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JUDICIAL CANDIDATES RATING COALITION REQUEST FOR BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FROM JUDICIAL CANDIDATES This form seeks information about you that will be posted on the Judge4Yourself.com website with its ratings. Please complete and return this form and a color photograph of yourself before your scheduled interview. Each Candidate is responsible to provide accurate information, to review the information when posted and to advise the JCRC promptly of any correction required to that candidate’s posted information. Jennifer Brunner Name: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Columbus Current City of Residence: _______________________ Date and Place of Birth: ____________________Feb 5, 1957, Springfield,______________ Ohio Undergraduate School and Degree (Year of Graduation): __________1978 Miami____________________________________________ University, B.S. Sociology-Gerontology, Cum Laude 1983 Capital University Law School, J.D., Order of the Curia Law School (Year of Graduation): ________________________________________________________________________ Other Graduate School, if any, and Degree (Year of Graduation): ________________________________________________ 1983 21 years Year Admitted to Practice in Ohio: __________ Number of Years Engaged in Practice of Law in Ohio ________________ (excluding Judicial Service) Other Court(s) to Which United States Supreme Court, U.S. District Courts, Ohio Northern District and Southern You Are Admitted & Year(s): _____________________________________________________________District, U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ______________ 21 years Number of Years Engaged in Practice of Law in any State (excluding Judicial Service): ______________________________ Litigation, administrative law, election law, campaign finance law, liquor law, Briefly describe your areas of practice:code _______________ of judicial conduct_______________________________________ representation before board of commissioners,_______________ computer law, general small business advice, government affairs in Ohio, D.C. and California, foreign rule of ____________________________________________________________________________________________________law in Serbia and Sri Lanka and election observation in Egypt I have appeared and argued before the Summarize your experience, if any, before the court to which you seek election: ____________________________________ Ohio Supreme Court as well as sat by assignment on the court in my current service on the 10th District Court ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Franklin County Common Pleas Service as judge in state or federal court of record (identify position, court and years of service): _______________________ Court Judge 2000-2005; Tenth District Court of Appeals Judge, 2014 to present ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Current Position and Employer (number of years in this position): State_________________________________ of Ohio, Tenth District Court of______________ Appeals 5.5 years of service in this position ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Post law school: Private practice as principal at Brunner Quinn, founded in 1988 Previous Employment and Dates: ___________________________________________________________as a solo practice from corner of my bedroom when my children______________ were 7, 4 and 2 1988-2000, returned 2005-06 and 2011-14; associate at Walter Haverfield Buescher & Chockley (now Walter ______________________________________________________________________________________________Haverfield 1987-1988; Corporations Counsel and later Legislative Counsel at Secretary of State 1983-87;______ Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge 2000-05; Secretary of State - elected in 2006 and served 2007-2011;____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10th District Court of Appeals Judge 2014 to present List no more than five of your significant community or charitable activities: Awarded John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award 2008 for work as Secretary of State; served U.S. State ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Department as USAID Rule of Law Expert: Serbia (4 engagements), Egypt as election observer (3 engagements) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ and Sri Lanka, teaching at Sri Lankan Bar Association (1 engagement); first ally board chair, The Legacy Fund ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ of The Columbus Foundation as endowment for LGBTQ organizations; former board member of Center for_______________ Community Solutions_____________________________________________________________________________________ (2012 - 2019); member American, Ohio and Columbus Bar Foundations .