{"id":40443,"date":"2018-09-20T17:31:43","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T17:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/?page_id=40443"},"modified":"2018-10-20T12:20:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T12:20:20","slug":"jill-flagg-lanzinger-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/jill-flagg-lanzinger-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Flagg Lanzinger"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Office:<\/strong> Summit County \u2013 Summit County Common Pleas Court<\/p>\n

Age:<\/strong> 38<\/p>\n

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

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

Website:<\/strong> Keepjudgejill.com; Facebook: @KeepJudgeJill;
\nTwitter: @JudgeJill<\/p>\n

Occupation:<\/strong> Judge of the Summit County Common Pleas Court<\/p>\n

Education:<\/strong> J.D. from the University of Akron School of Law, cum laude,
\nLaw Review. B.A. from Heidelberg University in Psychology and
\nPolitical Science, cum laude<\/p>\n

Work Experience:<\/strong> Judge since February 2015. Prior to 2015, Attorney
\nand Magistrate ((May 2005 to February 2015)<\/p>\n

Family:<\/strong> Married to Dr. William Lanzinger with three children. One child
\nhas high functioning autism.<\/p>\n

Affiliations:<\/strong> Akron Bar Foundation Fellow, Lifetime member of the
\nNAACP, City of Green Opiate Task Force, Vice President of the Portage
\nLakes Advisory Council, Board Member of the Portage Lakes Polar
\nBear Club. Member of the Ohio Judicial College serving on the
\nCommunity Corrections Committee<\/p>\n

Endorsements:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Akron Beacon Journal<\/p>\n

Bar Association Ratings:<\/strong>\u00a0Good<\/p>\n

(1) List your judicial experience (courts and years):<\/strong>
\nJudge Jill Lanzinger is currently a judge at the Summit County Common
\nPleas Court. Judge Jill presides over felony criminal cases including
\nmurder, rape, and robbery. Judge Jill also presides over high dollar civil
\nmatters. Judge Jill has served at the Common Pleas Court since April of
\n2017 and presently serves as Judge of the Common Pleas Court. Judge
\nJill is a member of the Ohio Judicial College and serves on the
\nCommunity Corrections Committee. Judge Jill was formerly the judge
\nof the Barberton Municipal Court.
\nAt the Barberton Municipal Court, Judge Jill founded and presided over
\nthe Barberton Municipal Drug Court. Judge Jill heard misdemeanor
\njury trials and civil matters. Judge Jill served as the judge at the
\nBarberton Municipal Court from February 2015 until April of 2017.
\nBefore becoming a judge in two different courts, Judge Jill was a
\nsubstitute magistrate at the Akron Municipal Court. At the Akron
\nMunicipal Court, Judge Jill presided over traffic court and small claims
\ncourt. Judge Jill served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Judge
\nAlison McCarty.<\/p>\n

(2) What about your non-judicial legal experience qualifies you to be a<\/strong>
\njudge?<\/strong>
\nPrior to becoming judge, Judge Jill was a trial attorney who advocated
\nfor vulnerable people and abused children. Judge Jill worked at the
\nStark County Prosecutor\u2019s Office, handling traffic and criminal matters
\ninvolving juvenile offenders. Judge Jill has been a strong advocate for
\nabused children. She served as Guardian ad Litem in the Summit
\nCounty Juvenile Court. Judge Jill is a published writer on the subject of
\nchildhood sexual abuse litigation.
\nAs an advocate, Judge Jill won an appeal at the Ohio Supreme Court
\nthat enhanced the rights of childhood sexual abuse victims in civil
\ncases. Judge Jill gained notoriety through her advocacy for abused
\nchildren in several high-profile cases. Judge Jill advocated for disabled
\nchildren who needed services through their school system. Judge Jill
\nwas a member of the Council of Parent Attorney Advocates (COPAA)
\nand served at an Organization called \u201cEquip For Equality.\u201d Judge Jill\u2019s
\nson was diagnosed with autism at age two so protecting people with
\ndisabilities was personal to her.
\nAs a private practitioner, Judge Jill acted as counsel in numerous jury
\nand bench trials at both the federal and state level. Her practice
\nincluded research, writing, and appellate work, arguing before the
\nNinth District, Tenth District, and Eleventh District Court of Appeals
\nand the Ohio Supreme Court. Judge Jill was a member of the Ohio Bar,
\nIllinois Bar and was admitted to practice before the Federal Courts of
\nthe Northern District of Ohio, Northern District of Illinois, and
\nSouthern District of Ohio. Judge Jill is a graduate of the Trial Lawyers
\nCollege and taught at the Trial Lawyers College as a faculty member.
\nJudge Jill Lanzinger is married to her husband, Dr. William Lanzinger,
\nM.D. They have been married for 17 years and reside in Green\/Portage
\nLakes. Judge Lanzinger is an avid runner who has completed four full
\nmarathons and at least a dozen half marathons. Judge Lanzinger is
\nactive in her community, serving on the boards of two charitable
\norganizations, the Portage Lakes Advisory Council, the Polar Bear Club
\n(Polar Bear Jump). Additionally, Judge Lanzinger is a member of the
\nPortage Lakes Kiwanis, the Magic City Kiwanis, the Green Chamber of
\nCommerce, Stow Chamber of Commerce, the Cuyahoga Falls Chamber,
\nand the Green Opiate Task Force. Judge Lanzinger is a member Akron
\nBar Association and is an Akron Bar Foundation Fellow. Judge Jill is a
\nlifetime member of the NAACP.<\/p>\n

(3) Why are you running for this particular court seat?<\/strong>
\nAs Judge of the Summit County Common Pleas Court, I promote justice
\nfor victims of crime. As Judge, I am in a position to help protect the
\npeople within the jurisdiction. I care about the safety and future of our
\ncommunity. As a long-time resident of this community and mother of
\nthree children, I\u2019m committed to justice and progress in the Summit
\nCounty Common Pleas Court. As judge, my work addressing the heroin
\nepidemic needs to be continued.
\nAt the Barberton Municipal Court, I founded and presided over the
\nBarberton Municipal Drug Court. We must combat the heroin epidemic
\ntogether as a community. I partnered with leaders in the community to
\nestablish a drug court. As a Common Pleas Court Judge, I help people
\nget access to treatment. As judge, I promote the use of technology in
\nthe court. The use of technology saves the taxpayers and parties money
\nand time.
\nAs judge, I have implemented the use of Skype and Facetime for court
\nproceedings. I\u2019m advocating for a paperless environment and e-filing.
\nInnovative use of technology is essential to the administration of
\njustice. As your judge, I will continue to use my experience and
\nknowledge to move the Summit County Common Pleas Court forward.
\nI will continue to work hard and make improvements to the Court that
\nwill benefit our community. Additionally, I will continue to protect our
\ncommunity from predators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Office: Summit County \u2013 Summit County Common Pleas Court Age: 38 Residence: Akron, OH Email: judgelanzinger@gmail.com Website: Keepjudgejill.com; Facebook: @KeepJudgeJill; Twitter: @JudgeJill Occupation: Judge of the Summit County Common Pleas Court Education: J.D. from the University of Akron School of Law, cum laude, Law Review. B.A. from Heidelberg University in Psychology and Political Science, cum […]<\/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-40443","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40443","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=40443"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42159,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40443\/revisions\/42159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}