{"id":40023,"date":"2018-09-19T15:10:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T15:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/?page_id=40023"},"modified":"2018-09-19T15:10:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T15:10:40","slug":"stacy-cook","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/stacy-cook\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacy Cook"},"content":{"rendered":"

Office<\/strong>: Lucas County \u2013 Lucas County Common Pleas Court, General
\nTrial Division<\/p>\n

Age<\/strong>: 53<\/p>\n

Residence<\/strong>: Maumee, OH<\/p>\n

Email<\/strong>: judgestacycook@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Website<\/strong>: N\/A<\/p>\n

Occupation<\/strong>: Judge, Lucas County Common Pleas Court, General Trial
\nDivision<\/p>\n

Education<\/strong>: BS Eastern Michigan University, JD University of Toledo
\nCollege of Law<\/p>\n

Work Experience<\/strong>: Working since 12 yrs old. Professional Experience
\n12 years as an Attorney General Practice Civil and Criminal cases, 4 yrs
\nas Acting Judge Maumee Municipal Court while still practicing, 11+
\nyears on Lucas County Common Pleas Court Bench.<\/p>\n

Family<\/strong>: Married, 3 children<\/p>\n

Affiliations<\/strong>: TARTA Board; AWAKE Board; Member Opioid Coalition;
\nMember Toledo Bar Association; Member Toledo Women\u2019s Bar
\nAssociation<\/p>\n

Endorsements<\/strong>: Democratic Party<\/p>\n

Bar Association Ratings<\/strong>: No current ratings out as of the time of
\ncompletion of this document. I believe it would be unfair to use prior
\nratings, as my opponent would not have had an opportunity to have
\nbeen considered.<\/p>\n

(1) List your judicial experience (courts and years):<\/strong>
\nI am in my 12th year as a Judge of the Lucas County Common Pleas
\nCourt. Prior to taking this seat I served for 4 years as an Acting Judge at
\nMaumee Municipal Court while still maintaining my practice. I have
\ntried cases as a practicing attorney in both jurisdictions as well as
\nhaving presided over dozens of trials and hearings throughout the
\nyears at both the Municipal and Common Pleas Level. While serving on
\nthe bench I have brought a drug court like model to the courtroom for
\nthe last 11 years and it served as the basic model of the current
\nindividual drug court that is now running as a specialized docket. I
\ncontinue to monitor the High Risk Recidivism population on my current
\ncaseload in the same manner working with treatment providers and
\nprobation officers as well as outside resources to fashion a useful
\nproductive sentence that benefits the community in the long run. This
\ntype of supervision is used on the the population that was not
\nsentenced to prison.
\nOver the course of the last 11 years, I have increased the Judicial
\nsupervision of the cases with a much more proactive approach. Certain
\nportions of the sentence are designed to help reduce the defendant\u2019s
\nreturn to criminal behavior. After any portion of the local in custody
\npunishment sanction or in patient treatment sanction of the sentence is
\ncompleted, a greater focus is placed on looking at the individual needs
\nthe person may have that would allow for a more productive law
\nabiding life. Attention is placed on, making mental health treatment a
\nfoundation if needed, linking the person to outside treatment providers
\nthat have case management services. As well as, additional emphasis is
\nplaced on educational needs and re engagement in learning either
\nthrough the school system if eligible or through the GED program. The
\nHigh Risk population remain in a Review status with the court seeing
\nthem monthly or sooner should behavior or relapse warrant. The part
\nof the population with significant mental health issues that fall below
\nhospitalization qualifications are often seen weekly by the court until
\nthey have established their contacts with their outside treatment
\nproviders and have been stabilized on mental health medications if
\nnecessary. The patterns and routines they establish with the court early
\non help them to remember their dates and schedules in smaller
\nincrements until patterns have been established.
\nTaking a more proactive approach has allowed me to react quickly in
\nthe event a relapse is beginning or a person is destabilizing in their
\nmental health or new criminal behavior has occurred. Civil cases
\nreceive equal personal attention with the court being available for
\nattorneys to address any discovery issues that are pending giving them
\nquick access to the court allows for unnecessary delays to be avoided.
\nThis quick access to the court is beneficial to the parties and the
\nattorneys.<\/p>\n

(2) What about your non-judicial legal experience qualifies you to be a<\/strong>
\njudge?<\/strong>
\nI come to the bench with one of the most well rounded practice
\nexperiences of any Judge to take the local bench. Prior to completing
\nlaw school I worked in a law \u00d7rm research and writing legal briefs and
\ndocuments. I subsequently clerked for a Judge at Toledo Municipal
\nCourt. I was the Supervising Law Clerk for the court for several years
\noverseeing the scheduling and training of the Law Clerks. I became well
\nversed in the inner workings of the court and the corresponding
\ndepartments. Immediately, out of Law School, I opened my own
\npractice and began serving clientele on both Civil and Criminal matters.
\nI had significant practice experience representing people in each court
\nin Lucas County\u2019s jurisdiction and outlying Counties throughout Ohio. I
\nwas asked by several Judges while in practice to work on difficult cases
\nthat they felt needed greater attention.
\nPrior to taking the bench, I worked with a young runaway juvenile client
\nwhere we engaged Federal authorities to assist in successfully taking
\ndown a multi-state Human Trafficking Organization. Throughout my
\npractice I worked with a diverse clientele, and became well educated in
\nthe needs of the mentally ill, the intellectually deficient and the
\naddicted population. I learned of resources that were available in the
\ncommunity and was able to direct my clients to proper resources to
\nhelp stabilize their individual needs. These are tools and a skill set that I
\nuse daily as a Judge when issuing a community control sentence. I
\nmanaged a civil caseload in my own practice. I trained in Mediation
\nskills prior to taking the bench and I use this skill on a daily basis
\nworking with the Civil case load in settlement conferences.
\nAdditionally, and less legal training connected, I stay connected to the
\ncommunity at all levels. I routinely speak in schools, to children of all
\nages. I speak to them with the hopes of preventing them from having
\ncontacts with the court. I try to stay abreast of the the new trends and
\ndrugs and issues our young people face. I work with many of the local
\ntreatment providers to learn what best will assist in the successful
\nmanagement of the people so that we don\u2019t waste resources. Lastly, I
\nspeak at engagements to empower young women, and co-ed classes to
\nbe the best versions of themselves whenever I have the opportunity.<\/p>\n

(3) Why are you running for this particular court seat?<\/strong>
\nI am running to continue to do the work I do for our community daily.
\nThe courtroom is run in an open and courteous manner to the public
\nand practicing attorneys. I have worked hard to streamline systems
\nboth in the courtroom and other departments in order to seek the best
\nuse of more accurate information. I continue to learn in this job daily, I
\ndoubt there will ever be a day to say I know everything. I take this
\nchallenge of learning something new daily with excitement. I will
\ncontinue to bring high energy and interest to this job.
\nOver the course of the last 11 years, I have asked this question often
\nwhen perplexed with a policy or procedure \u201cwhy do we do it this way?\u201d
\nand in the beginning the answer was \u201cbecause this is how we have
\nalways done it\u201d. Over the course of the years many of the policy and
\nprocedures have been changed. Change, is often met with resistance,
\nbut when the work can be looked at and the outcomes are better,
\nchange isn\u2019t always bad. I am working with a personal courtroom staff
\nthat gives this community a high level of work. They are courteous and
\nenergetic TEAM players, that are fully engaged in our mission. I believe
\nthe work we are putting in is directly benefiting our community as a
\nwhole. Working beside them in a TEAM environment has made the
\ncourtroom fully functioning and extremely efficient. My hope is that
\nthe community will see fit to allow me to continue my work. Thank you
\nfor the opportunity to provide this information. Should anyone in the
\ncommunity have questions or concerns, the office can be reached at
\n419-213-4567 or 4566.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Office: Lucas County \u2013 Lucas County Common Pleas Court, General Trial Division Age: 53 Residence: Maumee, OH Email: judgestacycook@gmail.com Website: N\/A Occupation: Judge, Lucas County Common Pleas Court, General Trial Division Education: BS Eastern Michigan University, JD University of Toledo College of Law Work Experience: Working since 12 yrs old. Professional Experience 12 years as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3619,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-40023","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3619"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40031,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40023\/revisions\/40031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}