The Supreme Court Ohio Annual Report

Legal Resources
2009 STAFF
Deborah Barrett
Mary Joe Beck
Marlys Bradshaw
Michael Bradshaw
James Bumbico
Andrew Campbell
Elizabeth Clarke
Judith Conrad
Alicia Elwing
Daniel Fox
Mary Fry
Patricia Hagen
Sharon Jewett
Diane Kier
Douglas Kohrt
Ken Kozlowski
Mark Loudenslagel
Lisa Lynch
Robert Maier
Arthur Marziale Jr.
Diana Mercer
Moe Penman
Christopher Pon
Ralph Preston
Deanna Rush
Ellen Seibert
Dusty Smeller
Diane Taveira
Jo Vantress
Pamela Wynsen
Office of Legal Resources
The staff attorneys — known as master commissioners — in
the Office of Legal Resources actively supervised discovery in
original actions, and provided research and writing support
to the Justices on the non-discretionary portion of the Court’s
docket, which included memos, drafts and research projects in:
• 55 death penalty appeals (on conviction and
postconviction matters)
• 21 public utility appeals
• 50 workers’ compensation appeals
• 45 state tax appeals
• 288 extraordinary writs
• 84 attorney discipline cases.
The master commissioners also assisted the Chief Justice with
processing 124 affidavits of disqualification and nine motions
for reconsideration.
Office of the Reporter
The Office of the Reporter edits all opinions prior to release
by the Court and prepares and releases slip opinions, daily case
announcements and periodic administrative actions. The office
also publishes the weekly Ohio Official Reports advance sheets
and the bound volumes of the Ohio Official Reports. In addition,
the office maintains the Court’s Opinions and Announcements
Web page, on which more than 66,000 Supreme Court, court
of appeals and trial court opinions are posted for no-cost public
access.
During 2009, the Office of the Reporter edited and timely
published in print the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets of 442
Supreme Court opinions, 472 court of appeals opinions and
26 Court of Claims and trial court opinions. The 442 Supreme
Court opinions required 2,158 pages in the Ohio Official
Reports advance sheets, while the 472 court of appeals opinions
required 4,442 pages. Overall, the Office of the Reporter was
responsible for the content of about 8,900 pages of the Ohio
Official Reports advance sheets during 2009.
In addition, during 2009, the Office of the Reporter posted to
the Supreme Court Web site 426 Supreme Court opinions, 330
case announcements and administrative actions, 5,869 court
of appeals opinions, 414 Court of Claims opinions and 25 trial
court opinions.
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