Cincinnati, OH – Paige Leigh Ellerman, attorney at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, has been appointed chair of the 2006 Benefactor Drive for the St. Elizabeth Medical Center Foundation. She currently serves as a member of the Foundation's Annual Support Committee. The Benefactor Drive is developed through the Annual Support Committee and is the Foundation's effort to attract 100 new donors each year.

Ellerman, an associate in the Litigation Department and of the Bankruptcy and Debtor/Creditor Rights Practice Group, received her undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky, graduating cum laude and obtained her law degree from Salmon P. Chase College of Law, graduating with magna cum laude honors. Ms. Ellerman served as editor in chief of the Northern Kentucky Law Review during law school, and is a graduate of the 2005 Leadership Northern Kentucky Program sponsored by the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.

Ellerman, a resident of Newport, Kentucky serves as the president elect of the Board of Governors of Salmon P. Chase College of Law Alumni Association and also serves as the National Administrative District Director for the Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity for Women, Inc. She is the immediate past president of The Yearlings, Inc. She also is a member of the firm's Professional Women's Resource Group and is an active member in both the Cincinnati Bar Association and Federal Bar Association. Ms. Ellerman was selected by Cincinnati Magazine as a 2005 and 2006 Super Lawyers Rising Star and was also selected as a 2006 Ohio Rising Star by Law & Politics and Cincinnati Magazine.

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has offices in Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton and Northern Kentucky. The firm provides a broad range of legal services to businesses and individuals, including litigation, corporate and business law, securities and municipal financing, tax and estate planning, labor and employment law, real estate and environmental, health care, intellectual property and unfair competition and antitrust law.