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Legal Resources Division Office of Legal Resources Arthur J. Marziale Jr. Director Office of the Reporter Ralph W. Preston Reporter of Decisions Law Library Ken Kozlowski Director 2008 Annual Report • The Supreme Court of Ohio
The Legal Resources Division consists of the Office of Legal Resources, the Office of the Reporter and the Law Library. The Office of Legal Resources is the lead office of the division and assists the Supreme Court in resolving complex legal issues pending before the Court. The Office of the Reporter is responsible for publishing the opinions of the Court and trial and appellate courts of Ohio. The Law Library is one of the largest state law libraries in the country, with a comprehensive collection of Ohio, federal and state legal resources available to the public. Office of Legal Resources The staff attorneys — known as master commissioners — in the Office of Legal Resources provided research and writing support to the Justices in 2008 on the non-discretionary portion of the Court’s docket. This included death penalty appeals (34 memos, drafts or research projects on conviction and postconviction matters), public utility appeals (20 memos, drafts or research projects), workers’ compensation appeals (40 memos, drafts or research projects), state tax appeals (45 memos, drafts or research projects), extraordinary writs (301 memos, drafts, research projects or orders), and attorney disciplinary cases (81 memos, drafts or research projects). They also assisted the Chief Justice with processing 124 affidavits of disqualification. Also in 2008, Arthur J. Marziale Jr. joined the office as division director. He previously served as the director of the State Employee Relations Board. Legal Resources Division 2008 staff Deborah J. Barrett Mary J. Beck Marlys Bradshaw P. Michael Bradshaw James F. Bumbico Elizabeth A. Clarke Judith S. Conrad Alicia F. Elwing Daniel W. Fox Mary K. Fry Patricia A. Hagen Sharon L. Jewett Diane E. Kier Douglas H. Kohrt Judith Susan Kolk Ken Kozlowski Mark Loudenslagel Lisa M. Lynch Robert C. Maier Arthur J. Marziale Jr. Diana J. Mercer Maureen A. Penman Christopher E. Pon Ralph W. Preston Deanna D. Rush Matthew Satterwhite Ellen Seibert Dusty R. Smeller Diane M. Taveira Pamela G. Wynsen 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. The office maintains the Court’s opinions and announcements Web page, on which nearly 60,000 Supreme Court, court of appeals and trial court opinions are posted, all of which are easily accessible to the public at no cost. During 2008, the Office of the Reporter edited and published 396 Supreme Court opinions, 106 court of appeals opinions, and five Court of Claims and trial court opinions in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets. The 396 Supreme Court opinions required 2,352 pages in the advance sheets, while the 2008 Annual Report • The Supreme Court of Ohio 49
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