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To Recognize and Celebrate Rod Reuscher as the 2025 Recipient of the Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio’s Pro Bono Impact Award
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WHEREAS, Rod Reuscher is the 2025 recipient of the Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio’s Pro Bono Impact Award; and
WHEREAS, Rod has spent 30 years building a career in financial services at JPMorgan Chase, but one of his most meaningful investments is the time he has devoted to serving others as a long-time volunteer at Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio’s brief advice clinics; and
WHEREAS, Rod sees civil legal aid as a lifeline that can help individuals avoid adverse outcomes and improve their lives; and
WHEREAS, For the past seven years, Rod has volunteered with LASCO, primarily supporting the intake process at brief advice clinics. His work has given him insight into a wide range of client issues; and
WHEREAS, Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio, in conjunction with the Ohio Poverty Law Center, is committed to searching out the patterns, causes of, and solutions to the repetitive and fundamental legal problems facing low-income Ohioans and pursuing the legal recourse needed to address those problems; and
WHEREAS, Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio is comprised of advocates who are passionate about providing legal services to low-income individuals, and it is an honor and a privilege to work with an organization that is committed to making the daily lives of Columbus residents better - a fact exemplified by the service of people such as Rod Reuscher; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS: That this Council recognizes and celebrates Rod Reuscher as the 2025 Recipient of the Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio’s Pro Bono Impact Award.