Steptoe & Johnson Names Marilyn McClure-Demers Office Managing Member for its Columbus Office

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Steptoe & Johnson PLLC has named Marilyn T. McClure-Demers the Managing Member of the firm’s Columbus office. In addition to maintaining her legal practice, McClure-Demers will oversee the strategic growth of the firm’s Ohio presence, the day-to-day operations of the office, and will continue to serve as Assistant General Counsel to the firm.

“We are focused on taking our Columbus office to the next level,” said Christopher L. Slaughter, CEO of Steptoe & Johnson. “We’re pleased to have Marilyn leading the Columbus office because we know she is up to the challenge. Her extensive experience supporting C-Suite clients across multiple industries and as a veteran general counsel, her extensive network, strategic and principled approach to leadership, and talent for developing people made her a great candidate. Many of us have known her for decades and trust her implicitly. She will bring a unique vision and great passion to the firm, this role and our clients.”

Slaughter also thanked Kevin West, outgoing leader of Steptoe & Johnson’s Columbus office, who was involved in recruiting McClure-Demers to the role. “Marilyn will build upon the good work done by her predecessor, Kevin West, who will continue his busy, high-level practice in energy litigation. We are thankful to Kevin for his exemplary service as our Columbus Office Managing Member.”

McClure-Demers joined Steptoe & Johnson in June after most recently serving as Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, a Fortune 100 company. She has decades of business and corporate leadership, significant trial, collective bargaining, transactional and business counseling experience, and has been widely recognized for her inclusive culture, humanitarian, and community work. She is passionate about her national and local community work and serves on the boards of several organizations. Among others, she is currently the Co-Chair of the Tiffany Circle National Council of the American Red Cross, the Board for the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law, serves on the board of Central Ohio American Red Cross and is the immediate past chair of the WVU Alumni Association Board of Directors. Marilyn was elected a Life Fellow by the American Bar Association Foundation, is an alumna of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellows program, and was previously named a Woman of Influence-Trailblazer by Columbus Business First. As Office Managing Member, Marilyn will continue to work to strengthen the firm’s presence in the local community and more broadly.

Steptoe & Johnson opened its Columbus office in 2007, which marked the beginning of the firm’s strategic growth outside of West Virginia. Since that time, the Firm has opened eleven additional offices and more than tripled in size.