The mission of the Chief Justice Moyer Legacy Fund is to honor the late Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer by sustaining and enhancing the most important tenets for which he stood, including legal and civic education, dispute resolution, personal integrity, ethics, civility, judicial independence, and the rule of law.

The funds that are raised over the years will be used for ongoing, statewide projects consistent with these ideals.

Key projects to honor this legacy includes:

Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer Professorship for the Administration of Justice and Rule of Law. This endowed professorship at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law will honor and continue Chief Justice Moyer’s legacy of integrity and professionalism, deepening the impact of these qualities on the lives of countless students and on the law itself.

Fellowship Grants to Law Students at Ohio Law Schools. These rotating fellowship awards will support statewide legal education initiatives and programs for exceptional law students to instill in them the concepts of ethics, integrity and civility that Chief Justice Moyer personified. Awarded to law students enrolled in one of Ohio's nine law schools may conduct an intense summer study of focused research encompassing areas of interest to Chief Justice Moyer like mediation, ethics, or judicial independence. The fund will be managed by the Ohio State Bar Foundation.

 “Our friend and colleague, Thomas J. Moyer, the mild-mannered patriarch of the Ohio judiciary for nearly a quarter century, is gone,” said Barbara J. Howard, OSBA past president and chair of the Chief Justice Moyer Legacy Fund Committee. “He leaves an amazing legacy of which every citizen of the State of Ohio can be proud. And he leaves a legacy that all of us can preserve through the Chief Justice Moyer Legacy Fund.” 

Honor the legacy of the late Chief Justice and give to the Chief Justice Thomas Moyer Legacy Fund.

Chief Justice Moyer Legacy Committee Members

Barbara J. Howard, Chair, Barbara J. Howard Co., LPA, Cincinnati
Carol Seubert Marx, Ohio State Bar Association President, Carol Seubert Marx, Lancaster
D. Allan Asbury, Supreme Court of Ohio, Columbus
Alison M. Belfrage, Ohio State Bar Foundation, Columbus
David B. Bennett, Knowlton & Bennett, Cambridge
William R. Bennett, PTSPhysicians, New Albany
Richard A. Dove, Supreme Court of Ohio, Columbus
Judge Robert M. Duncan, retired, Columbus
Judge Sheila G. Farmer, Fifth District Court of Appeals, Canton
Steven C. Hollon, Supreme Court of Ohio, Columbus
Leslie W. Jacobs, Thompson Hine LLP, Cleveland
Dean Alan C. Michaels, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Columbus
Frederick E. Mills, Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLP, Columbus
William S. Newcomb, Jr., retired Partner, Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLP, Dublin
Carmen V. Roberto, Bernlohr, Niekamp and Weisensell, LLP, Akron
Stephan W. Stover, Ohio State Bar Association, Columbus
W. Craig Zimpher, State Employment Relations Board, Columbus