JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

• Judge, Tenth District Court of Appeals, January 1999 to present
• Judge, Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Division of Domestic Relations and Juvenile Branch, 1995-1998

MEMBERSHIPS, HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

• Founder and Chairperson of Franklin County Juvenile Gun Task Force (1996)
• Appellate Judges Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Operations Board for Buckeye Ranch, Inc., Columbus, Ohio (1999 – 2004)
• Holding Company Board for Buckeye Ranch (2004 – 2010)
• Board of Directors for Capital University Law School Alumni Association (2003)
• Board of Counselors to the Dean Capital Law School (2004 – 2010)
• Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism (2002 – 2004 and 2006 – 2008)
• Columbus Bar Association

EDUCATION

• 1983 Juris Doctorate, Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio.
• 1979 M.A., Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Special Education- Gifted and School Administration.
• 1974 B.S., Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. Special Education- Gifted and Elementary Education. Minor in Spanish.
• 1974 University of the Americas, Mexico. Spanish.
• 1970-1971 Ohio University, Zanesville, Ohio.

PREVIOUS NON-JUDICIAL WORK EXPERIENCE

• 1987-1994 Commissioner, Ohio Court of Claims, Columbus, Ohio.
• 1985-1994 Private Practice of Law.
• 1984 Assistant Attorney General, State of Ohio.
• 1976-1984 Trans World Airlines.
• 1975-1976 Sixth Grade Teacher, Madison Local School District, Columbus, Ohio.

STAFF MEMBERS

Attorney:

• Mr. Thomas W. Scholl III
• Mr. Brad Byers

Judicial Secretary:

• Ms. Nancy Finn