Patrick F. Fischer
Residence: Cincinnati
Organizations, boards, previous elected positions: Judge, Ohio First District Court of Appeals; Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission; Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism; Ohio State Bar Association; Ohio State Bar Foundation; Ohio Lawyers Assistance Program; Cincinnati Bar Association; Cincinnati Bar Foundation; American Bar Association; Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers;; Cincinnati’s Thomas More Society; Visions Community Services; Hamilton County Mental Health & Recovery Services Board; Hamilton County ADAS Board; Pleasant Ridge Community Council; Children’s Museum of Cincinnati; St. Ursula Villa of Cincinnati; maybe others I do not recall at this time
Education: Harvard Law School ‘83 JD; Harvard College’80 AB
Current employment: Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
Why are you seeking elected office: I am highly qualified and eminently competent for the role. I have the ability and experiences to be a high quality justice. I want to serve all Ohioans.
Why should voters elect you: As a practitioner before becoming a judge and then justice, I represented clients as both plaintiffs and defendants, and thus know how to listen and absorb arguments from all sides. I tried cases throughout the nation (Illinois, Colorado, New York, California, for some examples), including federal courts in the Sixth, Tenth, and Second Circuits, as well as statewide throughout Ohio. And I have served as an appellate judge and justice since 2010. Those are the roles one must know to be a good justice. I even won a case in the US Supreme Court.
If elected, what will be your top three priorities? 1. Judicial/Court fairness and equality for all. 2. Judicial/courtroom efficiency, an effort of which I have been highly effective. 3. Writing opinions the parties can understand
What specific plans do you have to address those top priorities? Continue and enhance/increase all my current efforts which show I have done all 3 already.
Anything else you would like voters to know? I am a fine justice and much more experienced and qualified than when the citizens of Ohio elected me. If you want that experience on the bench, please vote for me.
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Terri Jamison
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