- Born:
December 19, 1937, Port Clinton, Ohio
- Present Position: Judge, Ottawa County Court of
Common Pleas, General Division, 1991 to present
- College:
John Carroll University, Cleveland,
Ohio. Alpha Sigma Nu (Jesuit Honorary, President). Graduated Cum Laude, June of
1959, Degree, BSS
- Law School: Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.
Graduated June of 1962. Degree, JD
- Additional Schooling: The Philosophy of Kirkegårde,
Catholic University of America, 1960, Law and Organizational Economics, University of Kansas, 2000
- Military Service: Commissioned 2nd Lt. USAR, 6 June 1959; 1st Lt. on 9 January 1963; active service commencing on that date. Adjutant, 28th Transportation Battalion and Commanding Officer, Headquarters Detachment, 28th Transportation Battalion, stationed in Orleans, Ingrandes and Poitiers, France and Mannheim, Germany. Release from active service on 21 December 1964.
Admitted to the Practice of Law before the Supreme Court of Ohio, October 20, 1962.
Admitted to the Practice of Law before the Supreme Court of the United States, May 24, 1971. Also admitted before the United States District Court, Toledo, and the United States Court of Appeals, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Partner, Moon, Moon and Noblitt, Lawyers, Port Clinton, Ohio, 1965 to 1979.
Judge, Port Clinton, Ohio, Municipal Court, 1979 to 1991.
Member, Ottawa County Bar Association (President, 1965 and 1968), Ohio State Bar Association and American Bar Association. Ohio Association of Municipal/County Court Judges, Trustee of said Association beginning 1987 to 1991. Ohio Association of Common Pleas Court Judges, 1991 to present.
Assistant City Solicitor and Police Prosecutor, Port Clinton, Ohio, 1965 to 1966.
Member of City Council, Port Clinton, Ohio 1966 to 1970. President of City Council, Port Clinton, Ohio, 1971 to 1973.
Member, Board of Trustees, Firelands College, Bowling Green State University, 1971 to 1984, President two terms.
Member, National Conference of Special Court Judges, Committee on Bi-Lingual Courts and Municipal Courts, through 1991.
Special Counsel for the Ohio Attorney General, through 1979.
Legal Advisor, Ohio Mock Trial Program, 1987-1988.
Faculty, Ohio Judicial College, 1987 and 1989.
Editor, Chronicle, state-wide Newsletter for Judges and Legislators through 1991.
Hobbies: Music, Historical Restoration
