The Ritter Award
Stephen E. Chappelear
Honorary Life Fellowship Award
Harold D. Spears
Outstanding Program or Organization Award
Fugitive Safe Surrender Program of Cleveland
Statewide Community Service for Attorneys 40 and Under
Shawna L. L'Italien
You Can't Go Back
The 2009 Fellows Class took a stand against digital abuse. Students and teachers were challenged to use video technology to learn about the lasting effects of sexting and cyber bullying. Heritage Middle School in Painesville, Ohio developed the winning video. Watch our PSA. Talk about it.
Ritter Award Winner Stephen Chappelear
Columbus attorney Stephen Chappelear has been named the 2011 Ritter Award winner for his professionalism, integrity and ethics in the practice of law. Chappelear talks about the honor with the Ohio State Bar Association's Stephanie Beougher.