{"id":58759,"date":"2020-09-24T19:23:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T19:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/?p=58759"},"modified":"2020-09-25T14:01:29","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T14:01:29","slug":"john-odonnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/john-odonnell\/","title":{"rendered":"John O’Donnell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Office: <\/strong>For Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
Term Beginning 1\/1\/2021<\/span><\/h4>
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Age: <\/strong>55<\/p>\n

Residence: <\/strong>Lakewood<\/p>\n

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

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

Social Media: <\/strong>@JudgeJackOD; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JudgeJohnODonnell<\/a><\/p>\n

Occupation: <\/strong>Judge, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division<\/p>\n

Education: <\/strong>Cleveland St. Joseph High School, Miami (O.) University, Cleveland Marshall College of Law<\/p>\n

Work Experience: <\/strong>Legal work experience: Civil trial attorney 1993-2002 and 2005-2007; Judge, 2002-2005 and 2007-present.<\/p>\n

Family: <\/strong>Married with five children<\/p>\n

Affiliations: <\/strong>Roman Catholic; St. Malachi Center Bd. of Trustees; Lakewood City Academy Bd. of Trustees; Cuyahoga County Law Library Resource Board; Ohio State Bar Association; Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association; Consistently disappointed Cleveland Browns fan<\/p>\n

Endorsements: <\/strong>The Cleveland Plain Dealer, https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/opinion\/2020\/09\/john-p-odonnell-for-ohio-supreme-court.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Bar Association Ratings: <\/strong>All 2020: Recommended, Ohio State Bar Association; Excellent, Cuyahoga Metropolitan Bar Association; Excellent, Asian American Bar Association of Ohio; Excellent, Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Good, Norman S. Minor Bar Association<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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(1) List your judicial experience (courts and years)<\/strong>
I have been a judge for over 16 years. I have presided over hundreds of jury trials, both criminal and civil, and scores of bench trials. I have handled death penalty cases. I was selected by the Chief Justice of The Ohio Supreme Court to be one of only eight judges in Ohio to preside over a commercial docket dedicated to the swift and just resolution of business disputes. I have presided over a criminal mental health docket specializing in the issues arising in the adjudication and disposition of cases where a defendant has a serious mental illness with a psychotic feature. I have a reputation for political independence, a necessity for any good judge.<\/p>\n

(2) What about your non-judicial legal experience qualifies you to be a judge?<\/strong>
I was a civil trial attorney who was in court almost every working day for approximately 10 years.<\/p>\n

(3) Why are you running for this particular court seat?<\/strong>
The Ohio Supreme Court decides issues affecting everyone on a wide variety of subjects: constitutional law; education; collective bargaining; employer\/employee rights; civil rights; utility rates; criminal law; commerce; legislative districting and others. I want to bring to these issues an independent perspective, informed by practical experience and the law, to decide these cases for the common good of all Ohioans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Office: For Justice of the Ohio Supreme CourtTerm Beginning 1\/1\/2021 Age: 55 Residence: Lakewood Email: judgejohnpodonnellforjustice@gmail.com Website: odonnellforjustice.com Social Media: @JudgeJackOD; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JudgeJohnODonnell Occupation: Judge, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Education: Cleveland St. Joseph High School, Miami (O.) University, Cleveland Marshall College of Law Work Experience: Legal work experience: Civil trial attorney 1993-2002 and 2005-2007; Judge, 2002-2005 and 2007-present. Family: Married with […]<\/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-58759","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\/58759","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=58759"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58775,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58759\/revisions\/58775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}