Familyâs $150K donation creates new ACH fund
Mar 15, 2021
A close-knit trio were Emilea, Melina and Klara Edenfield. After Melina lost her battle with a brain tumor, the two remaining sisters felt a void in their lives.
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CANFIELD Melina Michelle Edenfield was an energetic 4-year-old Canfield girl who on May 22, 2020, was diagnosed with a deadly brain tumor.
Her fight with diffuse midline glioma ended just 32 days later.
While her battle was brief, her family wanted to make sure it wasn’t in vain, so the Melina Michelle Edenfield Foundation was established. It recently made a gift of $150,000 to Akron Children’s Hospital to establish the Melina Michelle Edenfield Foundation Fund.
Jan 11, 2021
ATTY. RECEIVES WORKERS’ COMP DESIGNATION: Martin J. Boetcher, a partner at Youngstown-based Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell, Ltd., recently achieved board certification by the Ohio State Bar Association as a specialist in workers’ compensation law.
The specialist designation requires an advanced course of ongoing legal education, a rigorous written exam and favorable evaluations by other lawyers and judges, as well as measurable involvement in the specialty area.
Boetcher’s practice includes representing employers and companies involved in workers’ compensation and employment matters. He also represents companies, private and public organizations in other legal matters.
He has practiced law for more than 30 years with HHM and its predecessor firms. In addition to specializing in workers’ compensation law, he represents employers in many facets of employment dispute including civil lawsuits, wrongful discharge claims, retaliation claims, discrimination claims a