Ashley L. Oliker, attorney in Frost Brown Todd’s Columbus office, has received the Ohio State Bar Foundation’s Community Service Award for Attorneys 40 & Under for District 7.
Oliker represents clients in business and other civil litigation disputes in both state and federal court proceedings. When not in the office, she coaches middle and high school mock trial teams, and volunteers at the YWCA by serving meals to families in need and doing pro bono work with their legal clinic. She also helped to organize the first ever Public Service Mock Trial Competition for Ohio law students launched by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine.
In addition to her volunteer work, Oliker is an Officer for the Women Lawyers of Franklin County, serves on the Board of Governors for the Columbus Bar Association, and is Editor-in-Chief of the Better Lawyer publication through the Columbus Bar Association. She is also a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, Ohio Women’s Bar Association and Young Professionals of Columbus. Oliker earned her B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Toledo and her J.D. cum laude from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
The Community Service Award for Attorneys 40 & Under by the Ohio State Bar Foundation (OSBF) is presented to attorneys, 40 years of age or younger, who contribute substantial time and effort in service to a local social service or to a local civil, artistic or cultural organization. The service must be outside the recipients’ practice of law and given without compensation. The OSBF is a 501(c) (3) public charity that works to advance the law and build a better justice system. Through grants and programs, it educates and performs outreach to the public to make the law fair for all Ohioans.