Attorneys
Regina Campbell
David Cramer
Trey Daly
Kelly Malone
Donita Parrish
Ginny Whitman
Staff Attorneys
Gerry Greene
Virginia Tallent
Tom White
Terry Willacker
Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio, LLC Staff
John Schrider, Director
Managing & Senior
Attorneys
Nick DiNardo
Lori Elliott
Elaine Fink
Marcheta Gillam
Mark Lawson
Paralegals & Legal
Assistants
Nancy Blackwell
Steve Buckley
Tim Delaney
Charles Duskin
Rhonda King
Peggy Pleasant
Ron Rigby
Jenny Zellars
Stephanie Moes
Noel Morgan
Adolfo Olivas
Col Owens
Debra Rothstein
Steve Sharpe
Tracy Washington
Director of
Administration
Nancy Hopper
Administrative Staff
Paula Ayer
Karen DeFosse
Phillip Hagan
Joe Hornbaker
Shaneé McGhee
Sophia Meyers
Teresa Seifert
Joe Styer
Staff Attorneys
Liz Abdnour
Maggie Fibbe
Jon Ford
Jason Fountain
Martha Good
Brian Howe
Anne Lucas
Director of Finance
Angie MacKay
Director of
Development
Jean Feinberg
EITC Manager & Staff
Annette Krochmalny
Benjamin Schuerman
Marianne
Mandell-Brown
Molly Russell
Meredith Schnug
Sarah Smith
Vuka Stricevic
Amanda Toole
Elizabeth Tull
Legal Secretaries
Lia Ferrell
Dawn Finch
Vicky Gibson
Sue Hix
Tracy J. Lott
Heidi Marie Mason
Trisha Reece
Terri Simpson
Sandy Tyjewski
Paralegals & Legal
Assistants
Sharon Adams
Mayra Casas Ugarte
Cat Cornelius
Carrie Francis
Julie Honican
Michelle Knox
Kate Nolan
Reception & Intake
Coordinators
Nancy Beard
Natalie Brown
Sheree Brown
Nora Hernandez
Jessica Hickey
Michelle Matthews
AmeriCorps
Daveen Knue
Angela Rouden
Teresa Roush
Kendahl Schloss
Deanna White
AmeriCorps & Interns
Danielle Hase
Anthony Kremer
Courtney Lynch

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Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati · Board of Trustees
Earle Jay Maiman, President
Thompson, Hine LLP, Retired
Daniel J. Buckley, 1st Vice President
Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLP
Vincent B. Stamp, 2nd Vice
President
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
David C. Phillips, Treasurer &
Immediate Past President
Co-Founder, Cincinnati Works
Paula Boggs Muething, Secretary
Port of Cincinnati Development
Authority
Myrtle Bailey
Client–Community Volunteer
Crossroads Church/CityLink Project
Cassandra Barham
Client–Community Representative
The Contact Center
Sr. Kathryn Ann Connelly
Client–Community Volunteer
Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Naomi C. Dallob
The Chemed Corporation
Carey A. Greiner
GE Aviation
Paul W. Heldman
The Kroger Co.
Irene Herndon
Client–Community Representative
Cambridge Arms Senior Housing
Mina Jones Jefferson
University of Cincinnati College
of Law
Hon. Nathaniel R. Jones*
Blank Rome LLP
Hon. Eva D. Kessler
Butler County Domestic Relations
Court
Donald P. Klekamp
Keating Muething & Klekamp PPL
Robert F. Laufman
Attorney, Retired
Deborah P. Majoras
The Procter & Gamble Company
Michael A. Marrero
Ulmer & Berne LLP
Ted T. Martin
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Stephen M. Nechemias
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
James T. O’Reilly
University of Cincinnati College
of Law
Harry H. Santen
Santen & Hughes, Retired
Diane Schneiderman
Bricker & Eckler LLP
Robin Washington
Client–Community Representative
Head Start
Karol Winters
Client–Community Representative
Valley Homes Tenant Association
*Emeritus
Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio, LLC · Board Of Managers
Daniel J. Buckley Paul W. Heldman Stephen M. Nechemias
Michael A. Marrero, President Naomi C. Dallob, Treasurer John E. Schrider, Jr., Secretary
The Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati and its affiliate the Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio, LLC provide civil legal services in
seven southwest Ohio counties: Hamilton, Butler, Clermont, Brown, Warren, Clinton, and Highland. The Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor
Foundation is a separate non-profit organization. The Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati provides staff support for its Volunteer Lawyers
Project (VLP). This Annual Report provides information about both Legal Aid Societies and the VLP.
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