University adds to legal staff

COLUMBUS – Virginia M. Trethewey, general counsel and executive assistant to the president, today announced the appointment of Anneliese Bohm as an associate legal counsel. Bohm, a native of Worthington, Ohio, replaces Steven J. McDonald, who left the university in June to become the general counsel at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence.

Trethewey said Bohm’s training in business and contract law will add to the university’s expertise in a key area.

“Every unit in the university has some involvement with contracts and multi-party transactions,” Trethewey said. “Anneliese’s experience will strengthen the services we can provide to colleges and support units.”

Bohm joins the university from Baker & Hostetler, where she had been an associate since 1999 in the areas of business, real estate and securities law. Her experience also includes work with the New York State Supreme Court.

At the university, Bohm will work on select contracts as well as administrative claims, and will provide legal counsel to University Libraries, the John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy, the Wexner Center for the Arts and the WOSU stations. She also will work with Purchasing and Traffic and Parking.

A 1999 graduate of the Fordham University School of Law, Bohm earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Bucknell University in 1995.

Bohm is a member of The Wellington School Board of Trustees and is chairperson of its alumni association. Additionally, she serves as a trustee to Opera Columbus and is a museum associate of the Columbus Museum of Art.