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              Lee Fisher

 

Lee Fisher

Lee and his Family-Early Years

Lee Fisher’s Ohio roots run deep. The grandson of Eastern European immigrants who moved to Ohio in search of the American dream, Lee was raised in Cleveland by Stan and Elaine “Boots” Fisher. Lee’s grandparents on his dad’s side settled in the small town of New Philadelphia, Ohio and opened a small women’s dress shop. Growing up, Lee and his sisters and brother spent every summer in New Philly. Lee’s great-grandfather on his mother’s side was an immigrant sheet-metal worker from Russia who later went into the business of converting furnaces into air conditioners.

Lee’s interest in public service stems back to dinner table discussions with his family about ways to make a difference in the community. His father Stan grew up in New Philly, played football at New Philadelphia High School under a coach by the name of Woody Hayes, and proudly served his country in the Army, stationed in Japan, before returning to the U.S. to become an attorney. Elaine Fisher, Lee’s mother, was an avid reader who took out a book from the public library every two weeks for 30 years, and a loving homemaker, who dedicated her life to raising Lee, his sisters, Barbara and Susie, and brother, Richard.

EDUCATION

Lee learned early on the value of a good education and the necessity of hard work from the values and ideals his parents instilled in him. He attended primary and secondary public schools in Shaker Heights, a streetcar suburb of Cleveland. After high school, Lee attended car accident during a camping trip to Idaho. It was unclear whether Lee would live or ever walk again, but after three months in recovery, Lee was healthy and able to return to Ohio. This crisis, coupled with his mother’s later battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, made Lee determined to never give up the struggle for every American to have health care.

PUBLIC SERVICE

    

Following law school, Lee married Peggy Zone of Cleveland, a graduate of The Ohio State University and the daughter of the late Mary and Michael Zone, both longtime public servants in Cleveland.

Soon after their wedding day, Peggy and Lee were walking door to door and making phone calls on behalf of Lee’s first campaign for the Ohio legislature. As a newly elected State Representative, Lee was voted by his legislative colleagues and the Statehouse press corps as Ohio’s Outstanding Freshman Legislator. More important to Lee, though, were his efforts to balance his career in public service with the needs of his family. It was during Lee’s second term in the legislature that he and Peggy’s first child, Jason, was born.

During Peggy’s pregnancy, she and Lee saw a TV show about the disappearance of a little boy in Florida named Adam Walsh. Lee was disturbed to learn that Ohio had a better system for tracking missing cars than missing children. So he worked closely with John Walsh, Adam’s father, to write Ohio’s Missing Children law, which helps to prevent kidnappings and find missing children.

During his years in the legislature, Lee earned a reputation as a hardworking, effective author of sound laws, including the Missing Children Law; the Hate Crime Law; the Crime Victims Assistance Law; the Hospice Licensure Law; and the Child Safety Seat Law. He also led the legislative fight to secure critical funding for Ohio legal aid services.

After 10 years in the state legislature, Lee decided his commitment to creating positive change for Ohioans could best be fulfilled as our state’s attorney general. Lee was elected as Ohio Attorney General in 1990. The next year, he and Peggy welcomed their second child, Jessica, to the family.

During his four years as attorney general, Lee created the national award-winning Operation Crackdown program, shutting down hundreds of dangerous drug houses throughout Ohio. He also established the first-ever statewide law enforcement and crime victim conferences, which are now annual traditions in Ohio’s law enforcement community. Lee successfully defended the constitutionality of the Ohio Hate Crime law before the Ohio Supreme Court (the same law he authored as a State Senator years earlier). The Columbus Dispatch described Lee as an “innovative crime fighter.”

Lee later led the Center for Families and Children in Cleveland, one of the largest human service organizations in Ohio. Leading a team of over 300 professionals, Lee focused on child care and early childhood education, after school programs for youth at risk, a nationally recognized fathering program, and mental health services. He founded and co-chaired the Mental Health Advocacy Coalition and received the Nonprofit Executive of the Year Award and the Visionary Innovation in Business Award from Smart Business Magazine for his innovative and entrepreneurial leadership of the Center for Families and Children.

A NEW FIGHT

When Ted Strickland asked Lee to run as his running mate in 2006, Ohio was just beginning to feel the effects of the Bush Administration’s misguided trade policies, failed economic program, and disastrous fiscal stewardship that ran up our national debt and cost thousands of Ohioans their jobs. Lee wasn’t willing to sit on the sidelines while hardworking Ohioans suffered in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

As our Lieutenant Governor and Director of the Ohio Department of Development for the first two years of the Strickland-Fisher administration, Lee has worked tirelessly alongside Governor Ted Strickland, to retain, attract, and create jobs to grow Ohio’s economy.

Whether it’s as a father, husband, teacher, children’s advocate, champion for social justice and human and civil rights, Ohio’s chief law enforcement officer, or Ohio’s chief economic development leader, Lee has devoted the past 29 years to getting real results, finding real solutions, and making a real difference in the lives of people throughout Ohio. He now wants to bring those years of experience in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, of making change happen and getting real results to Washington where he can fight for a better future for all Ohioans.

LEE’S FAMILY

        

Lee and Peggy live in Shaker Heights. Their oldest child, Jason, is a documentary filmmaker and a graduate of Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications. Their daughter Jessica is a freshman at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio.

Accomplished and successful in her own right, Peggy was the President and CEO of Zone Travel for 30 years; she sold her business in 2005 and now leads The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio, a human relations organization that advances diversity, challenges assumptions and advocates for understanding through education and training.

Peggy’s business and community leadership was recognized nationally when President Clinton appointed her as one of 11 national Commissioners of the White House Conference on Small Business, and the only Commissioner from Ohio. As a U.S. Small Business Commissioner, Peggy traveled the country convening forums with business leaders about small business issues. The Women Business Owners Association honored her as one of the “Top 20 Women Business Owners in Northeast Ohio” and she received the YWCA Woman of Achievement Award. Peggy was a delegate to the first-ever White House Conference on AIDS, and was honored by the AIDS Task Force of Greater Cleveland for her more than a decade of leadership on AIDS issues.

Peggy currently serves on the Board of the Cleveland Clinic Western Regional Hospital, Neighborhood Progress, Inc., and the Community West Foundation.

 

For more information on Lee fisher go to  http://www.fisherforohio.com/

Governor/ LT. Governor

About Ted Strickland

    

The son of a steelworker and the eighth of nine children, Ted Strickland was born on August 4, 1941 in Lucasville, Ohio. Like many sons of Southeast Ohio,Ted never imagined that he’d be able to go to college until a high school teacher took him on a trip to the Asbury College and Theological Seminary in Kentucky. It was a visit that changed his life. Ted became the only child in his family to go on to college and has since earned two masters degrees and a PhD.

He has served as an ordained Methodist minister, a psychologist, a college professor, a member of Congress and now governor of Ohio. In 1987, Ted married Frances Smith and the couple soon settled in Southern Ohio.

Elected to Congress in 1992, Ted has represented twenty Ohio counties stretching from the Cincinnati suburbs to the suburbs of Youngstown. In Congress, he helped co-author CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program), a federal initiative that provides health insurance to millions of children nationwide.

As governor, he has continued to stand up for Ohio families. He’s passed legislation guaranteeing health care access for all Ohio children, and he's working to make that happen. He signed a 1.57 billion dollar stimulus package aimed at creating tens of thousands of new jobs in rebuilding Ohio communities, producing advanced energy and spurring life-saving medical research. And he also introduced and signed legislation that mandates that 25 percent of all Ohio’s electricity use come from advanced energy sources by 2025 – which will make Ohio the 3rd largest user of renewable energy in the nation.

He has passed two balanced budgets, without raising taxes. And, in July 2009, he signed a new education reform bill that makes Ohio's funding system constitutional, and reforms the way our schools teach in order to prepare Ohio young people for the new kinds of jobs our economy is creating.  

Yvette Brown

   

Yvette McGee Brown is the current and founding president of the Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children's Hospital, a former Franklin County Common Pleas Court judge, and an active, respected leader in the central Ohio community.

A lifelong resident of Columbus, Yvette was born to a teenage mother who worked two jobs to provide for her children. As a child, Yvette’s mother and grandmother instilled in her the importance of education, and the conviction that it doesn’t matter where you start -- but it matters where you finish.

Yvette attended Ohio University and graduated with a degree in journalism/public relations. As Yvette continued her education at the Ohio State University law school, her mother put herself through college at the same time. Yvette’s mother stood as an inspiration to her and a testament to the importance of education that she taught Yvette as a child.

After earning her law degree Yvette turned to public service, recognizing the incredible opportunities that she had been given and hoping to help other Ohioans realize their potential.

Yvette served as a judge in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Division of Domestic Relations and Juvenile Court, from 1993 to 2002. She was the first African-American and the second woman to be elected to the court.

In 2002, Yvette retired from the Franklin County Common Pleas Court to create the Center for Child and Family Advocacy. The Center is a multi-disciplinary child abuse and family violence program that co-locates prevention, assessment, treatment, research, advocacy and education services for children and families experiencing abuse.

As a common pleas judge, Yvette saw that children coming before her court saw no future for themselves and turned to crime. The Center would help expand opportunities for children uncertain of where to turn for help or direction.

At Nationwide Children's Hospital, Yvette leads a team of child abuse, medical, and behavioral health professionals in a program that has become a national model for integration of multi-disciplinary services.

Yvette serves on the boards of Ohio University, The Ohio State University Medical Center, the Columbus Academy, the Community Shelter Board, M/I Homes, Inc. and Fifth Third Bank of Central Ohio.

In 2008, Yvette was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame. Among her honors, Yvette has received the YWCA Woman of Achievement Award and several honors from Ohio University and the Ohio State University.

Yvette is married to Tony Brown, an inspiring special education teacher. They have three children.

An Ohioan who has taken full advantage of the opportunities she was given and has devoted her life to helping others, Yvette believes that state government is an important next step in her commitment to public service.

In Yvette, Ohio will find a tireless advocate for its families and children. Together, Ted and Yvette have the vision to invest in our future, because Ohio needs leadership that believes in Ohio.

Attorney General

 
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Attorney General Cordray is a tireless advocate for Ohio families, serving with professionalism and compassion. Click on a topic below to learn more about Rich:
 
 

Richard Cordray: A Life of Service

pic_family.jpgRichard Cordray is truly a "Son of Ohio." Born and raised in the small town of Grove City, Rich and his wife Peggy, along with their twins, Danny and Holly, now live very close to his childhood home.

The bedrock of his beliefs is the intersection of public service and education: he enjoys talking about his job to schoolchildren as much as they enjoy asking about his experience as a five-time undefeated Jeopardy champion. Rich remains in touch with many of his schoolteachers, who were powerful and positive influences in his life and critical to the college scholarships he later earned.

Cordray's mother, a teacher and social worker, and his father, who worked with the developmentally disabled population his entire career, taught him to respect and be grateful for others who work in the public sector to improve the quality of life for others. His parents instilled in him a strong sense of determination and honesty, and he brings these values to every aspect of his work as Attorney General.

The values and principles that he learned as a child soon translated into a desire to help those in need, as well as the community at large; a career of advocating for just causes and serving the public was a natural fit. The Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation selected Cordray for its highest recognition, the Presidential Award, in 2003, after he worked pro bono for years on Supreme Court litigation that ultimately saved legal aid funding nationwide. The Human Rights Campaign named him as Humanitarian of the Year in 2000 for his work promoting tolerance and understanding in our communities.

His unmatched credibility in the courtroom, record as an award-winning manager, proven civic leadership, and advocacy at the highest levels for those with the least are hallmarks of Richard Cordray's service as Attorney General for the people of Ohio.

Richard Cordray: Protecting Ohioans

pic_protect.jpgThe position of Attorney General is commonly referred to as "the people's lawyer", with good cause. As the top law enforcement and legal official of the state, the Attorney General plays a key role in enforcing the law and protecting our communities.

Attorney General Cordray takes his duty of representing the best interest of all Ohioans with the utmost seriousness. Together with his staff of highly trained professionals, he works every day to protect the people of Ohio from greed and crime in its many forms.

Richard Cordray began his role as a protector of Ohioans many years before he took office as Attorney General; indeed, his entire legal and public service career was built on the principle of using the law as a means to improve the lives of his fellow citizens.

As a State Representative, Cordray enacted legislation to toughen Ohio's criminal laws, including the creation of new statutes to protect people from stalking, reform death penalty jury selection, and facilitate undercover sting operations, as well as measures to improve apprehension, fingerprinting, and photographing of juvenile suspects.

On behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice, Cordray successfully defended law enforcement and national security officers in precedent-setting cases that protect officers who perform their duties in good faith from the risk of bankruptcy or personal hardship to defend themselves if they are sued for doing their jobs.

Richard Cordray's longstanding background of protecting the public by improving our laws and enforcing them with vigor and compassion have helped to prepare him for the work he is now doing to protect Ohioans on a daily basis.

Richard Cordray: Unmatched Qualifications

Richard Cordray's qualifications to serve as Ohio Attorney General are simply unmatched.

Cordray's unique legal background makes him an ideal fit for the complicated and wide-ranging duties of this office. He received his Master's degree in Economics from Oxford University with first-class honors before graduating from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. He served as the first Solicitor General in the Ohio Attorney General's office from 1993 to 1994, taught for thirteen years at The Ohio State University College of Law, and practiced law for two decades in government, private firms, and sole proprietorship. He also had the rare distinction of serving as law clerk for two U.S. Supreme Court Justices, and in the years since he has personally argued seven cases before our nation's highest court of law.

When Cordray was elected Attorney General in 2008, earning more votes than any Democrat had ever received for statewide office in Ohio, he brought with him the administrative and financial experience of having served as the Treasurer of Ohio, a job in which he managed all state banking and oversaw an $18 billion investment portfolio. Others took note of his professionalism: the U.S. Small Business Administration named him as a Financial Services Champion for his work supporting small businesses, and NeighborWorks America selected him for its Government Service Award for state officials for his work on foreclosure prevention. Cordray had previously served as the Treasurer of Franklin County, Ohio's second-largest county, where he was named as the "County Leader of the Year" nationally by American City & County Magazine in 2005.

Cordray has not only defended, enforced, studied, and taught the law - he also made laws as a State Representative from 1991 to 1993, granting him valuable legislative experience and insight.

From all these experiences, Attorney General Cordray understands very well how the thoughtful and effective enforcement of Ohio law affects our state's residents, and how the law can be used as a tool to help protect them and improve their lives.

Lean more at   www.cordrayforohio.com


Secretary of State

 

MARYELLEN O'SHAUGHNESSY'S BIOGRAPHY

 The daughter of two World War II veterans, Maryellen O'Shaughnessy comes from a long line of public servants. From the time her great-grandfather first ran for office in 1910, members of the O'Shaughnessy family have served in a variety of elected roles from the state legislature to the Columbus City Council. Her father was a state senator.

O'Shaughnessy currently serves as Clerk of Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. In this position, she oversees a vast system of county records, as well as a staff of 231 and a budget of $12.5 million. She has improved turnaround time for document processing and provided more responsive services. She has also boosted transparency in that office by ensuring that court documents are quickly available online for public viewing.

Prior to serving as Clerk, O'Shaughnessy was elected three times as a Columbus City Council Member, representing the 15th largest city in the nation. She was committed to providing excellent constituent services, listening to neighborhood concerns and providing the resources necessary to keep her community thriving. Serving as the Columbus City Council's Labor Liaison, O'Shaughnessy wrote legislation that required the city's training, good benefits, and base wages.

As Chair of the Public Service and Transportation Committee on the Columbus City Council, O'Shaughnessy worked to restore "Complete Streets" to the city's transportation grid, advocating comprehensive sidewalk policies, safe bikeways and better public transit options. As former chair of the Utilities Committee and chair of the Development Committee, she worked toward better, more sustainable growth policies, including the city's "21st Century Growth Strategy."

Maryellen is running for Secretary of State because she is passionate about our democracy and wants Ohio to continue to have free, open, and fair elections. As Ohio's next Secretary of State, she will advocate greater participation and more civic awareness. She will push to make it easy for Ohioans to register to vote by allowing applicants for driver's licenses and social services to be provided assured voter registration, unless they opt out, and promote changes to make it possible for citizens to securely register to vote on the Internet. She will also enhance programs targeted at increasing voter participation among Ohioans of all ages, particularly young people.

O'Shaughnessy is a fifth-generation resident of central Ohio and a fourth-generation funeral director and owner of O'Shaughnessy Company Funeral Directors, which was established in 1889. O'Shaughnessy is a graduate of Bishop Watterson High School, and received a B.A. in Journalism from The Ohio State University. O’Shaughnessy is active in her church and is a past recipient of the Diocesan Service Award.

In her spare time, O’Shaughnessy enjoys many sports and outdoor activities. She lives in the O'Shaughnessy family's ancestral neighborhood of Victorian Village with her son, Colin, and dog Fly.

To learn more about Mary Ellen O'Shaughnessy go to:   www.maryellenforohio.com

Ohio State Auditor

David Pepper

Track Record: Fiscal Responsibility, Job Creation, Reform

David Pepper has a track record of stepping up to bring common sense, responsible leadership at tough times.

David made his first run for political office at 29 years’ old (in 2001), and finished first out of a field of 26 candidates for Cincinnati City Council.  It was the first time a newcomer finished first in almost 40 years.  David ran for reelection in 2003, again finishing first by an even larger margin over a field of 26 candidates.  He won both traditionally Democratic and Republican wards across the City.

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David arrived at City Council shortly after the Cincinnati riots (Dec. 2001), and at a time of deep concern among citizens of Cincinnati.  Over the next four years, he helped lead the way to reform city hall, heal police-community relations, add officers to the street, reinvigorate economic development downtown and in other parts of the City, and lower property tax rates.  His final year on Council marked the first increase in the City’s population in decades.

In 2006, David challenged Hamilton County Commission President (and former Lt. Gov candidate) Phil Heimlich in 2006, after the County’s direction reached a low point under the Heimlich-DeWine majority.  By winning numerous cross-over voters, and winning outright in some traditionally Republican areas, David (53%) was the leading Democratic vote getter of all the Democrats (statewide) on the County ballot.  David’s win marked the first time Democrats have held the County majority in 40 years.

Taking office in January 2007, David arrived at a County government that had been badly mismanaged—a squandered reserve fund, wasteful spending, questionable ethics and management practices, poor relations with the state and City, and underinvested and unsuccessful economic development.  Since he arrived, David has fought to clean up the mess: adding fiscally prudent policies and reforms to assure responsibility and accountability while eliminating waste and reducing overall spending by tens of millions of dollars; implementing ethics reforms; improving relations with the city and state; pushing to reform the criminal justice system; and investing in new economic growth and recovery strategies, creating thousands of jobs and successfully moving forward on the Banks project to revitalize Ohio and Cincinnati’s riverfront.

Other Biographical Information

Since 2000, David, 38, has also served as an attorney in the Cincinnati office of the law firm of Squire Sanders & Dempsey, where he concentrates his practice on appellate litigation. From 1999-2000, he clerked for Judge Nathaniel Jones on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati.

For more information go to:  http://www.davidpepper.com/

 

David graduated from Cincinnati Country Day in 1989 and earned his B. A. magna cum laude from Yale University in 1993, where he was Phi Beta Kappa and served as Managing Editor of the Yale Daily News. David earned his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1999, where he won several school-wide awards for his written work and was a published law review author three times

David is a fifth-generation Cincinnatian, coming from a family with a long tradition of public service to the community and with roots throughout the region. 

Ohio Treasurer

About Kevin L. Boyce

 

     


The Honorable Kevin L. Boyce was sworn in as the 47th Treasurer of the State of Ohio on January 7, 2009, in a ceremony conducted by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland. Boyce was raised in Columbus by his mother and his grandmother. They taught him that hard work and responsibility create opportunities to succeed in life. These lessons are the foundation for Boyce’s social and political philosophy. His family helped him develop an understanding of the importance of community service and, even more importantly, the belief that each of us has a role in making tomorrow better than today. Boyce sees his role as Ohio Treasurer of State as an opportunity to make a bigger impact than ever before—giving Ohioans the support and resources they need to make informed, confident AAA Bond Rating from all three major bond rating agencies. During his tenure on Council, Boyce established a record of fiscal integrity, performance based budget practices, and oversaw the adoption of the city’s $1.3 billion dollar annual budget. This includes a capital budget of nearly $400 million dollars for roadways, neighborhood development, and infrastructure improvements. He also founded the Columbus Youth Commission, significantly expanded parkland and greenways, advocated for stronger civil rights laws, and championed job creation strategies that led to the creation or retention of over 20,000 jobs in central Ohio.

In addition to Columbus city council, Boyce served as Executive Director of KnowledgeWorks Ohio -- a non-profit organization created with the mission of improving Ohio’s school systems through public development and advocacy. During his tenure at KnowledgeWorks Boyce was a part of a team that invested over $100 million dollars in Ohio’s public school systems. The team implemented cutting edge education models such as Project GRAD, Small Schools, and Early College. Boyce served as Chief of Staff for the Ohio House of Representatives’ Democratic Caucus under Minority Leader Jack Ford, was Executive Director of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus, and directed youth programs in the City of Toledo under Mayor Carleton Finkbeiner.

Boyce has received many awards and honors, some of which include: Ebony Magazine’s National Award "30 Leaders Under 30"; the 2009 Myrl H. Shoemaker Award for integrity and dedication in public service; the National Council of Negro Women’s Community Service Award; selected to participate in the American Swiss Foundation’s 20th Annual Young Leaders Conference; the Outstanding Role Model Award from the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity; the Outstanding Public Service Award from the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity; the Outstanding Service Award from the Franklin County Democratic Party; University of Toledo Award for Outstanding Professionalism and Community Contributions; served as a delegate to the 2004 and 2008 Democratic National Conventions; selected as one of the United States Delegates to South Africa for the American Council of Young Political Leaders; and was honored in 2009 by Wilberforce University with an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree for his distinguished career in public service, commitment to community, and dedication to higher education. In addition, Boyce has been recog- nized by the State of Israel for his leadership and support of Israel Bonds.

Boyce earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the University of Toledo and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Central Michigan University. He is an active member of the historic St. Paul AME Church in Columbus, where he serves as a steward and is an active participant in activities for youth and young adults. Boyce and his wife Crystal have two sons, and reside in Columbus, Ohio.  

Ohio Senate, District 17

Justin Fallon

 

Information to provided soon.

Congress, District 3

Mark MacNealy

Information to follow soon.

Chief Justice of Ohio Supreme Court

  
 
 

Mary Jane Trapp

Judge Mary Jane Trapp is recognized for her distinguished legal knowledge and experience. J

udge Trapp has 25 years in trial and appellate practice and is a leader at the state and national level on issues of administration of justice and legal reform. Judge Trapp served for six years on the Ohio Supreme Court Rules Advisory Committee and its appellate rules subcommittee and now serves as the designee of the Ohio Courts of Appeals Judges Association on the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure. Judge Trapp is the past President of the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA), and served as the OSBA delegate to the American Bar Association House of Delegates. She now serves in that deliberative body as the delegate from the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. She is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a Life Fellow of the Ohio State Bar Foundation. She is a Life Member, Judicial Conference of the Eighth Judicial District and received the 2009 Founders’ Award from the Ohio Women’s Bar Association.

Judge Mary Jane Trapp has a proven track record of serving families and has been focused on protecting children and families throughout her application of substantive and procedural law to the particular facts of each case in a timely manner. Judge Trapp is committed to promoting public outreach to foster greater confidence in the judicial system by greater public understanding of the law and the role of judges.

We need Judge Trapp's proven experience serving Ohioans on the Ohio Supreme Court.

 

 EDUCATION

    Case Western Reserve University, School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio

  • J.D., January 1981
  • Ohio Women in Law Journal, Editor, 1979-1980


    Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts

  • A.B., cum laude, May 1978
  • Honors Thesis in Political Science – “The Pluralist Model of the American Political Process and Women’s Interest Groups”
  • Outstanding Student Leader, 1978
  • College Democrats, Chair, 1976-1977
  • People Concerned about Women in the Law, Coordinator, 1976-1977
  • Blue Key Campus Guide
  • Glee Club
  • Coro Mount Holyoke Choral Touring Group


    Columbus School for Girls, Columbus, Ohio

  • College Preparatory Curriculum,  May 1974
  • Presidential Classroom for Young Americans, Appointed Representative, Washington D.C., 1974
  • Mary Jane Rodabaugh History Award, 1974


LICENSURE

  • Supreme Court of Ohio, May 1981
  • United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, May 1981
  • United States Supreme Court, June 1987


JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

    Eleventh District Court of Appeals of Judge, term commencing February 10, 2007

  • Administrative Judge, 2008-2009
  • Presiding and Administrative Judge, 2008-present


SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS

    Supreme Court of Ohio Judicial Appointments

  • State v. Harrison, 122 Ohio St. 3d 512, 2009-Ohio-3547 

    Appellate District Judicial Appointments             

  • Eighth District Court of Appeals, 2009
  • Seventh District Court of Appeals, 2009


    Special Appointments

  • Supreme Court of Ohio on Commission on Continuing Legal Education, Hearing Officer, In re Notice of Noncompliance 2007 Reporting Year Augustus Francis O’Neil, Case No. CCLE APP 2007-21157, 2007
  • Five Panel Judge Commission, Panelist, In re Judicial Campaign Against Fred Beery, Supreme Court Case No. 2008-2235, 2009


OPINIONS SELECTED FOR PUBLICATION

  • Davis v. Killing, 171 Ohio App.3d 400, 2007-Ohio-2303
  • Burnett v. Motorists Mutual Insurance Co., 172 Ohio App.3d 455, 2007-Ohio-1639
  • Simeone v. Girard City Bd. of Education, 171 Ohio App.3d 633, 2007-Ohio-1775
  • Trans Rail Am. Inc., v. Hubbard Twp., 172 Ohio App.3d 499, 2007-Ohio-3478
  • Manley v. Heather Hill, 175 Ohio App.3d 155, 2007-Ohio-6944
  • State v. Andrews, 177 Ohio App.3d 593, 2008-Ohio-3993
  • Am. Fedn. & Mun. Emples. Local # 74 v. City of Warren, 177 Ohio App.3d 530, 2008-Ohio-3905
  • Vogias v. Ohio Farmers Ins. Co., 177 Ohio App.3d 391, 2008-Ohio-3605
  • Thompson v. Smith, 178 Ohio App.3d 656, 2008-Ohio-5532
  • McWreath v. Ross, 179 Ohio App.3d 227, 2008-Ohio-5855

 


JUDICIAL PUBLICATIONS

  • “A Lawyer’s Duty of Safekeeping Funds Goes Beyond IOLTA,” Lake Legal Views, Lake County Bar Association, November 2009
  • “Use of Social Networking Tools in the Courtroom: Tweeting and Texting; Trouble or Twaddle,” Ipso Jure, Geauga County Bar Association, Vol. 29, Number 5, November 2009
  • “More Procedural Rule Changes are in the Pipeline,” Ipso Jure, Geauga County Bar Association, Vol. 28, No. 6, December 2008
  • “It’s All About the Record,” Ipso Jure, Geauga County Bar Association, Vol. 28, No. 4, July 2008
  • “A Review of the Curmudgeon’s Guide to Practicing Law,” Ipso Jure, Geauga County Bar Association, Vol. 28, No. 3, May 2008
  • “Call to Action – Pro Bono,”  Ipso Jure, Geauga County Bar Association, Vol. 28, No. 1, January 2008
  • “What to do About Fido & Friskie?” Ipso Jure, Geauga County Bar Association, Vol. 27, No. 3, June 2007
  • “Juror Privacy and the First Amendment,” Lake Legal Views, Lake County Bar Association, April 2007

 


JUDICIAL LECTURES

  • "Women in Law and Politics", American Association of University Women, N.E. Ohio, February 6, 2010
     
  • “What Appellate Court Judges Want You to Know,” National Business Institute, October 23, 2009
  • “The Least Understood Branch,”  Lake County Democratic Women’s Club, September 26, 2009
  • “The Least Understood Branch,” Geauga County Democratic Women’s Caucus,  April 8, 2009
  • “Appellate Advocacy Seminar,” Lorman Education Services, March 12, 2009
  • “Technology and Theory of Appellate Opinion Writing,” Eleventh Appellate District Attorney CLE,  October 31, 2008
  • “The Least Understood Branch,”  Ohio League of Women Voters, Trumbull County, May 17, 2008
  • “Appellate Seminar,” Ohio State Bar Association 2008 Annual Convention, May 16, 2008
  • “The Least Understood Branch,”  Jefferson High School, Ashtabula County, Ohio, March 18, 2008
  • “Appellate Brief Writing and Oral Argument,” Ohio State Bar Association, District 18 CLE Presentation, October 16, 2007


ATTORNEY EXPERIENCE

    My career as a practicing attorney spanned a wide range of notable experiences, from serving as lead counsel in at least 25 major appellate cases and 30 major jury trials, to being certified as co-counsel in capital cases.  In addition to the seminal cases of my career, I have had the opportunity to serve as counsel in over 100 arbitrations, small civil and criminal bench trials, at all levels of state court, including the Supreme Court of Ohio, common pleas and municipal courts, the Court of Claims; as well as being appointed by probate courts as counsel in civil commitment hearings including probable cause and full hearings.  Most notably, I served as mediator, arbitrator, and as a guardian ad litem for children for the domestic relations court. On the federal level, I have had the opportunity to practice in the federal courts of Ohio and Pennsylvania.  I also had the opportunity to practice before both state and federal administrative agencies.  In addition to “lawyering,” a major aspect of my professional life included active participation in community service as a bar association leader and volunteer at a local, state, and national level.


EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

  • Apicella & Trapp, Cleveland, Ohio, Managing Partner, 1986-2007

    General Civil and Criminal Trial and Appellate Practice with an emphasis on tort, child custody, and probate litigation.  Martindale Hubbell “AV” Attorney Rating.  Martindale Hubbell “AV” Firm Rating

  • City of Cleveland Heights, Police Department, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Civil Service Interviewer2002-2006
  • Trapp Family Real Estate Business, Columbus, Ohio, Commercial Real Estate Development Counsel, 1990-2003
  • Stein, Trapp, & Associates, Cleveland Ohio, Partner, 1981-1986

    General Practice of Law - including areas of civil, criminal, bankruptcy, and probate law.

  • Krause, Klein, & Associates, Cleveland, Ohio, Associate1981

            General Practice of Law – including areas of civil, criminal, and probate law

  • Krause, Klein, & Associates, Cleveland, Ohio, Law Clerk1979 -1981
  • Cleveland Bar Association, Cleveland, Ohio,  Petition Circulator, Summer, 1979
  • Westview Swim Club, Columbus, Ohio, Manager and Water Safety Instructor, Summer1976, 1977, and 1978Lifeguard, Summer, 1974
  • National Women’s Political Caucus, Washington D.C., Intern, Spring, 1977
  • Ohio Supreme Court Law Library, Columbus, Ohio, InternSummer, 1975
  • Franklin County Common Pleas Court, Assignment Commissioner’s Office, Columbus, Ohio, Intern, May 1974


ATTORNEY PUBLICATIONS

  • “Civil Rules and Trial Practice” Book Chapter, Family Law Practice in Ohio, (Law Practice Handbook, Inc. 1996)

   Numerous articles for various state and local bar association publications, including:

  • Ohio Lawyer, Ohio State Bar Association
  • Ipso Jure, Geauga County Bar Association, President, 2006
  • Toledo Women’s Bar Association Newsletter, Toledo Bar Association
  • Law & Fact, Cuyahoga County Bar Association
  • “Borrower Beware:  Lesson Learned from Groob v. KeyBank,” Ipso Jure, Geauga County Bar Association, Vol. 26, No.3, June 2006
  • “A Major Change for Minors’ UM/UIM Claims – Sarmiento v. Grange Mutual Casualty Co. and Ohio’s Tolling Statute,”  Ipso Jure, Geauga County Bar Association, Vol. 26, No. 1, February 2006
  • “New Professional Conduct Rules Rolled Out by the Supreme Court,” Ipso Jure, Geauga County Bar Association, Vol. 25, No. 5, December 2005
  • “Private Judges:  Efficient ADR or Creation of a Two-tiered System of Justice System?” Ipso Jure, Geauga County Bar Association, Vol. 25, Nov. 4, October 2005
  • “Proposed Fifty Hour Pro Bono Rule Passed by OSBA Council of Delegates,” Ipso Jure, Geauga County Bar Association, Vol. 25, No. 2, June 2005
  • “Looking Ahead to 2014: Charting the Course of the Justice System and the Legal Profession for the Next Ten Years,” Ipso Jure, Geauga County Bar Association, Vol. 24, No. 4, December 2004
  • “Workers’ Compensation and the Unauthorized Practice of Law – Setting the Record Straight,” Ipso Jure, Geauga County Bar Association, Vol. 24, No. 3, June 2004
  • “Off-shoring  Comes to the Legal Profession,” Ipso Jure, Geauga County Bar Association, Vol. 24, No. 2, April 2004
  • “Taking Back Our Profession,” Ipso Jure, Geauga County Bar Association, Vol. 24, No.1, February 2004


ATTORNEY LECTURES

  • Ethics and Professionalism
  • The Civil Rules
  • The Rules of Evidence
  • Trial Practice for Women Lawyers
  • Nursing Home Negligence
  • Living Wills and Durable Powers of Attorney for Health Care
  • The Unauthorized Practice of Law
  • Judicial Selection

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS


SUPREME COURT OF OHIO APPOINTMENTS

  • Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 2009-present
  • Supreme Court of Ohio Task Force to Review the Ohio Disciplinary System, 2009-present
  • Supreme Court of Ohio Professionalism Commission, 2008
  • Supreme Court of Ohio CLE Commission, 2005-2008
  • Supreme Court of Ohio Committee on Technology – Member of Subcommittee on Privacy and Technology, Appellate Work Group2002-2005
  • Supreme Court of Ohio Rules Advisory Committee – Member of Appellate Rules Subcommittee1997-2000
  • Supreme Court of Ohio Records Management Task Force, 1995-1997
  • Supreme Court of Ohio Unauthorized Practice of Law Task Force, 1990-1994
  • Supreme Court of Ohio Board of Commissioners on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, 1986-1989

 


NATIONAL POSITIONS AND ACTIVITIES

  • American Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
  • ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition, National Brief Judge, 2009
  • American Bar Association House of Delegates, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Delegate 2008-present
  • American Bar Association House of Delegates, Ohio State Bar Association Delegate 2002-2008
  • National Conference of Bar Presidents, Membership Committee, Member 2001-2006
  • American Bar Association, Member, 1981-present


OHIO JUDICIAL CONFERENCE

  • Ohio Jury Instructions, Board of Editors, 2008 - present
  • Civil Law and Procedure Committee, Member, 2007 - present
  • Ohio Court of Appeals Judges’ Association, Member 2007 - present
  • Civil Law and Procedure Committee, Attorney Liaison Representative, 1995-1997


STATE POSITIONS AND ACTIVITIES

  • Ohio State Bar Association, President,  2001-2002
  • Ohio State Bar Association, Board of Governors 2000-2003; 1995-1998
  • Ohio State Bar Association Special Committee to Review Gender Fairness Task Force Report, 2008 - present
  • Ohio State Bar Association Judicial Administration and Legal Reform Committee, Chair 1993-1995; 2007-2009; Member1988- present
  • Ohio State Bar Association Council of Delegates, Member1986- present
  • Ohio State Bar Association, Women in the Profession, Board of Governors, 1999-2008
  • Ohio State Bar Association Foundation, Life Fellow and Trustee 1999-2002
  • Ohio State Bar Association, Advertising Task Force and Tort Reform Special Committee
  • House Counsel Task Force, Chair, 2002
  • Ohio Printing Company, Director 2000-2003
  • Ohio Bar Liability Insurance Company, Director
  • Ohio State Bar Association Diversity and theProfession Steering Committee, Chair, 2000-2001
  • Ohio CLE Institute, Trustee, 1995-1998; Treasurer1997-1998; Chair, 1999


LOCAL AND SPECIALITY BAR ASSOCIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Mentor 2004-present
  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Judge for National Moot Court and Introduction for First Year Students 2008-present
  • Cleveland State University School of Law, Mentor, 2004-present
  • Geauga County Bar Association Community Service and Public Relations Committee, Member 2004-present; Chair, 2006
  • Geauga County Bar Association, Ipso Jure Committee, Member and Contributing Author, 2004-present
  • Judicial Conference of the Eighth Judicial District, Life Member
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Unauthorized Practice of Law, Prosecutor2000
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Nominating Committee, Member2009 & 2010
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Trustee, 1995-1998
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Member1981- present
  • Cuyahoga County Bar Association, Trustee 1986-1993; 1998-2008
  • Cuyahoga County Bar Association, Treasurer, 1993-1994
  • Cuyahoga County Bar Association, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, Chair, 1986-1987
  • Cuyahoga County Bar Association, CLE Committee, Past Chair
  • Cuyahoga County Bar Association, Judicial Selection Committee (Later known as JCRC), Past Member
  • Cuyahoga County Bar Association Character and Fitness Committee, Past Member
  • Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court, Guardian ad Litem
  • Ohio Women’s Bar Association, Member
  • Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, Past Member


COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND OFFICES

  • Lake County United Way Women’s Initiative, Charter Member2007-present
  • Chagrin Valley Women’s Club, Member2007-present
  • Russell Civic Club and Friends of Russell, Past Member
  • Geauga County Agricultural Society, Member, 2003-present
  • Geauga County Democratic Party, Past Precinct Committeewoman
  • Columbus School for Girls, National Alumnae Council and Past President
  • Columbus School for Girls Board of Trustees, Past Member
  • Mount Holyoke College Alumnae Association Program Committee, Member 
  • St. Anselm Church Summer Festival, Volunteer


AWARDS

  • Southeast Ohio Food Bank Community Service Award, Led OSBA Effort, and raised over $25,000, 2007
  • Ohio Association of Court Reporters, Legislative Award
  • Ohio Women’s Bar Association, Founder’s Award, 2009
  • Lake County Democratic Women’s Club, Woman of the Year 2009

Ohio Supreme Court Justice

Eric Brown

Brown running for Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice

Franklin County Probate Judge Eric Brown this morning announced that he's running for the state's top judicial job, which will be an open seat for the first time since 1986.

Brown, a Democrat, is expected to face Justice Maureen O'Connor, a Republican, in the race for chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court.

Brown was accompanied by Gov. Ted Strickland, Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern, family members and other supporters at a Statehouse news conference this morning. He is married to Franklin County Commissioner Marilyn Brown.

"Ohio needs a chief justice who brings to the court a viewpoint that challenges the thinking of the other justices," Brown said. "I will add the balance needed so that the court more accurately reflects the people it serves."

Brown served as a Franklin County Common Pleas Court judge from 2005 to 2008. He was elected that year as the county's probate judge. Brown had considered running that year for the Supreme Court but decided against it.

In a September 2008 editorial board meeting at The Dispatch, Brown swatted down rumors that he would run for the Supreme Court this year.

"I have no plan, no design whatsoever, to run for the Supreme Court in 2010," Brown said at the time. "I intend to serve as a probate judge in this community."

He later added: "A Supreme Court race is simply not in the cards."

Asked about his 2008 comments, Brown said this morning: "I stand by the statement that I made at that time. When the governor (Strickland) asked, it was important to consider the opportunity to serve all of the people of Ohio."

Brown unseated Probate Judge Lawrence A. Belskis, a three-term incumbent who had gotten a "highly recommended" rating from the local bar association. Brown's rating was "acceptable."

O'Connor was first elected to the court in 2002. In her reelection campaign in 2008, O'Connor received about two-thirds of the popular vote, making her the top vote-getter statewide.

Redfern acknowledged that O'Connor could be a formidable opponent, but said Brown is up to the task.

"With all due respect to Justice O'Connor and all of the candidates of the past, this is not 2008 or 2002," the party chairman said.

O'Connor and Brown are seeking to replace current Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer, a Republican who has held that position since 1987.

Republicans hold all seven seats on the Supreme Court.

Ohio House of Representatives

 

Bill Horne
for State Representative
Leadership, Integrity, and Common Sense

 

My wife Connie and I live in Highland County on the family farm where I grew up.  We have two children, Kathy and Benjamin, and a grandson Zach.

I served in the Army, and graduated from college with the help of the G.I. Bill.  I'm a Veteran, former plant manager of a manufacturing facility, a small businessman, an economics professor, a columnist for five local papers, and an active civic and community leader.

I am running for State Representative of the 86th District to represent all the people of Clinton, Highland and Pike counties. 

I know that the future of the 86th district and all of Ohio depends on creative and courageous approaches to the problems we have.

In the last decade, the state has lost hundreds of thousands of jobs, taxes have reached record levels and college tuition has risen to 50% more than the national average.  Our school funding issue has been ignored and the health care crisis has left children, seniors, and families uninsured.

Ohio has been headed in the wrong direction and leaders with vision are needed to change that trend.  With your support, I will fight for change and help create a new vision of prosperity for Ohio.

I am a proven leader and will listen to what you have to say.  I’ll fight for good jobs, quality education, and affordable healthcare for all Ohioans.
 

www.billhorne.org


Sincerely, Bill Horne

 

State Central Committe District 17

State Central Committee Woman:  Zelma Furnish

State Central Committee Man:  Floyd E. Wright

No information available.

 

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