Attorney Christine M. Haaker, a partner in the Dayton firm of Thompson Hine, LLP, will take office as the Dayton Bar Association’s 94th President on July 1, 2008. Recently honored as one of the Dayton Business Journal’s “Forty Under 40” finalists, Ms. Haaker will be the youngest individual to serve as President of the DBA. Her term runs from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.

Ms. Haaker was sworn in at the DBA's annual meeting on June 6, 2008 along with fellow Board members:

• Thomas P. Whelley, II, First Vice President (Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP);
• Hon. Mary E. Donovan, Second Vice President (Second District Court of Appeals);
• Debra B. Armanini, Secretary (Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office);
• Mag. C. Ralph Wilcoxson, II, Treasurer (Montgomery County Juvenile Court);
• Chad E. Burton, Member-at-Large (Thompson Hine, LLP);
• D. Jeffrey Ireland, Member-at-Large ( Faruki Ireland & Cox, PLL);
• Mark A. Tuss, Member-at-Large ( Popp & Tuss);
• Brian D. Weaver, Member-at-Large (Montgomery County Public Defender’s Office); and,
• Michael W. Krumholtz, Immediate Past President (Bieser Greer & Landis, LLP)

Under Ms. Haaker’s leadership, the DBA will invest in the integrity of the profession and initiate programs that foster inclusiveness throughout the legal community. The 1500 member Dayton Bar Association, the Association for legal professionals, has been serving the greater Dayton community and legal profession since 1883.