Geoffrey Stern

Civil, Mediation
Capitol Square, Suite 1800, 65 East State Street
Columbus, Ohio 432154294


Civil

Admitted

1968, Ohio

Law School

The Ohio State University, J.D., summa cum laude, 1968

Law School Graduation Year

1968

College

Williams College; The Ohio State University, B.A., cum laude, 1965

Memberships

Columbus (Member, Legal Ethics Committee, 1975-1993; Professionalism Institute, 1995-1996), Ohio State (Chair, Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Conduct, 1992-1993; Corporate Counsel Institute, 1994, 1996-1997) and American (Member: Center for Professional Responsibility; Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers) Bar Associations

Biographical

Senior Editor, The Ohio State Law Journal. Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio, 1993-1997. Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Evidence Award; Columbus Bar Association Liberty Bell Award for Community and Professional Service, 1998; Ohio State Bar Association Salute for Volunteer Activities, 2001. Lecturer: on Legal Ethics, Ohio State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Institutes; on Litigation Management and Legal Ethics, Practicing Law Institutes. Speaker, ABA Commission on Impaired Attorneys. Ohio State Bar Association Symposium on the legal system and legal ethics in Shanghai, China; Keynote Speaker, Trinity Lutheran Symposium on Faith and the Law; over three hundred other presentations. Guest Speaker, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers and Family Law Conferences. Special Investigator, Ohio Supreme Court, Board of Commissioner on Character and Fitness. Member and President, 1973-1980, Bexley City Council. Public Member, Ohio Optical Dispensers'. Trustee, Ohio Citizens Committee for the Arts, Temple Israel, 1986-1996. Member: Ohio Special Commission on Legal Education, 1995-1997; Bell Commission on Disciplinary Rules, 1995-1997. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Ohio Bar Foundation; Columbus Bar Foundation.

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