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Before the pandemic hit in 2020, on what seemed like a normal day in my office in downtown Cincinnati, David Lefton (who is now OSBA President) called and asked me to join the Council of Delegates. It was the result of a seren- dipitous interaction: I’d met Cincinnati Bar Association past president Doloris Learmonth at a CBA event in 2019, who recommended me for the role. The 2020 Council meeting was delayed and ulti- mately canceled. Reading the Council’s governing bylaws and the access to justice charge, I worried about justice delayed.
May 14, 2021 was my first call of duty to vote on Council of Delegates proposals to set the agenda for the OSBA Govern- ment Affairs team to work with the Ohio General Assembly, U.S. Congress, and the Ohio Supreme Court, as appro- priate. During the Council meeting, I heard reports and proposals from the Access to Justice committee, the Family Law committee, and the Military and Veterans’ Affairs committee.
On the Military and Veterans’ Affairs proposal, we passed a resolution to permit transfer of jurisdiction from one court in a jurisdiction without a specialized
docket to another court with a specialized docket. Within Family Law, we approved a proposal for government affairs repre- sentatives to work with the General Assembly to amend seven sections of the Ohio Revised Code pertaining to child support for disabled children who are beyond the age of majority prior to their parents filing for divorce, in order to allow courts to award or determine child support for such disabled children. We also approved the Access to Justice committee’s recommendation to empower government affairs representatives to work with the Ohio General Assembly to amend various sections of the Ohio Revised Code pertaining to debt-based driver’s license suspensions.
As Justice O’ Connor said, this is all about looking forward. I am proud of the work that we do through the Cincinnati Bar Association and through our state- wide association. I’m excited to hear about your new ideas. Cheers to getting back to serendipitous interactions.
Cooperrider is a partner at Taft and the 2021-2022 CBA president.
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