The Federal Bar Association – Northern District of Ohio Chapter is a professional organization for attorneys and the judiciary who practice in the federal system or have an interest in federal law. We are committed to strengthening the federal legal system and administration of justice by serving the interests and needs of the federal practitioner, both public and private, the federal judiciary and the public they serve. The FBA-NDOC has more than 500 members – lawyers, judges and law students from Toledo to Cleveland to Youngstown, and all points in between.

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The Chapter will be presented with the 2011 Chapter Activity Presidential Excellence Award by the national Federal Bar Association at an Awards Luncheon on Saturday, September 10, 2011 during the FBA's Annual Meeting and Convention in Chicago.

In addition, the Chapter's newsletter Inter Alia has been named a recipient of the 2011 Meritorious Newsletter Recognition Award by the national organization.  Inter Alia is distributed throughout the year to over 10,000 attorneys admitted to practice in the courts of the Northern District of Ohio.

"Our Chapter is grateful and honored to be identified as one of the few recipients of this national award from the FBA," said Kip T. Bollin, Chapter president and partner at Thompson Hine LLP.  "The awards are testimony to the work of our Board, our judges, and those members who have contributed to make our Chapter one of the fastest-growing and most dynamic FBA chapters in the country.  We are very proud of this recognition."

The Presidential Excellence Award is based on a number of criteria including attraction and retention of members, quality of and participation in chapter events, involvement of the federal judges in chapter activities, activities for young lawyers, and opportunities for continuing legal education.  The Chapter enjoys participation by several federal judges, lawyers in private practice, staff from the U.S. Attorney's Office, and Federal Public Defender Dennis G. Terez, who serves as the Chapter's treasurer.

President Bollin extends special thanks to former Chapter president James Satola, who compiled the award entries, and to Stephen H. Jett, who chaired the Chapter's newsletter committee.