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o n Oct. 22 to kick off admirable. Dave has served as Chair and/or Ellen S. Mandell, Law Office of Ellen S.

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Vice-Chair of the LRS Oversight Committee
Pro Bono Week, we
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celebrated
for close to 20 years. He sincerely promotes
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the LRS as a tool which promotes and
betterment of the legal profession and
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mentors and new lawyers
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past president of the Cuyahoga County
in, the administration of justice and the
at the 3 Annual Lawyer to Lawyer Give improves the quality of, and public trust to the community as a whole. She is a vOLUnTeer SPOTLIgHT
Back for Justice Event, co-sponsored by the legal profession. The Bar Association and past chair of their
Supreme Court of Ohio Lawyer to Lawyer CMBA is grateful Certified Grievance Committee. Through
Mentoring Program, The Legal Aid Society to Dave’s the CMBA, Ellen has been highly involved
of Cleveland, and the CMBA. service and with the Family Law Section, Judicial
The CMBA congratulates David Gallup, leadership, Selection Committee, and the Certified
Gregory Guice, Ellen Mandell, and Mary which has Grievance Committee. She also serves
Groth, who were featured in video remarks led the as a Monitor, working
by Ohio Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor LRS to with lawyers who
in recognition of their extraordinary efforts serve as are returning
as mentors and volunteers. To view Chief a link for Ellen S. Mandell back to the
Justice O’Connor’s full video, please visit the public to p r a c t i c e
https://tinyurl.com/PBW2018. access justice. of law
After the Court authorized mentors following a
and new lawyers in the Lawyer to Lawyer Gregory G. Guice, Reminger suspension.
Mentoring Program to co-counsel on pro Co., L.P.A. B o t h
bono cases in 2015, the Commission on Greg Guice is a volunteer her legal
Professionalism created the Lawyer to leader making significant c o l le a gue s
Lawyer Give Back for Justice Program as a contributions. He is CMBA Mary Groth and the public
means to inform mentors and Vice President of Diversity & benefit from her
new lawyers about pro Inclusion, an officer role, and is volunteer service.
bono opportunities the Chair of the Diversity &
in their respective Inclusion Committee. He is Mary Groth, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar
c o mm u ni t i es Co-Chair of the Minority Association
and to make Clerkship Program, Mary’s commitment to mentoring is truly
the necessary a diversity pipeline exceptional, from her work within the CMBA
c on n e c t i on s program for first-year law with the Stokes Scholars and 3Rs programs,
between the pro students. Through his to serving as a long-term mentor for College
bono providers leadership, the Now and helping at her (now-graduated)
and mentoring CMBA has also daughters’ high school with special events.
participants. David B. Gallup d e v e l o p e d She always has time for those just starting their
For more about the a n d education in the law, sharing her experience
Supreme Court of Ohio l a u nc he d in everything from college applications to
Lawyer to Lawyer Mentoring an annual networking to career planning. In 2015 the
Program and how you can sign up in Mi dw e s t Ohio Center for Law-Related Education
2019, go to https://www.supremecourt. R e gi o n al presented Mary with the Founders’ Award in
ohio.gov/AttySvcs/mentoring/. Gregory G. Guice Di v er s i t y honor of her career spent supporting civics
Career Fair and law-related education in Ohio. Recently,
feATUred vOLUnTeerS in partnership Mary was appointed President Elect for the
with the Midwest National Conference of Bar Foundations,
David B. Gallup, Gallup Law BLSA chapter. He has also volunteered where her extensive knowledge of law-related
Dave Gallup’s dedication to the CMBA’s as a member of the CMBA’s Certified philanthropy can benefit other organizations
Lawyer Referral Service (LRS) has been Grievance Committee. across the country.
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