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COLUMBUS – Terrie L. Clinger, magistrate for the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, has been elected to serve a three-year term as District 5 representative on the Board of Governors of the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA). OSBA District 5 includes 442 members practicing in Crawford, Delaware, Marion, Morrow, Seneca and Wyandot counties.
Area lawyers at an OSBA district meeting several months ago elected Clinger to her new post. She succeeds representative Judge Deborah Alspach of Marion, whose term concluded June 30. The 24-member Board of Governors meets monthly to manage the Association’s business affairs, set policy, review pending legislation and conduct other business on behalf OSBA members.
Clinger earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Dayton and her law degree from Ohio Northern University College of Law. She maintained a private law practice and served as magistrate for the Delaware County Juvenile Court from 1991 through 2003. Since 2008, she has served as a staff attorney and magistrate for the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and has been a magistrate in the county’s Domestic Relations court since 2014. She has also served as president of the Delaware County Bar Association since 2012.
The Ohio State Bar Association, founded in 1880, is a voluntary association representing approximately 25,000 members of the bench and bar of Ohio as well as nearly 4,000 legal assistants and law students. Through its activities and the activities of its related organizations, the OSBA serves both its members and the public by promoting the highest standards in the practice of law and the administration of justice.