December 2012

ADJOURNED Ohio Judiciary Bids Farewell This Year to an Extraordinary Number of Judges at All Levels

At least 5 percent of the Ohio judicial branch after the arrival of two newly elected justices and the will leave the bench by the end of 2012, as the Ohio appointment by Gov. of a justice to the seat judiciary undergoes a change in its composition brought vacated by retiring Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton. on by the confluence of several different factors. Along District appeals courts, common pleas courts, and with the pension changes that spurred many long-time county courts also will see fresh faces, either those of judges to retire in 2012, the November general election attorneys with no prior judicial experience, judges who results mean 37 judgeships will change hands. moved up from other courts, or former judges back in The turnover starts with the Ohio Supreme Court, the game. where three of the seven seats will change by January, Story continues on page 6. 2 • DECEMBER 2012 • CNO REVIEW

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On the Cover: Top Row (From left): Justice Yvette McGee Brown, Judge Joan Synenberg, Justice Robert R. Cupp, Judge Robert A. Douglas Jr., and Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton.

Bottom Row (From left): Judge John P. Bessey, Judge Mary Jane Trapp, Judge Susan Boyer, Judge Clair E. Dickinson, and Judge Charles E. Brown. CNO REVIEW • DECEMBER 2012 • 3

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Supreme Court of Ohio Foreclosure Action Void If Courts of Appeals Party Filing Suit Did So Before Supreme Court Upholds 2011 Becoming Actual Party in First District: City of Cincinnati Legislative Redistricting Plan as Interest Can Reduce Retirees’ Health Constitutional The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled Benefits By a 4-3 vote, the Ohio Supreme October 31 that a party’s standing Retired employees of the city of Court on November 27 upheld to initiate a mortgage foreclosure Cincinnati whose health benefits as constitutional the state’s 2011 lawsuit is determined on the date were reduced are not entitled to redistricting plan that determined the complaint is filed in court, and have them reinstated by court order, geographic boundaries for voting a party that lacked standing at the the First District Court of Appeals districts through 2021. A group time a suit was filed cannot remedy ruled November 7. In a per curiam of voters challenged the redrawn that defect by receiving assignment opinion, a three-member panel legislative districts as adopted by of a mortgage and promissory note upheld a decision by the Hamilton the state apportionment board for after the filing of the foreclosure County Court of Common Pleas. members of the Ohio House of action but prior to the entry of The panel turned away all five of Representatives and in judgment. the legal arguments the retirees Wilson v. Kasich. made in their appeal of a lawsuit Fed. Home Loan Mtge. Corp. that went to trial in 2011. Wilson v. Kasich v. Schwartzwald, Slip Opinion Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-5367 No. 2012-Ohio-5017 Gamel v. Cincinnati, 2012-Ohio-5153

DNA Profile of Criminal Second District: Defendant Defendant May Be Retained for Court of Claims Not Required to Disclose Future Use Despite Acquittal on Incriminating Information In Charge for Which Sample Was Investigator’s Report Obtained Court of Claims Approves $300,000 ODOT Motorcycle The Second District Court of The Supreme Court of Ohio Wreck Settlement Appeals held October 19 that ruled November 1 that when the Ohio evidence rules barred a trial state lawfully obtains a sample of ODOT will pay a Delaware man court from ordering a defendant a person’s DNA in the course of a $300,000 to settle a claim over to disclose to prosecutors criminal investigation, and uses that a motorcycle crash caused by a incriminating information sample to establish a DNA profile pothole on an Ottawa County contained in a report prepared of the subject, that person does not onramp that was in the process of by the defendant’s investigator. have standing to object to the state’s being repaved. The Court of Claims Consequently, Gary Crews should retention of the DNA profile, and of Ohio approved the settlement receive a new trial based on an the state is authorized to retain the agreement on November 8. improper discovery order in which profile and use it in a subsequent Michael Hamon, et al. v. Ohio the trial judge compelled Crews’ criminal investigation despite the Department of Transportation attorney to disclose to the state subject’s acquittal on the charge Case No. C2008-10927 information damaging to Crews’ that was the basis for obtaining the defense that was obtained during DNA sample. interviews of prospective defense witnesses by an investigator working State v. Emerson for defense counsel. Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-5047 State v. Crews, 2012-Ohio-4854 4 • DECEMBER 2012 • CNO REVIEW

Attorney Services Happening Fund Releases 2012 Annual Report

News and notes from Nearly 60 percent of the money courthouses around the expended from the Ohio Supreme Buckeye State. Court’s Attorney Services Fund in Fiscal Year 2012 supported the Now attorney discipline process, according to an annual report published in November. Victims of Attorney Theft Received $930,000 in FY 2012 In Fiscal Year 2012, the fund expended $8.6 million. Of that total, nearly $5 million was n Fiscal Year 2012, the Clients’ Security Fund dedicated for disciplinary-related of Ohio awarded nearly $930,000 for 175 Clients’ Security Fund expenses, including $2.5 million claims of attorney theft, according to the 2012 Theft Categories I for the operations of the Office of fund’s annual report released in November. Disciplinary Counsel, $1.6 million The claims eligible for reimbursement resulted in reimbursements for local bar from the dishonest conduct of 60 attorneys. The 8% association certified grievance fund’s board of commissioners also determined committees, and $835,360 for that four attorney fee applications were eligible 34% 37% the operation of the Board of for reimbursement of $1,030. Commissioners on Grievances & “This report confirms the fact that the Discipline. overwhelming majority of Ohio lawyers observe 12%9% Additional expenditures from the high standards of integrity when entrusted fund supported: with law-client money or property,” said CSF Administrator Janet Green Marbley. “The • The administration of the dishonest acts of a few, however, can affect the Attorney Services Division, public’s image and confidence in the legal Estate - $75,000 which oversees the delivery of profession as a whole. The Clients’ Security services to Ohio attorneys and Fund seeks to restore confidence in the legal Fiduciary - $341,990 assists the Supreme Court in profession by reimbursing law clients for losses Settlement - $109,939 the exercise of its constitutional sustained as a result of the dishonest conduct of Deception - $82,140 duty to regulate the practice of their attorneys.” Unearned Fees - $320,924 law. Other statistics from the report include:

• 172 claimants received 100 percent • The Clients’ Security Fund, reimbursement of their losses. to compensate clients of unscrupulous attorneys. • 45 claims were ruled ineligible. • The Supreme Court Reporter • 4 claimants received the maximum ($75,000) award amount. of Decisions, to publish attorney discipline legal notices in The fund – created in 1985 by Gov. Bar R. VIII of the Supreme Court Rules newspapers. for the Government of the Bar – is supported entirely from the Attorney Registration Fund, and does not receive any tax revenues. The fund also provides grants to The attorneys who were cited in 2012 for dishonest conduct represent less two nonprofits that assist organizations than 1 percent of the 43,650 active Ohio attorneys. that provide legal services for the poor Since its inception, the fund has allocated more than $17.3 million to 2,251 and aid lawyers who are suffering former law clients. from alcoholism, substance abuse, or mental illness. CNO REVIEW • DECEMBER 2012 • 5

Professionalism Dos IN MEMORIAM and Don’ts Released Speaker after speaker tried to put into The Supreme Court of Ohio Commission words the impact former Justice Robert M. on Professionalism released the first of Duncan had on them and countless others a series of best practices publications at a November 9 memorial service on the titled Professionalism Dos and Don’ts. Ohio State University campus. The sets of Dos and Don’ts, scheduled Duncan was a trailblazing Ohio jurist to be published on a quarterly basis, will who decided the Columbus schools’ historic include suggested guidelines on attorney desegregation case, served on the federal conduct. The commission’s first release bench, and was a top administrator at Ohio is the Dos and Don’ts of depositions, State. He died November 2 at age 85. which recommends guidelines for Many who gave tribute spoke of scheduling, conducting, or attending Duncan’s humility, wisdom, generosity, and depositions. integrity. Justice Yvette McGee Brown, the The commission hopes to promote first African American woman to serve on professionalism among the Buckeye the Ohio Supreme Court, served as mistress state’s lawyers with this series, but does “Within the judiciary, of ceremonies for the memorial. not regulate attorney conduct or affect attorney discipline. Commission on Judge Duncan is Duncan was a jurist of many firsts: the first African-American on the Ohio Professionalism Secretary Lori Keating without peer. No one Supreme Court, first African-American said the publications will help practicing has served with such elected to judicial office in Franklin County, attorneys, judges, and law school distinction at every the first to win a seat in a statewide Ohio students. “Depositions, which are adversarial level such as he.” election, the first to serve on the U.S. Court of Military Appeals, and the first to be in nature and conducted outside the – Judge Algenon Marbley appointed to the federal bench in Ohio. presence of a judge or jury, sometimes Judge Algenon Marbley of the U.S. can bring out the worst behavior District Court for the Southern District in lawyers. Newer lawyers and even of Ohio said Duncan became the conscience of that court during experienced practitioners may not be his decade on the bench. He said it was Duncan’s destiny to try the aware of what the best practices are,” said desegregation case, and he handled it with the “deft touch of a surgeon.” Keating. “The guidelines are intended “Within the judiciary, Judge Duncan is without peer,” Judge Marbley to show attorneys how to advance the said. “No one has served with such distinction at every level such as he.” legitimate interests of lawyers and their Judge Marbley said Duncan gave him the best piece of advice about clients, while at the same time treat all judging when he advised him to treat every case equally as important as participants in the process, including the desegregation case. opposing counsel, with courtesy, civility, David Williams, vice chancellor and law professor at Vanderbilt and respect.” University, was an OSU law school faculty member when he got to know Some of the Dos at depositions Duncan. At first, Williams wasn’t aware of Duncan’s legacy. Only after include reviewing local jurisdiction rules attending a conference marking the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme beforehand, setting a reasonable time Court case Brown V. Board of Education did Williams learn more. He said limit for the deposition, and providing many times people came up to him at the conference and asked, “You documents to a deponent if asked. know Bob Duncan?” Some of the Don’ts at depositions Williams also traveled to South Africa with Duncan three times. include making rude and degrading He said they were both in awe of Nelson Mandela for his fight against comments to a deponent or opposing apartheid. But Williams was in awe of Duncan. counsel, taking depositions for the “Robert Duncan, Nelson Mandela … same thing to me,” he said. purpose of harassing a witness, and Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman also spoke at the memorial and providing answers, overtly or covertly, to listed Duncan as one of the few truly iconic figures in Columbus history. questions asked of a witness. “True greatness only comes once in a while,” Coleman said. “Years Keating said the series of practices from now, his contributions, his greatness, will be seen in the faces of will be incorporated into professionalism our children who go to school without systematic segregration. This has CLEs, distributed by judges to changed our world.” practitioners who come before them, and taught to law school students. CNO REVIEW • DECEMBER 2012 • 6

Adjourned | Continued from page 1. “Therefore, after a great deal As for the election, for the first time of thoughtful deliberation, I have in 40 years, two incumbent Ohio decided to pursue a different course Supreme Court justices lost in the in my life,” she continued. “My heart same year. tells me this is the right decision. For Justices Robert R. Cupp and this reason I will be tendering my Yvette McGee Brown were defeated resignation as justice at the end of this by former Eleventh District Court of year.” Appeals Judge William M. O’Neill and On November 19, the governor’s Butler County Domestic Relations office released a list of 13 people who Court Judge Sharon L. Kennedy, have applied for the position. An respectively. Judge Kennedy will fulfill announcement is expected sometime the unexpired term of that seat and in December. must run again in 2014 for a full six- year term. Justice Cupp. Justice Cupp served The third incumbent justice on one six-year term on the Supreme the ballot, Terrence O’Donnell, was Court after his election in 2006. re-elected to a second six-year term Before that, he served on the Third by defeating state Sen. Michael J. District Court of Appeals. Skindell. Much of his 30-year legal career has been committed to effective public service. Before becoming a SUPREME COURT JUSTICES judge, Justice Cupp served 16 years Justice Stratton. As the second longest as a member of the Ohio Senate, -serving justice on the Supreme Court, beginning in 1985 and ending in Justice Stratton (top left) will retire by 2000 with the advent of Ohio’s the end of 2012. Appointed to the legislative term limits. Before his court by then-Gov. George Voinovich, election to the General Assembly, she assumed office on March 7, 1996. Justice Cupp served as a Lima city Ohio voters elected Justice Stratton to prosecutor and assistant director of three six-year terms on the court, the law from 1976 to 1980 and twice was most recent in 2008. Her current term elected Allen County commissioner, was to expire on January 1, 2015. serving from 1981 through 1984 and Justice Stratton began her 2001 through 2002. legal career as a trial lawyer in the Shortly after the election, Justice courtrooms of central Ohio. In Cupp indicated that he decided not 1989, she was the first woman to to seek the appointment to the seat be elected judge of the Franklin being vacated by Justice Stratton. County Common Pleas Court, where “I have enjoyed the challenge she became known as “The Velvet and opportunity to serve on Ohio’s Hammer” for her approach in highest court during the past sentencing serious felony cases. six years,” Justice Cupp said in a In her resignation letter, Justice statement. “I have appreciated the Stratton referred to her involvement genuine collegiality and honest in providing mental health services to respect among the justices, as well offenders and assisting veterans in the as the high professionalism of the criminal justice system as occupying entire court staff.” “a place of growing importance in my life,” saying “I have decided to Justice McGee Brown. Justice McGee dedicate myself to them even more so, Brown was appointed to Chief Justice not only here in Ohio but also on a Maureen O’Connor’s former seat on national level. the Supreme Court by then-Gov. Ted Strickland in December 2010. She CNO REVIEW • DECEMBER 2012 • 7

became the first African-American of trial work, I am concerned that I woman to serve as a justice on the will not be able to discharge all of my Coming in the January state’s highest court. additional day-to-day administrative A series of other firsts defines her duties according to my normal Edition of CNO Review life and career. A first-generation practice for the remaining two years Profiles of the three new justices college graduate, Justice McGee of my term,” Judge Brown wrote. of the Ohio Supreme Court. Brown is the first African-American “Therefore, I must choose between woman elected to the Franklin County not giving the taxpayers at least a full Common Pleas Court where she eight-hour work day, five days a week served for 10 years. When she left the and recognizing my age and retiring. common pleas bench, she founded I choose the latter.” a nationally recognized organization Back in July, Judge John Bessey NUMBERS that redefines how hospitals, law of the Franklin County Court of enforcement, and social welfare Common Pleas discussed his time All told, Ohio voters elected groups respond to children and on the bench and his retirement. 174 judges to courts across the families caught in the cycle of abuse. One thing that remained constant state on Election Day. Twice as throughout the years and the many many candidates (116) were trials was his continual education. OTHER OHIO JUDGES unopposed as those (58) who “Every day when you come to had opponents. Voters elected The change on the bench in Ohio work here it’s an opportunity to learn the following number of judges extends well beyond the top appellate something that you didn’t know when to each level of the judiciary. court. you walked through the door,” he Stark County Common Pleas Court said at the time. “And I find that very Judge Charles E. Brown Jr. didn’t exciting, and it’s good exercise for the 3 Supreme Court want to hang on too long. That’s why brain.” he retired in October from the bench Judge Bessey said he planned to Appeals Court after more than 10 years. offer his mediation services pro bono 24 In a letter to Gov. Kasich, Judge to smaller counties after he retires, to Common Pleas Court Brown wrote about his “work ethic serve as a retired assigned judge, and 119 decision” after turning 70 in June. to travel with his wife. “While I am still capable of trying 28 County Court cases and meeting the requirements Story continues on page 12.

Cuyahoga County Common Marion County Common Pleas Court DEFEATED Pleas Court Judge Robert S. Davidson Judge Annette G. Butler Defeated by James W. Slagle INCUMBENTS Defeated by Steven E. Gall

Besides the two incumbent Judge Joan Synenberg Scioto County Domestic Supreme Court justices, the nine Defeated by Cassandra Collier-Williams Relations Court other defeated incumbents were: Judge Jay S. Willis Defeated by Jerry L. Buckler Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Ninth District Court of Appeals Judge Anjanette A. Whitman Trumbull County Family Court Judge Clair E. Dickinson Defeated by Michael J. Ryan Defeated by Jennifer L. Hensal Judge Richard L. James Defeated by Sandra Weddell-Harwood Franklin County Domestic Eleventh District Court of Appeals Relations/Juvenile Court Judge Mary Jane Trapp Judge Christopher J. Geer Defeated by Colleen M. O’Toole Defeated by Terri Jamison 8 • DECEMBER 2012 • CNO REVIEW

SB 160, Sen. Kevin Bacon HB 265, Rep. Lynn Slaby (R-Columbus) (R- Copley Township), To require automatic notice to victims Rep. Sean O’Brien (D-Brookfield) of first-, second-, or third-degree felony To authorize prosecuting attorneys to offenses of violence of certain prisoner demand a jury trial in a criminal case, or alleged juvenile offender release notwithstanding a defendant’s waiver or transfer proceedings; to expand of trial by jury and over a defendant’s victim participation in parole hearings; objection. to make other changes in procedures Introduced in House June 14, effecting crime victims. STATUS: 2011. Passed House March 28, 2012 STATUS: Introduced in Senate April (50-41). Pending in Senate Judiciary 28, 2011. Passed Senate May 3, 2011 Committee. Three hearings have been (33-0). Amended and reported out of continued, including a hearing on the House Criminal Justice Committee November 13. November 14, 2012. HB 461, Rep. Gerald Stebelton HB 197, Rep. Stephen Slesnick (R-Lancaster) (D-Canton) To establish a statutory collaborative To require that all moneys collected family law process to aid in the by the clerk of a municipal or county resolution of family law disputes. court be paid to the appropriate person, fund, or entity on or before STATUS: Passed Senate Judiciary the 20th day of each month; to permit Committee November 27, 2012. a municipal or county court to collect unpaid court costs, fees, or fines from HB 523, Rep. Courtney Combs an obligor’s state income tax refund; (R-Hamilton) CNO Legislative to require the auditor of state to To increase from more than 100 create and maintain a chart detailing to more than 1,000 the population the distribution of court costs, fees, necessary for a municipal corporation and fines collected by municipal and to have a mayor’s court. Digest county court clerks; to create the Passed House Judiciary Committee on Court Costs; and to STATUS: Committee November 27, 2012. Each month, Court News make other changes.

Ohio Review tracks bills STATUS: Passed the House November 27, 2012. SB 254, Sen. and resolutions pending in (R-Strongsville) the Ohio General Assembly To increase from more than 100 Sub. HB 247, Rep. Jim Butler to more than 200 the population that are of interest to the (R-Oakwood) judicial community. necessary for a municipal corporation To authorize a court to cancel claims to have a mayor’s court unless the for uncollectible amounts due the municipal corporation is located court, to authorize a sentencing entirely on an island in Lake Erie. court to waive, suspend, or modify payment of the costs of prosecution, to STATUS: Introduced in Senate define “case” in connection with the November 9, 2011. Referred to Senate imposition of costs in a criminal case, Judiciary Committee. Three hearings, and to abolish the Felony Sentence including one on November 27, 2012, Appeal Cost Oversight Committee. have been continued..

STATUS: Introduced June 1, 2011. Passed House December 6, 2011 (92-0). Re-referred to the Senate Photo courtesy of the Judiciary Committee November 14, Ohio Statehouse Photo Archive 2012. CNO REVIEW • DECEMBER 2012 • 9

Rule Amendment Summary A summary of select significant rule amendments proposed or enacted by the Ohio Supreme Court.

CLE Changes Specialized Docket Certification Procedures The court updated several continuing legal Effective January 1, 2014, the Supreme Court education rules. Among the changes: doubling the adopted rule amendments that outline the number of online credit hours attorneys can earn, procedures to receive Supreme Court certification allowing attorneys to earn a portion of their CLE for a specialized docket program, including a hours by engaging in approved pro bono activities, requirement to submit an application, undergo a eliminating the requirement to file final reporting site visit, and submit specific program materials to transcripts. The changes take effect January 1, 2014. the Specialized Dockets Section.

Presiding/Administrative Judge Rules Admission Without Examination In November, the court adopted additional tie- The court eliminated the requirement for attorneys breaker specifications – effective December 1 – for seeking admission without examination from determining who serves as a court’s presiding judge declaring their intent to practice law in Ohio. A and administrative judge. Only when judges in working group found that a few states prohibited multi-judge courts and divisions cannot agree on a Ohio attorneys from seeking admission without presiding judge and administrative judge do the tie- examination in their jurisdictions because they breakers come into play. believe Ohio’s rules were too restrictive on their attorneys seeking admission in Ohio. The rules take effect January 1, 2013. Duties for Judges Leaving Early Starting January 1, 2013, judges leaving office before their terms end will be required to notify Domestic Relations Forms the governor and chief justice, under a new rule The court extended the public comment period adopted by the court. The new rule will require a for 23 proposed standardized forms so litigants judge leaving early to submit a resignation letter to not represented by an attorney can meaningfully the governor and a notification letter to the chief participate in many family law-related proceedings, justice at least three days before leaving office. such as divorces, dissolutions, legal separations, and parenting plans in domestic relations and juvenile courts. The public comment period closes Electronic Submission of Caseload Statistics December 14. Local courts would submit caseload statistics electronically under amendments proposed by the Supreme Court in November. Local courts would continue to submit paper reports until notified by the Case Management Section. An information technology application is under development to capture the data. 10 • DECEMBER 2012 • CNO REVIEW

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AgendaUpcoming events, training opportunities, and conferences for judges and court staff. WINTER For more information, contact the event CONFERENCES sponsor at the website provided.

December 4 Ohio Association of Domestic Relations Judges Winter Judicial College Courses December 14 Conference judicialecademy.ohio.gov Promoting Professionalism Judges & Magistrates, Dublin On and From the Bench December 4 - 6 Judges, Video Teleconference December 5 - 7 Ohio Common Pleas Judges Defensive Tactics Faculty Association Winter Conference Recertification December 18 Invited Participants, London Judges, Dublin Guardian ad Litem 6 Hour Pre-Service Course December 6 & 7 December 6 Attorneys and Non-Attorneys/ Ohio Association of Juvenile Acting Judge Essentials Avoiding Public/GALs, Columbus Court Judges Winter Meeting Potential Minefields Judges & Magistrates, Columbus Acting Judges, Magistrates January 10, 2013 & Judges, Dublin Guardian ad Litem 6 Hour December 10 - 14 Pre-Service Course Attorneys and Non-Attorneys/ New Judges Orientation Part I Public/GALs, Fairborn-Dayton STATE HOLIDAYS New Judges, Dublin - Columbus

December 25 December 11 Dispute Resolution Training Christmas Day State Holiday Guardian ad Litem 3-Hour Course sc.ohio.gov/JCS/disputeResolution Supreme Court Offices Closed GALs, Columbus (1 to 4:30 p.m.) December 7 January 1, 2013 December 12 Ethics, Professionalism & Substance New Year’s Day State Holiday Guardian ad Litem 3 Hour Course Abuse: Special Issues in Mediation Supreme Court Offices Closed GALs, Columbus (8:30 a.m. to noon) Columbus

January 21, 2013 December 13 December 10 Martin Luther King Jr. Day New Americans: Mexico Revisited Virtual Foreclosure Mediation State Holiday Court Personnel, Judges Teleconference (2 to 4 p.m.) Supreme Court Offices Closed & Magistrates, Worthington CNO REVIEW • DECEMBER 2012 • 11

December 11 & 12 December 27 Domestic Abuse Issues Training for Justice-Elect William M. O’Neill Mediators & Other Professionals Swearing-In Ceremony OCLRE Cleveland Eighth District Court of Appeals Upcoming Events Cuyahoga County Courthouse www.oclre.org January 2 & 3, 2013 December 31 Basic Mediation & Uniform Mediation Act CLE Hours Must be Completed Judges & Attorneys with Last Names Toledo January 16 & 25, 2013 Starting with M-Z Ohio Center for Law-Related Education Youth for Justice January 4 & 5, 2013 January 8 & 9, 2013 Professional Development Domestic Abuse Issues for Mediators Columbus Toledo Oral Arguments Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center Youth for Justice is a student-led program designed to encourage January 10, 2013 and empower youth to be Interpreter Services Training actively engaged citizens who sc.ohio.gov/JCS/interpreterSvcs Justice Terrence O’Donnell work together to make a positive Swearing-In Ceremony difference in their community. December 6 & 7 Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center The program allows students to identify an injustice, intolerance Orientation for Written Exam or problem relevant to their local Columbus January 22 & 23, 2013 community, and then develop a Oral Arguments plan of action and work together December 8 Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center to remedy the injustice. Interpreter’s Forum Restricted to Certified & Provisional Interpreters Only January 25, 2013 Ohio Center for Law-Related Education We the People State Supreme Court of Ohio High School Competition sc.ohio.gov Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center

December 7 We The People...The Citizen Justice-Elect Sharon L. Kennedy and the Constitution is an Swearing-In Ceremony instructional program on Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center the history and principles of American constitutional democracy for elementary, December 10 middle, and high school students. Deadline for Late Applications The program is based on to Take the February 2013 Bar Exam curricular materials developed by The Center for Civic Education and acclaimed by educators. 12 • DECEMBER 2012 • CNO REVIEW

Adjourned | Continued from page 7

The following judges indicated their intention to retire by the end of 2012 before their terms end, chose not to seek re-election and will complete their terms, could not run for re-election because of age, or retired already this year.

Judge Richard K. Warren Judge Dennis S. Helmick Judge Charles E. Brown Jr. Allen County Common Pleas Court Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Stark County Common Pleas Court

Judge Richard L. Stevens Judge William D. Hart Judge Lee Sinclair Ashtabula County Court Hardin County Common Pleas Court Stark County Common Pleas Court Western Division Judge C. Douglas Chamberlain Judge Todd M. McKenney Judge Harry W. White Logan County Family Court Summit County Probate Court Belmont County Court Western Division Judge Edward M. Zaleski Judge John M. Stuard Lorain County Common Pleas Court Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Roger B. Wilson Champaign County Judge David A. Basinski Judge Neal B. Bronson Common Pleas Court Lorain County Domestic Warren County Common Pleas Court Relations/Juvenile Court Judge Ronald Suster Judge Susan E. Boyer Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Mel Kemmer Washington County Miami County Municipal Court Common Pleas Court Judge James J. Sweeney Eighth District Court of Appeals Judge Connie Price-Testerman Judge Raymond E. Leisy Montgomery County Wayne County Probate/Juvenile Court Judge Colleen Conway Cooney Common Pleas Court Eighth District Court of Appeals Judge William G. Rickett Judge Cassandra S. Bolt-Meredith Wayne County Municipal Court Judge Julie A. Edwards Pike County Court Fifth District Court of Appeals Judge Robert A. Douglas Jr. Judge Herbert E. Adams Youngstown Municipal Court Judge Roger L. Kline Sandusky County Court No. 2 Fourth District Court of Appeals Judge Thomas J. Grady Judge John P. Bessey Second District Court of Appeals Franklin County Common Pleas Court

Judge Barbara L. Marley Judge Rachel A. Hutzel Fostoria Municipal Court Twelfth District April 14, 2012 Court of Appeals MEMORIAM August 25, 2012 The judicial community Judge Peter M. Sikora Judge Kathleen O’Malley mourned the loss of four sitting Cuyahoga County Cuyahoga County judges who died this year. Juvenile Court Domestic Relations Court April 18, 2012 October 20, 2012