About Arthur J.
Arthur J. Southard is an attorney licensed to practice in Ohio who has been part of the Cincinnati legal community for more than a decade. He has combined bar membership and volunteer service in the region since his entry to the profession. His public record shows steady involvement with local and state bar groups as well as consistent pro bono work through a long-running referral program.
Southard earned his Juris Doctor from Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University, completing his degree in 2012. He attended law school in the years leading up to that graduation and entered the Ohio legal community soon after receiving his diploma. The law school is known locally for producing lawyers who go on to practice across the Ohio River region, and Southard’s path followed that regional pattern.
He became a member of both the Cincinnati Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association in 2012. Those memberships have remained current, and they place him in networks that serve lawyers practicing throughout the city and state. In 2014 he began volunteering as a referral lawyer with the Legal Aid of Cincinnati Volunteer Lawyers Project. That ongoing work connects him to low-income clients and to other attorneys who provide short-term, referral-based assistance.
Southard’s career reflects a blend of professional association membership and community-oriented volunteer service. The public information about his practice highlights sustained activity in Ohio courts and steady engagement with local legal institutions. He has maintained ties to the Cincinnati legal scene through both organized bar activities and direct pro bono referrals.
Colleagues and neighbors in the bar would describe a practitioner who balances routine membership obligations with periodic public-service work. His choice to continue volunteering through the Volunteer Lawyers Project since 2014 indicates a long-term interest in providing access to legal help for underserved residents of the area. That work complements the professional development and networking roles of his bar memberships.
As of 2026, Southard remains active in Ohio and continues to be listed as a member of the Cincinnati Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association. He continues his volunteer role in the Legal Aid of Cincinnati Volunteer Lawyers Project and practices law in Ohio, maintaining both membership activity and community referral work in his current practice focus.
