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Columbus Bar LAWYERS Spring 2019 QUARTERLY 150 1869-2019 In this issue, Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly is celebrating the CBA’s 150th Anniversary COLUMBUS BAR years with articles about how the law has changed ASSOCIATION throughout history. Look inside to find information on privacy laws, immigration law through the ages, a very special piece on the history of the CBA and more. Plus, this issue includes pieces on mediation, flexible work schedules, the experiences of foreign attorneys and more. A publication of the Columbus Bar Association • www.cbalaw.org SEA Lion Ad_Columbus Bar Quarterly_03-22-19.pdf 1 3/22/19 1:09 PM Table of LAWYERS Contents QUARTERLY Spring 2019 President’s Page Bar Happenings Columbus Bar Association The CBA: 150 Years Old and Still 32 Photo Gallery and Calendar of Events Editorial Board 4 Working for the Good of Lawyers and the Community Sam Peppers Spring ‘19: 150th Anniversary Chair Janyce Katz Message from the Executive Director 34 Privacy: How Has the Concept Changed During the Last 150 Years? Board Members 8 How Do You Measure the Value Janyce C. Katz Melanie Tobias of Membership? Amy Koorn Employment in an Jill Snitcher McQuain 42 Ashley Johns Ever-Changing America Garth Rowbotham Bar Insider Lauren Larrick A Short History of the Politics Your Mind is a Storyteller: 46 of Immigration C 10 Law & Literature Series, Part 4 Robert H. Cohen Editor M Mark Kitrick and Mark Lewis Brianna Antinoro Y The History of the Columbus Lawyer Discipline Cases in the 50 Bar Association CM 12 Supreme Court of Ohio David M. Gold Design/Production MY Nelson E. Genshaft Sarah Curran CY Musings of an Old Practitioner 60 Dick L. Loveland CMY Better Lawyer K Journey of an International 18 Life Outside the Law Columbus Bar Association Being known for experience and expertise begins with Attorney in Columbus 175 S. Third St., Suite 1100 Shweta Chaubey Columbus, OH 43215 Networking: Its Role in 62 (614) 221-4112 seeking these qualities in the professionals you engage. Alternative Work Arrangements Attorney Wellbeing www.cbalaw.org 22 Work for Law Firms, Too Scott R. Mote and Stephanie Hanna Lauren Rubin Wisdom means knowing what you don’t know, and who to call to nd out. Lawyers with Artistic License: 66 Chanda L. Brown That’s why you should know about S-E-A. For nearly 50 years, our engineers, Points of Practice Heather G. Sowald investigators and researchers have been focused on nding real answers Practical Tips for a 26 Successful Mediation Jury Verdicts and articulating them in court. Robert D. Erney Civil Jury Trials, Franklin County Advertising To nd out more, call 800.782.6851 or visit SEAlimited.com. 68 Common Pleas Court Burgie MediaFusion Monica L. Waller (614) 554-6294 Paralegal Pointers [email protected] The Paralegal Profession: 29 Past, Present and Future Garth W. Rowbotham ©2019 NOTICE: Statements or opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Columbus Bar Association, its officers, board, or staff. Any statements pertaining to the law contained in this magazine are intended solely to provide broad, general information, not legal advice. Readers should seek advice from a licensed attorney with regard to any specific legal issues. President’s Page When I took over the leadership of the CBA, I wanted to find a way to encourage local lawyers The CBA: 150 Years Old to help other local lawyers with the stress and anxiety and Still Working for the Good of that sometimes comes along with the practice of law. Lawyers and the Community by SAM PEPPERS address some of the issues that have been highlighted in the Hazelden study. Although a large percentage of lawyers lawyers with the stress and anxiety Backed by more than As I write these words, the CBA is in the struggle with their own well-being, there is that sometimes comes along with the midst of celebrating its 150th birthday: a stigma against talking about it and, in many 125 years of experience practice of law. In 2017, the American Bar cases, doing something positive about the problem. a truly momentous occasion for an Association’s Commission on Lawyer Assistance One of the main goals of the task force is to break 48 Programs and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation commercial service centers organization that started out with five or down this stigma in our local community and create released a study examining lawyer well-being. This nationwide six lawyers pondering the humble idea a culture of understanding and acceptance, one that national study revealed that an increasing number of will encourage more attorneys to seek help when they of making members of the Columbus lawyers and law students are experiencing chronic need it. The task force is brainstorming ideas for how 40 countries served worldwide stress, high rates of depression and substance abuse. bar better lawyers. The current staff the CBA can take an active role through programming, The study also revealed that lawyers who are publications, special events and more, in changing how and leadership of the CBA take in their first 10 years of practice have 1 point of contact lawyers both view and react to mental health issues that original charge just as the highest incidence of these among our peers. in Columbus seriously today. problems. In short, the Hazelden study tells us the problem We’ve already held some events that focus on mental is getting worse instead Experience the difference. We are continuously thinking well-being, and look forward to planning many more. of better. To be a good of and implementing In October, local attorney Michael Jarosi spoke to a lawyer, one has to be a innovative ways to make large crowd here at the CBA. He told the story of his healthy lawyer, and the membership in the CBA own journey to mental well-being and advocated for CBA is dedicated to more valuable to our our local legal community to work together to end helping our members 614.405.8673 q www.firstam.com/ncs members and thereby the stigma associated with mental illness. December be the best lawyers ©2018 First American Financial Corporation. All rights reserved. NYSE: FAF make them better 150 was Well-being Month here at the CBA, and we held they can be. lawyers who offer 1869-2019 drawings for different items, such as yoga mats, gym better legal services memberships, a FitBit and more, that would all help the It is unfortunate but to our community. recipients work on their own mental and physical well- about many of the issues that had been highlighted in in the same year of the Through CLE programs being. We also shared different resources such as local the Hazelden study and his own struggles with mental release of the Hazelden that help members stay help centers, national hotlines and phone apps that can health and substance abuse. study, I became aware current in the law and COLUMBUS BAR all help someone who is struggling with their mental by offering our members years of several local lawyers Although my presidency will be ending in June, I am ASSOCIATION health. cutting-edge practice tools who succumbed to their hopeful that this task force will continue to do good mental anguish and committed to help them practice in the 21st And, recently, we gave a gift to our members to work here at the CBA. It has only been in existence for suicide. Because of the unrefuted century, the CBA is still all about celebrate our 150th Anniversary – a free CLE program less than a year, but has already been able to provide evidence that there is a growing making members of the bar better lawyers. featuring Brian Cuban, sponsored by the Chester Family resources and programming to members of the central problem in the ranks of our fellow lawyers, Professionalism Fund of the Columbus Bar Foundation. Ohio legal community. We want to continue bringing we have created a Task Force on Lawyer Physical When I took over the leadership of the CBA, I wanted to Brian Cuban, author of “The Addicted Lawyer,” spoke relevant programming that impacts the practice of law find a way to encourage local lawyers to help other local and Mental Well-being, chaired by Bobbie O’Keefe, to in our community. But we cannot do so without your 4 | Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly Spring 2019 5 | Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly Spring 2019 input. Any feedback you have on our efforts and any organization and our members who benefit from what suggestions for future programs or events are welcome. you do, Thank you. As I serve out the last three months of my presidency, I To our members who have wished me well during my want to thank the staff of the CBA who work tirelessly to tenure as CBA President, I thank you for putting me in provide the services and programs that the CBA offers this position and I ask you to continue to support the to those who are members of the legal community CBA by renewing your memberships, attending our CLE including lawyers, paralegals, legal assistants, law programs, utilizing the services that the CBA provides students and their families; Thank you. and by bringing us your ideas, and even your criticisms, to make us better at what we do for you. To the members of the Board of Governors who volunteer their time while navigating busy practices to ensure the CBA stays on course and is financially sound, Thank you. To the many lawyers who volunteer their time to lead the CBA’s 30 substantive law, five professional development and eight Board-appointed committees, Samuel A.