Legal Aid's 117th Annual Meeting

Dec 2

Dec 2, 2022
1:30 p.m. doors open

Renaissance Cleveland Hotel
24 Public Square Cleveland, OH 44113

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1:30 p.m. - doors open
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2:00 p.m. - program (prompt start)
(for attorneys, 1.0 CLE professional conduct credit available)

3:00 – 5:00 p.m. - reception

Keynote Remarks: Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
in conversation with journalist Connie Schultz

Program led by:
Quo Vadis Cobb, Esq.
Vice President, Board of Directors

Legal Aid Update from:
Colleen Cotter, Esq.
Executive Director, Legal Aid
&
Steve Fazio, Esq.
President, Board of Directors

Louis Stokes Paragon Award
presented to:
The Campaign for Legal Aid Cabinet

Staff Awards:
Claude E. Clarke Awards, presented to:
Corrylee Drozda, Esq.
Katherine Hollingsworth, Esq.
Haley Martinelli, Esq.
Deborah Petit-Frere

Leadership Award, presented to:
Jennifer Kinsley Smith, Esq.

and Legal Aid's C. Lyonel Jones Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to:
Alexandria Ruden, Esq.

Volunteer Lawyers Program Awards, including:
Legacy of Justice Award, presented to:
The Honorable Mary Jane Trapp
&
Access to Justice Awards, presented to:
Mark Dobbins, Esq.
Michael Durnwald, Esq.
Allison Kreiner, MD
Irene Meyerhoefer
&
Community Impact Awards, presented to:
Leslie Gentile, Esq.
Lydia Gross, Esq.
Jennifer Himmelein, Esq.