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Karl H. Schneider was appointed in November 2009 by Governor Ted Strickland to the Sunset Review Committee. The nine-member committee is charged with gathering information on state boards, commissions, committees, councils “ or any other similar state public body required to be established pursuant to state statutes for the exercise of any function of the state government and to which members are appointed or elected,” according to its authorizing statute. The committee is comprised of 3 members appointed by the President of the Ohio Senate, 3 members appointed by the Speaker of the Ohio House, and 3 appointed by the Governor.

Maguire & Schneider, LLP is pleased to announce that two of its Partners Karl H. Schneider and Keith W. Schneider were named 2010 Ohio Super Lawyers. Karl Schneider was additionally selected in the Top 50 in Central Ohio listing.

We are also pleased to announce that Firm Attorneys Trina N. Goethals, Mark R. Meterko and Aaron J. Weir were named by Super Lawyers magazine as 2010 Ohio Rising Stars. Super Lawyers is a comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys representing a wide spectrum of practice areas, firm sizes and geographic locations. The list is based on surveys of thousands of lawyers and peer reviews. Only the top five percent of lawyers from nearly sixty practice areas are named Super Lawyers.

Karl Schneider and Trina Goethals recently served as judges/instructors for the Denison University Moot Court team, in Granville, Ohio. The Denison team meets weekly and is preparing for the upcoming Regional Moot Court Competition, which will be held at the end of November. Moot Court is a practice in simulated appellate court proceedings where the teams are given a case record from which to work. This year’s case deals with issues of free speech and due process. Mr. Schneider and Ms. Goethals will continue to assist the team until their competition.