Recipient: Community Service Award, Columbus Bar Association, 1990; Minority Business Advocate Award, Society National Bank, 1993; Presidential Citation, National Association for Equal Opportunity in High Education, 1999; Central State University Alumni Association Alumnus of the Year Award, 1999; Columbus Urban League Equal Opportunity Day Award of Excellence, 1998; The Ohio State University College of Law Alumni Community Service Award, 2002. Founder: Ransier & Ransier, Attorneys at Law, February, 1976. Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Panel Trustee, 1988—. Former President, City of Columbus Municipal Civil Service Commission. Former Member, Columbus City Council. Member and Former Chair, Board of Trustees, Central State University; Former Chair, Board of Unauthorized Practice of Law of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Former Law Director, Village of Urbancrest. Former Chair, Broad Brunson Condominium Association and Columbus Work. Former Trustee, Marbury Academy, Association for the Developmentally Disabled and The Legal Aid Society of Columbus. Former Assistant Attorney General, State of Ohio, Criminal Activities Section. Former Member, Bankruptcy Court Judicial Liaison Committee. Former Member, Bankruptcy Trustee Advisory Committee. Chair, Columbus College of Art and Design. Treasurer of the Franklin Park Conservatory Joint Recreation District; Member, The Ohio State University Hospitals East Board of Directors; Member, The Ohio State University Alumni Association Advisory Council. Panel of Arbitrators and Former Member, American Arbitration Association. Member: Board of Directors, KidsOhio.org; Chair, Experience Columbus.