5 from northwest Ohio among Consumers Counsel applicants

2/1/2004

Five northwest Ohioans are among the 44 applicants for the open Ohio Consumers Counsel position.

The job - the state s utility consumer watchdog - pays up to $137,654 annually, and its duties include overseeing the roughly 75 employees and a $9 million annual budget.

Among the applicants are:

Kerry Bruce, of Toledo, who is a senior attorney in the city of Toledo s public utilities and law departments.

Richard J. Grega, of Toledo, who has a private law practice in Sylvania.

Charles R. Hall, Jr., of Fostoria, who is an associate lawyer with Leuthold & Leuthold in Tiffin.

William G. Jennings, of Toledo, who is a partner at the Jennings & Jennings law firm.

Wayne Wilson, of Toledo, who is a security hall monitor with Toledo Public Schools.