CHESTER WILLCOX & SAXBE ATTORNEY ELECTED SECRETARY/TREASURER OF THE COLUMBUS BAR ASSOCIATION
Columbus, OH – The law firm of Chester Willcox & Saxbe, LLP (CWS) today announced that Elizabeth J. Watters has been elected to serve a one-year term as secretary/treasurer for the Columbus Bar Association (CBA). She will be sworn in during the CBA Annual Meeting on June 8. 
Watters, a partner at the firm, practices in the areas of civil litigation, employment law, creditor issues, consumer protection, and structured settlement/lottery transfers at CWS. She has been a member of the CBA since joining CWS in 1994, and has served on the CBA Board of Governors since 2003. It is expected that Watters will be the uncontested candidate for President-elect of the CBA in 2008 and President in 2009.
The CBA strives to be the leader in providing excellent, innovative and cost effective services to members of the legal profession and the general public in central Ohio. Through the active involvement of a broad and diverse membership, the CBA focuses on professionalism, education, advocacy and community service in order to advance the justice system for all.
Established in 1884, Chester Willcox & Saxbe, LLP is a full-service Columbus law firm with a business orientation designed to meet the needs of its corporate and individual clients, regardless of size. The firm’s practice areas include litigation and appeals, associations, bankruptcy, business and corporate law, campaign and election law, construction law, employment and labor law, environmental law, estate planning, family business law, international law, probate law, family law, government, real estate and land use, regulated industries, municipal law, taxation and university and college law.