{"id":47163,"date":"2019-10-10T13:18:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T13:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/?p=47163"},"modified":"2019-10-10T13:18:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T13:18:06","slug":"heaven-guest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/heaven-guest\/","title":{"rendered":"Heaven Guest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/files\/2019\/10\/f20191008174318_1-1024x964.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47167\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment--><strong>Office:<\/strong> Columbiana County Municipal Court<\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong>\u00a0 48<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Residence:<\/strong>  Minerva, OH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong>  heavenguestforjudge@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Website:\u00a0<\/strong> http:\/\/heavenguestforjudge.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/HeavenGuestforJudge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Occupation:<\/strong>  Assistant Prosecuting Attorney<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong>  JD from the University of Akron, 2001; Masters Degree in Public Administration; Masters Degree in Urban Studies; Masters Degree in Elementary Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Work Experience:<\/strong>  Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for the past 16 years; Appellate Judicial Attorney 2001-2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Family:<\/strong>  Married with three step children, four step grandchildren, and three dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Affiliations:<\/strong>  Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association member; National District Attorneys Association member; Columbiana County Bar Association member; FOPA, Akron Bar Association member; Law Library Resources Board member, ATHENA, Women&#8217;s Network, Women&#8217;s Impact Inc., Stark County NAACP, Member of the Summit County Collaborative Against Human Trafficking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Endorsements:<\/strong>  State Representative Tavia Galonksi, Hall of Fame Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO,and Columbiana, Mahoning &amp; Trumbull Counties United Auto Workers-Commuity Action Program Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(1) List your judicial experience (courts and years):<\/strong><br \/>Judicial Attorney for Judge Robert Nader, 11th District Court of Appeals 2001-2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(2) What about your non-judicial legal experience qualifies you to be a judge?<\/strong><br \/>I have the commitment, compassion, and experience necessary to serve the court with integrity and fairness to all. Over the last sixteen years as a prosecuting attorney, I have handled cases involving misdemeanor and felony charges. I have prosecuted cases involving child support enforcement, administrative matters, and civil issues. In addition, have prosecuted delinquency cases as well as dependency, neglect and abuse cases at juvenile court. I have experience with specialty courts, including: mental health court, drug court, and domestic violence court. I am an active member of a collaborative against human trafficking and advisory board member of a municipal court&#8217;s human trafficking court. I have argued appeals in the 7th, 8th,and 9th District Court of Appeals as well as the Ohio Supreme Court. I am admitted to the Northern District Court of Ohio and the Supreme Court of the Unites States of America, where I recently filed a brief in opposition to petition for writ of certiorari in a death penalty case. In addition to my juris doctorate degree, I have three masters degrees from the University of Akron. I taught undergraduate, law-related courses at the University of Akron for fifteen years and currently teach at the Police Academy. In addition, I have presented a variety of continuing legal education presentations on a variety of topics ranging from child support, driving under the influence, and advanced appellate practice. I have excellent communication skills and am dedicated to helping people. I treat people with fairness and respect. My education, experience, and work ethic qualify me for the position of municipal court judge.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(3) Why are you running for this particular court seat?<\/strong><br \/>I am running for judge because I am qualified for the position and I want to make a difference in our community. As a prosecuting attorney, I have experience in handling a wide-variety of criminal, juvenile, civil, and appellate matters. I am committed to the members of our community and I will serve our courts with integrity and fairness for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Office: Columbiana County Municipal Court Age:\u00a0 48 Residence: Minerva, OH Email: heavenguestforjudge@gmail.com Website:\u00a0 http:\/\/heavenguestforjudge.com https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/HeavenGuestforJudge Occupation: Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Education: JD from the University of Akron, 2001; Masters Degree in Public Administration; Masters Degree in Urban Studies; Masters Degree in Elementary Education Work Experience: Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for the past 16 years; Appellate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4007,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4007"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47171,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47163\/revisions\/47171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}