What Does the Supreme Court Really Do?

Cleveland Lawyers Chapter

Speaker:

• Hon. Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio,

Speaker:

• Hon. Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio,

Evelyn Lundberg Stratton is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, where she has served since 1996. Prior to her service on the Supreme Court, Justice Stratton served as a judge on the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, where she presided over major cases ranging from capital murder trials to major civil actions. Justice Stratton has led a nationwide effort to speed up adoption appeals and has worked to institute other reforms in adoption law. Justice Stratton has also dedicated herself to improving the partnership between the courts and the mental health system, most notably by founding the Supreme Court of Ohio Advisory Committee on Mental Illness and the Courts. Justice Stratton earned her B.A. in history from the University of Akron and her J.D. from The Ohio State University College of Law in 1978. She has authored several law review articles and other articles on legal issues, and has served as both a lecturer for the Ohio Judicial College and as visiting faculty for the National Judicial Conference.

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