{"id":51503,"date":"2020-02-12T01:15:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T01:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/?p=51503"},"modified":"2020-08-18T18:19:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T18:19:51","slug":"wanda-c-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wanda-c-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanda C. Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Office: <\/strong>For Judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Unexpired Term Ending 1\/2\/2023<\/p>\n

Age: <\/strong>47<\/p>\n

Residence: <\/strong>Solon<\/p>\n

Email:  <\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Social Media: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Occupation: <\/strong>Judge<\/p>\n

Education: <\/strong>Cleveland Marshall College of Law<\/p>\n

Work Experience: <\/strong>Judge since January 7, 2019<\/p>\n

Family: <\/strong>Married with six children ranging in age from 4 to 28 years old.<\/p>\n

Affiliations: <\/strong>League of Women Voters, NAACP, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association<\/p>\n

Endorsements: <\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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(1) List your judicial experience (courts and years)<\/strong>
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court General Division for 1 year.<\/p>\n

(2) What about your non-judicial legal experience qualifies you to be a judge?<\/strong>
I was born and raised in Cleveland Ohio. I am a proud graduate of Glenville Highschool. Before attending law school I was a mail carrier and I also worked in banking for almost twenty years. I attended law school in the evenings while working full time and raising my children. As an attorney, I was a dedicated Guardian ad Litem for children who have been separated from their parents or are at risk of separation due to abuse neglect or dependency. I also represented the best interests of children in custody matters.<\/p>\n

(3) Why are you running for this particular court seat?<\/strong>
I was appointed to this seat by Governor Kasich in January of 2019. In my first year on the bench I had more incoming cases than almost every other Judge in this court. My docket had 451 incoming cases compared to an average of around 371. I also resolved more cases in my first year than any of the other new judges who took the bench in 2019.<\/p>\n

In a short time period, I have established a reputation for having an unflappable judicial temperament. I actively practice the four pillars of procedural justice in my courtroom daily by being compassionate, fair, impartial, transparent, and allowing parties to have a voice. I received two commendations from jurors\/potential jurors this past year recognizing the way I handle my courtroom. In addition to the probation committee, I also serve on the criminal rules committee in our court. I am currently working on a proposal to streamline the process of fee bill submission and electronic payments for appointed counsel.<\/p>\n

Education and Community: I completed judicial training, while still actively engaging in our community. I conducted court in the classroom at Heritage Middle School and volunteered as a mock trial Judge in both 2019 and 2020 for Highschool Mock trial teams. I also helped Cleveland Marshall College of Law prepare their moot court team for Regional Competition. (they won first place!)<\/p>\n

I am seeking election for this particular seat because I have proven that I am an asset to the bench. I am certainly filling the shoes of my predecessor, however, I am just beginning. I humbly ask for the support of voters so that I can continue making positive contributions to the Cuyahoga Common Pleas Court General Division Bench.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Office: For Judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Unexpired Term Ending 1\/2\/2023 Age: 47 Residence: Solon Email:  Website: www.KeepJudgewandajones.com Social Media:  Occupation: Judge Education: Cleveland Marshall College of Law Work Experience: Judge since January 7, 2019 Family: Married with six children ranging in age from 4 to 28 years old. Affiliations: League of Women Voters, NAACP, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar […]<\/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-51503","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\/51503","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=51503"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58059,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51503\/revisions\/58059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}