{"id":49411,"date":"2020-02-05T13:17:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T13:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/?p=49411"},"modified":"2020-09-24T23:13:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T23:13:56","slug":"julie-a-schafer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/julie-a-schafer\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie A. Schafer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Office: <\/strong>For Judge of the Ninth District Court of Appeals
Term Beginning 2\/9\/2021<\/span><\/h4>
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Age: <\/strong>62<\/p>\n

Residence: <\/strong>Wadsworth<\/p>\n

Email: <\/strong> SaferwithSchafer2020@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Website: <\/strong>http:\/\/www.SchaferforJudge.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Social Media: <\/strong> Twitter: @JudgeJulieS; Facebook: JudgeJulieSchafer<\/p>\n

Occupation: <\/strong>Judge<\/p>\n

Education: <\/strong> J.D. University of Akron, MBA University of Akron<\/p>\n

Work Experience: <\/strong>Judge, Ninth District Court of Appeals, 2015-present; Judge – Akron Municipal Court<\/p>\n

Family: <\/strong>Single, bio Daughter Morgan McKee is an attorney in Wheeling, WV; 3 adopted children ages 12, 10 and 7.<\/p>\n

Affiliations: <\/strong>Akron Bar Association; Akron Bar Foundation; Lorain County Bar Association; Medina County Bar Association; Wayne County Bar Association; Ohio State Bar Association; Lakeside Christian Church; Medina County Farm Bureau; Medina County Republican Women; Ohio Poultry Association; National Rifle Association; Summit County Foster Parent Association; WCS Parent Teacher Association<\/p>\n

Endorsements: <\/strong>The Cleveland Plain Dealer https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/opinion\/2020\/09\/julie-a-schafer-for-9th-ohio-district-court-of-appeals.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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(1) List your judicial experience (courts and years)<\/strong>
Judge, Ninth District Court of Appeals, 2015-present. Judge, Akron Municipal Court, 2014<\/p>\n

(2) What about your non-judicial legal experience qualifies you to be a judge?<\/strong>
I actively practiced law daily from 2002 until taking the bench as Judge in 2014. I focused my practice mainly on domestic, juvenile and probate issues in many courts and in many counties. I also represented children as a CASA and as a guardian ad litem in both domestic and juvenile courts. My countless courtroom experiences as an attorney provided me with a solid foundation in the legal process and in courtroom procedures. Understanding the issues my clients faced enabled me to be a fair and compassionate advocate on their behalf and brought stability to their lives.<\/p>\n

Further, my legal training helped me tremendously while serving on the Copley-Fairlawn School Board for 14 years. I have a keen understanding of how administrative agencies operate and brought that knowledge to my service on the board. I received mediation training from the Ohio Supreme Court and was a mediator for Summit County Juvenile Court for many years, helping families to resolve sticky issues of child care and custody.<\/p>\n

(3) Why are you running for this particular court seat?<\/strong>
I am seeking a second term as Judge on the Ninth District Court of Appeals because I am the best candidate for the job.<\/p>\n

I currently have five years of experience in this seat and have heard over 1,000 cases and been the author judge of nearly 400 opinions. I have heard capital murder post-conviction appeals, criminal, misdemeanor, and traffic appeals; civil appeals that include medical malpractice, corporate and contractual disputes, and evictions among many others. Family courts produce divorce and post-decree divorce appeals, spousal support, child support and child custody appeals. Juvenile courts frequently terminate parental rights and I have heard many, many permanent custody appeals. The list goes on to include many others including administrative appeals such as student expulsions and worker\u2019s compensation.<\/p>\n

I served as Administrative Judge in 2017 and Presiding Judge in 2018 – the year we moved the entire Court from the Ocasek Building after 33 years to Main Place. I am the only one of the five judges who doesn\u2019t live in Summit County, bringing diversity to the Court – nearly 700,000 of the districts\u2019 residents live in Lorain, Medina and Wayne Counties.<\/p>\n

I love the randomnicity of this position – every day brings a new assortment of disputes looking for a resolution and I eagerly seek a sound, lawful, legal opinion that brings closure for the parties. I am running for this seat because I hold service to others as a high calling and humbly ask for the opportunity to continue to serve as Judge of the Ninth District Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Office: For Judge of the Ninth District Court of Appeals Term Beginning 2\/9\/2021 Age: 62 Residence: Wadsworth Email:  SaferwithSchafer2020@gmail.com Website: http:\/\/www.SchaferforJudge.com Social Media:  Twitter: @JudgeJulieS; Facebook: JudgeJulieSchafer Occupation: Judge Education:  J.D. University of Akron, MBA University of Akron Work Experience: Judge, Ninth District Court of Appeals, 2015-present; Judge – Akron Municipal Court Family: Single, bio Daughter Morgan McKee is an attorney in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2571,"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-49411","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\/49411","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\/2571"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49411"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60035,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49411\/revisions\/60035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}