Lester and Ruth Zittrain established the Zittrain Forums of Law, Government and Society at the bar foundation in 2000. Ruth Zittrain is a partner at Zittrain and Zittrain and is an active member of Pittsburgh's legal community. She has served as an elected member of the ACBA Board of Governors, and has served on various ACBA Committees.
In addition, she is a Charter Fellow of the bar foundation. Zittrain is an elected member of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County and a court-appointed Master for Arbitration Appeals in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Before he passed away in 2003, Lester Zittrain was a partner at Zittrain and Zittrain and was an active member of Pittsburgh's legal community. He was an elected member of the ACBA Board of Governors, served on various ACBA Committees, and was a Charter Fellow and trustee of the bar foundation.
This fund is instrumental in bringing to our community educational, topical, and informative programs, which will lead to a better understanding of the complex issues confronting our governmental and legal systems and how best to deal with these issues.
Exciting upcoming October event - Inaugural Zittrain Forums presents: Hot Topics Debate on the Upcoming 2008 Presidential Election.
Bar foundation receives largest bequest ever from Lester E. Zittrain
