Consumers' Choice Award ®
The Columbus law firm of MacMurray Peterson & Shuster LLP has assisted the Consumers' Choice Award in establishing an Advisory Board. The Board comprised of 4 individuals from the community who will serve as board members for one year. One of the responsibilities of panel members will be to ensure that CCA recipients have not only garnered the requisite votes but that they are not in conflict with ethical business practices. The Advisory Board may consider the reports of various business and consumer advocacy groups and governmental entites when making recommendations for the approval of nominations and award recipients.
Board Panel members include; Ted Adams Esq., Director Government Affairs for The Limited, Jackie DeGenova Esq., Assistant Chief Legal Counsel for the Ohio Auditor of State, Kimberley A. Doucher, Esq., Civil Trial Attorney for Keener,Doucher,Curley & Patterson L.P.A. and John McGory, President, The McGory Group, a public affairs, economic development and land use firm located in Westerville.
Advisory panels will be organized for the Atlanta, Georgia, Columbus, Ohio and Dallas, Texas programs.
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Theodore L. Adams
Ted Adams, Esq.
The Limited Brands
Theodore L. Adams serves as Director of Government Affairs of Limited Brands, a specialty retailer, headquarted in Columbus Ohio. Founded in 1963, Limited Brands operates six retail brands (Express, Limited Stores, Bath & Body Works-C.O. Bigalow, White Barn Candle, Victoria’s Secret and Henri Bendel) with more than 3,800 specialty stores nationwide and have international sales through Victoria’s Secret Direct (internet/catalogue)
Prior to joining Limited Brands, Ted served as the Director of Special Counsel to Ohio Attorney General Betty Montgomery. He has also served as a law clerk to United States District Court Judge George C. Smith, a special assistant United States Attorney, General Counsel to the Ohio Student Aid Commission, and as a counsel to former Ohio Governor George V. Voinovich.
Ted graduated from Wittenberg University with a degree in political science and obtained his law degree and master’s degree in Health, Science and Physical Education from The Ohio State University. He is a member of the Ohio, Federal, and Sixth Circuit Bars.
Ted serves on the Board of The Make-A-Wish Foundation, the New Albany Community Authority, Columbus Legal Aid Society and the Columbus Children’s Hospital.
He and his wife Irene have two children and reside in New Albany, Ohio.
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Kimberley A. Doucher, ESQ.
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Keener, Doucher, Curley & Patterson, L.P.A.
Northwest Law Offices
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Keener, Doucher, Curley & Patterson, L.P.A., Columbus, Ohio
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*Civil Trial Attorney: August, 1996 to present
*Of Counsel: May, 2001 to present, also maintaining solo practice as
Kimberley A. Doucher, LLC
*Significant experience in both Jury and Bench Trials
*Trial Experience in both State and Federal Courts
*Numerous Appearances in Courts of Appeals throughout Ohio
*Maintain all aspects of case progression and management
Wiles, Doucher, Van Buren & Boyle Co., L.P.A., Columbus, Ohio
*Law Clerk: October, 1994 to August, 1996
*Evaluated and researched legal issues and drafted memoranda and legal documents
U.S. Air Force, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
*Computer Operations Specialist: May, 1991 to December, 1991
*Maintained and organized computer media
*Operated IBM mainframe computer network
U.S. Air Force, R.A.F. Lakenheath, United Kingdom
*Data Base Manager: May, 1988 to May, 1991
*Centralized client coordination, security, operations management and efficiency
of UNISYS 2200/400 central mainframe computer network
*Supervised 16 operations personnel
*Managed 35 various on-line and off-line databases
*Maintained record 97% efficiency rating during Desert Storm conflict
EDUCATION
The Ohio State University College of Law, Columbus, Ohio
Juris Doctor, May, 1996
*National Trial Competition Regional Champion
*Appellate Advocacy Best Brief Semi-Finalist
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Bachelor of Arts, September, 1993
*Graduated Magna Cum Laude
*Completed 138 of 196 credit hours for graduation in 20 months
PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
*Decorated for outstanding performance during Desert Shield/Desert Storm conflict
*Developed education plan entitled, “A Government in Three Parts” designed to
target “separation of powers” element of 4th Grade Proficiency requirements
*Organized and implemented family planning and awareness program at Department
of Defense High School at RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom
MEMBERSHIPS
*Defense Research Institute *Association of Trial Lawyers of America
*Ohio State Bar Association *Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys
*Columbus Bar Association *Bethel United Methodist Church
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Jacqueline DeGenova, Esq.
Legal Counsel, Ohio Auditor of State Office
Former Chief of the Ohio Attorney General’s
Consumer Protection Section
Jacqueline “Jackie” DeGenova currently serves as Legal Counsel for the Ohio Auditor of State. Prior to this position Jackie served as the Assistant Chief and then Chief of the Ohio Attorney General’s Consumer Protection. Jackie has also been Chief Legal Counsel for the Ohio Department of Agriculture and a law clerk for Franklin County Common Pleas Judge James J. O’Grady.
Jackie received her Juris Doctorate from Capital University Law School and Bachelor of Arts in English from Miami University, Oxford Ohio.
She has given numerous speeches and continuing legal Education seminars on topics involving consumer protection.
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John McGory
The McGory Group
John McGory is the owner of The McGory Group, a public affairs, economic development and land use firm located in Westerville. The McGory Group specializes in development, land use, growth, housing and environmental issues.
He is also partner is U.S. Villages, a land development company that focuses on urban residential and commercial development. The firm’s 2003 development, Delaware Place in Victorian Village, was awarded best new construction in Victorian Village by the City of Columbus office of Historic Preservation and the Victorian Village Commission.
McGory has served on numerous land use, housing and growth-related committees and has written extensively on these subjects. Before starting The McGory Group, he served as government affairs director of the Building Industry Association of Central Ohio for 11 years. Prior to that he served as public information director for The Ohio Supreme Court. He earned a masters' degree in communications from Ohio University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the Ohio State University.
McGory’s community involvement included: Commissioner, the Ohio Public Works Commission; The United Way of Franklin County Housing Vision Council; Program Committee; Columbus Metropolitan Club; The Ohio State University Urban-Rural Land Use Committee; The City of Westerville Uptown Review Committee.
McGory also served on the Board of Directors for the Central Ohio Code Officials Association, the Franklin County Consolidated Plan Coordinating Committee, the Comprehensive Housing Assistance Strategy Committee, the City of Columbus Comprehensive Plan Technical Land Use Review Committee, the Development Committee of Central Ohio, the advisory committee for the director of the Ohio EPA among many others. He co-authored, Building from the Ground Up. McGory also served on the Ohio Home Builders Association's Board of Directors from 1996-99 and was a speaker at seven NAHB State and Local Government Affairs' conferences.
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