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New President of Bar Urges Lawyers Be Heroes to Clients
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Lawyers should be heroes to their clients, the new president of the Mahoning County Bar Association, Clair Carlin, reminded his colleagues as he was installed Monday night."Remember the first time you made a difference in one of your client's lives," Carlin said at the Youngstown Country Club. "I'll bet your client hasn't forgotten. To him or her, you are a hero. To the people we represent, we make a difference. Be a hero."Legal heroes are willing to accept unpopular cases and causes, even put their lives in jeopardy, Carlin said, citing John Adams's defense of British Capt. Prescott in the wake of the Boston Massacre just before the American Revolution, and Clarence Darrow's defense of socialist Eugene Debs and Tennessee biology teacher John Scopes in the so-called "Monkey Trial.""You and I have the opportunity to be a hero to those who matter most," Carlin continued, "our clients. Our attitude might provide the help a person needs to have their rights enforced. Our extra effort could turn a bad plea into a better result or even a 'not guilty' verdict, a stalemate into a deal, or nothing into compensation."Outgoing president Richard N. White saluted Harold Stein for his 65 years as a member of the bar. He also recognized four members for a half-century of service, Joseph S. Donchess, former Mahoning County prosecutor Vincent E. Gilmartin, former Mahoning County Judge Robert J. Kalafut, and Richard C. Ross, and five for 55 years' service, Myron J. Nadler, former Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Clyde W. Osborne, John Weed Powers, Henry C. Robinson and Joseph P. Sontich Sr.Jeralyn Goldberg Mercer, a guardian ad litem in the Court of Common Pleas' domestic relations division, received a distinguished service award as did Daniel L. Rossi for his service to the community, especially in behalf of Mill Creek Park.Richard B. "Rick" Blair of Roth, Blair, Roberts, Strasfeld & Lodge, LPA, was recognized as "lawyer of the year" by his colleagues for his ability to mediate and develop solutions that minimized hard feelings or disappointment between parties to a suit.William C. Binning, chairman of the political science department at Youngstown State University, announced the recipients of four scholarships who will begin law school this fall. The scholarship funded by the Mahoning County Bar Association Foundation went to Michael J. Schuller, a graduate of South Range High School and the University of Dayton who will attend that university's law school. A scholarship fund created by Theodore Macejko Jr. to honor his father, the late Theodore Macejko Sr., will defray the expenses of Amy L. Green, a graduate of Poland Seminary High School and St. Mary's College who will attend the University of Toledo law school. Courtney Trimacco, a graduate of McDonald High School and YSU, will also attend Toledo because of the scholarship created to honor the late Harlan Small by his law firm, Anzellotti, Sperling, Pazol & Small Co. LPA.Brandi Stewart will live in Washington, D.C., and attend Howard University's law school as the first recipient of a scholarship funded in honor of the late Irwin I. Kretzer. His son, also an attorney, Alan Kretzer, helped present the award to the graduate of Chaney High School and YSU."