{"id":41163,"date":"2018-09-26T13:04:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T13:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/?page_id=41163"},"modified":"2018-10-31T14:01:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T14:01:31","slug":"mary-jane-trapp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/mary-jane-trapp\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Jane Trapp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Office:<\/strong> Trumbull County \u2013 Ohio Court of Appeals, Eleventh Appellate
\nDistrict<\/p>\n

Age:<\/strong> 62<\/p>\n

Residence:<\/strong> Russell Township, OH<\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> info@maryjanetrapp.com<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.maryjanetrapp.com; http:\/\/facebook.com\/Citizen
\nsformaryjanetrapp; http:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryJaneTrapp<\/p>\n

Occupation:<\/strong> Attorney, mediator, and arbitrator<\/p>\n

Education:<\/strong> A.B, cum laude, Mount Holyoke College and J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law<\/p>\n

Work Experience:<\/strong> 31 years as a litigator and appellate counsel and 6
\nyears as an appellate judge<\/p>\n

Family:<\/strong> Married with four step-children and three step-grandchildren<\/p>\n

Affiliations:<\/strong> Past President of the Ohio State Bar Association;
\nAmerican Bar Association, Geauga, Portage, Cleveland Metro, and
\nOhio Women\u2019s Bar Associations; Ohio Judicial Conference Ohio Jury
\nInstructions Committee Board of Editors; Board Member, Legal Aid
\nSociety of Cleveland; United Way of Geauga and Lake County, Women\u2019s Leadership Council member; Geauga Growth Partnership
\nmember and seminar leader; Member, Cathedral of St. John the
\nEvangelist and St. Anselm\u2019s churches<\/p>\n

Endorsements:<\/strong> Cleveland Plain Dealer, Warren Tribune Chronicle, Western Lake County Fraternal Order of Police<\/p>\n

Bar Association Ratings:<\/strong> \u201cPreferred\u201d by the Trumbull County Bar Association,\u00a0\u201cHighly Recommended\u201d by the Portage County Bar Association, and \u201cHighly Recommended\/Recommended by 98% of Geauga County Bar Association<\/p>\n

(1) List your judicial experience (courts and years):<\/strong>
\nEleventh District Court of Appeals Judge, term commencing February
\n9, 2007, and ending February 8, 2013; Administrative Judge, 2008-
\n2009; Presiding and Administrative Judge, 2009-2011<\/p>\n

(2) What about your non-judicial legal experience qualifies you to be a<\/strong>
\njudge?<\/strong>
\nMy career as a practicing attorney before serving as an appellate judge
\nspanned a wide range of notable experiences, from serving as lead
\ncounsel in at least 25 major appellate cases and 30 major jury trials, to
\nbeing certi\u00d7ed as co-counsel in capital cases. After my return to private
\npractice in 2013, I have argued or consulted in over 25 major appellate
\ncases, including case before the Supreme Court of Ohio.
\nIn addition to the seminal cases of my career, I have had the
\nopportunity to serve as counsel in over 100 arbitrations, small civil and
\ncriminal bench trials, at all levels of state court, including the Supreme
\nCourt of Ohio, common pleas and municipal courts, the Court of
\nClaims; as well as being appointed by probate courts as counsel in civil
\ncommitment hearings including probable cause and full hearings. Most
\nnotably, I served as mediator, arbitrator, and as a guardian ad litem for
\nchildren for the domestic relations court. On the federal level, I have
\nhad the opportunity to practice in the federal courts of Ohio,
\nPennsylvania, and Connecticut. I also had the opportunity to practice
\nbefore both state and federal administrative agencies.
\nIn addition to lawyering, a major aspect of my professional life included
\nactive participation in community service as a bar association leader
\nand volunteer at a local, state, and national level. Now returning to the
\nprivate practice of law, I focus my state-wide practice on appellate and
\ntrial advocacy in all areas of complex civil and criminal litigation and on
\nproviding mediation and arbitration services for attorneys, businesses,
\nand governmental entities at the pre-trial, post-trial and appellate
\nstages of a claim. I provide pro bono legal representation to low income
\nfamilies as a legal aid volunteer, and I continue my work in the area of
\njudicial administration and legal reform as one of four collaborators on
\nthe Cuyahoga County Bail Reform Task Force Report.<\/p>\n

(3) Why are you running for this particular court seat?<\/strong>
\nThirty-six years ago I took my oath as an attorney-at-law. In taking that
\noath, I promised to support our constitution and faithfully follow the
\nlaw. As an attorney, I work in the trenches of our justice system helping
\nordinary people with their extraordinary problems, representing
\nworking families, children at risk, and small business owners in courts
\nacross the state from small claims court to the Supreme Court of Ohio.
\nAs much as I enjoy my work as a litigator, I found my calling as a judge.
\nThe position gave me a chance to bring my years of courtroom
\nexperience and my passion for the law to a position of public service
\ndedicated to ensuring the safety of our families and preserving a fair
\nand impartial judicial system. Never a day goes by that I do not
\nappreciate the enormous impact that court decisions have on people\u2019s
\nlives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Office: Trumbull County \u2013 Ohio Court of Appeals, Eleventh Appellate District Age: 62 Residence: Russell Township, OH Email: info@maryjanetrapp.com Website: http:\/\/www.maryjanetrapp.com; http:\/\/facebook.com\/Citizen sformaryjanetrapp; http:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryJaneTrapp Occupation: Attorney, mediator, and arbitrator Education: A.B, cum laude, Mount Holyoke College and J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law Work Experience: 31 years as a litigator and appellate counsel […]<\/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-41163","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41163","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=41163"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42451,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41163\/revisions\/42451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}