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They are the only trial courts created by the Ohio Constitution (in Article IV, Section 1). The duties of the courts are outlined in Article IV, Section 4. Each of Ohio's 88 counties has a court of common pleas. The Ohio General Assembly (the state legislature) has the power to divide courts of common pleas into divisions, and has done so ...
Following his admission to the Ohio State Bar Association in 1981, Gaul began his career in private practice. [2] In 1991, Gaul began serving as a judge for the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. [2] On October 7, 2010, the Ohio Supreme Court suspended Gaul for threatening to jail a defendant he thought was intimidating an elderly witness.
Miday ran for election to the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas and became the first Egyptian-American to run for judge. However, she was defeated by incumbent Judge Pamela A. Barker in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 47.1 percent of the vote. [1] [7] [8] [9]
Cuyahoga County was established in 1807 with the county seat still in the air. The county decided to place the temporary county seat in the largest settlement of Cleveland. The courts met in various taverns and inns around town while waiting for the courthouse to be built. This first courthouse was designed and built by Levi Johnson.
Michael Patrick Donnelly (born August 30, 1966) is an American lawyer who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio from 2019 to 2024. He formerly served as a judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas from 2005 to 2019. In 2024, Donnelly lost re-election to his seat to Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas judge Megan E. Shanahan.
He was in private practice in Cleveland, Ohio from 1956 to 1968. He was a Referee for the Court of Common Pleas in Cuyahoga County, Ohio from 1957 to 1962. He was a city councilman in Cleveland from 1963 to 1968. He was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1968 to 1980. [1]
The lowest level is the courts of common pleas, the intermediate-level courts are the district courts of appeals, and the highest-ranking court is the Ohio Supreme Court. Ohio municipal and county courts hear cases involving traffic violations, non-traffic misdemeanors, evictions and small civil claims (in which the amount in controversy does ...
Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court; In office May 19, 2003 – December 31, 2018: Nominated by: Robert A. Taft II: Preceded by: Deborah L. Cook: Succeeded by: Michael P. Donnelly: Judge, Cuyahoga County Court of Appeals; In office 2000–2003: Preceded by: Frank Celebrezze: Judge, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court; In office 1994–2000 ...