Combined organization serves five northeast Ohio counties.
The merger of The Legal Aid Society of Lorain County, Inc. and Ashtabula County Legal Aid Corp. with The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland results in a combined organization whose services are available to 250,000 eligible residents of Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake and Lorain counties. The organizations merged October 25, 2000. Mr. Gurbst is president of the new Cleveland Society. Much like a corporate merger, this consolidation will reduce inefficiencies and improve economies of scale. By reducing our administrative requirements, we can devote more resources to the delivery of legal services to a low-income population that is neither computer literate nor mobile in a society that is both.