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Education:
1975 Oak Harbor High School Graduate
1979 Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice; University of Toledo
1987 Juris Doctor, University of Toledo
Work
Experience:
1975 - 1981 Village of Oak Harbor Auxiliary Police, Dispatcher,
Cadet, Full-time Patrolman
1981 - 1985 Ottawa County Juvenile Court, Probation Officer
1985 - 1988 Toledo Edison, Davis-Besse, Security/Firearms Instructor
1988 - 2003 Ottawa County Prosecutors Office, Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney
1988 - Present Private Practice of Law - 318 Madison Street, Port
Clinton, Ohio.
Primary areas of practice: Adoption, Probate, Personal Injury, Real
Estate, Business Law, Bankruptcy
Previous
Activities: Oak Harbor Village Council; Founding Board Member, Portage
Fire
District; Oak Harbor Library Board; Board Member, Heartbeat of
Ottawa County; Solicitor, Village of Rocky Ridge; Ohio Reads Tutor
Memberships:
St. Boniface Church, Oak Harbor; Oak Harbor Conservation Club;
Black
Swamp Bird Observatory; Ottawa County Historical Society; Ducks
Unlimited; Schedel Gardens; Christian Family Movement; Port Clinton
Yacht Club; Ohio Reads Tutor
Personal:
Age: 45; Married: 07/13/85 to Patricia (Schroder) Winters; Children: Bryan
06/04/91; Elizabeth 08/29/97
mailto:
bwinters@co.ottawa.oh.us
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Born: Columbus, Ohio 1954
Education: Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri,
1974, A.A.
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, 1976, B.A.
Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio, 1981, J.D.
1981-1982: Ottawa County Prosecutor's Office,
Assistant Prosecutor
1982-2000: Private Law Practice, Port Clinton, Ohio
1987-2000: Acting Judge, Ottawa County Municipal Court
2004-Prsent: Part-time Magistrate, Ottawa County Common Pleas Court
and Ottawa
County Juvenile Court
Memberships: Ottawa County Bar Association,
1981-present (1982&1999, President)
Ohio State Bar Association, 1981-present
Ida Rupp Public Library Board of Trustees, 1986-1993
Port Clinton Junior Women's Club, 1982-1990
Port Clinton Chamber of Commerce Board, 1989-1993
Erie-Ottawa Children's Services Board, 1989-1991
Ottawa County Women's Bar Association, 2001-present
Delta Delta Delta Sorority, 1974-present
Hobbies: Reading, golf, walking, live theatre
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For a
variety of reasons, I retired from the active practice of law on June 30,
1999 after 26 years. During such period of time, I was engaged principally
in the defense of personal injury litigation which allowed me to practice
in various common pleas courts and courts of appeals as well as the
Supreme Court of Ohio. Following a few months of retirement, I applied for
and was retained on October 1, 1999 as the initial in-house mediator for
the common pleas courts of the counties of Ottawa, Huron, Sandusky and
Seneca.
As the
in-house mediator, pending civil litigation involving varied causes of
action are referred to me for mediation. An overwhelming number of the
mediations conducted to date have resulted in a full settlement and
dismissal of the case. Such results are accomplished usually months in
advance of the trial date and at considerable savings of both time and
money for the litigants, their counsel and insurers, if any, and the
court.
Having
now participated in both the adversarial and mediation processes of
resolving civil disputes, I am firmly convinced that mediation is the
preferable method for resolving such conflicts.
Should
you wish for any civil litigation in which you are involved to be referred
for mediation I suggest you request to the court that such a referral be
made.
mailto: ctmediator@lrbcg.com

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My
work experience started in banking for 15 years. During that time I
took Law in Banking classes and worked toward an Associate Degree in
Computer Science. I started working for Ottawa County in 1995 in the
Adult Probation Department. In 2003, I was assigned as Common Pleas
Court Administrator.
As
Court Administrator, my main responsibility is case management. I
also prepare the court's annual budget, serve as assignment clerk for
civil and criminal cases, responsible for payment of bills, preparation of
payroll and in charge of notary tests. I also serve as Jury Commissioner.
mailto:
kslessman@co.ottawa.oh.us
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I am a graduate of Genoa High School and the University of
Toledo.
My work history includes seven years as an elementary
teacher for the Lancaster, Ohio, City School, fifteen years as co-owner/
bookkeeper/co-manager/pharmacy technician for a family owned and operated
business, and five years as a customer service representative/teller for
the former MidAmerican National Bank now known as Sky Bank. From January
2001 to February 2003, I was a Domestic Relations Clerk for the Wood
County Clerk of Court. I was hired by the Ottawa County Clerk of Courts as
a Deputy Clerk in February 2003, and I became an Assignment
Clerk/Secretary for the Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas in May of
2004.
For the Court, I schedule the daily Court appearances
for Civil and Criminal cases and send notices to the attorneys and the
parties involved. I prepare the Judge's daily Court docket and prepare the
files for these hearings and appearances. Preparing Court documents
from dictation, answering the phones and directing the calls accordingly,
initiating telephone conferences, distributing the daily mail that is
received by the court, administering Notary tests to first-time Notary
applicants, and preparing the paperwork and sending it to the state for
new Notary applicants as well as renewals are some of my
responsibilities. I assist the Judge and the Court Administrator
with the duties they assign me.
mailto:nchaney@co.ottawa.oh.us

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The
primary role of the court reporter is to take down the verbatim record of
all proceedings and, upon request, to provide a written transcript of
those proceedings. I do that using computer-aided transcription (CAT)
which combines the court reporter's ability with the speed of a
microcomputer. Along with traditional transcripts, I can provide condensed
versions, keyword indexes and ASCII disks.
I
started working for Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas in 1981 after
working for a free-lance firm in Toledo for two years. A life-long
resident of Ottawa County, I graduated from Clark Technical College with
an Associate's Degree in Court/Conference Reporting Technology and a B.S.
from Heidelberg College. I have been a member of the Supreme Court of Ohio
Judicial College's "Court Personnel Education and Training
Committee" for over eight years
mailto:
jheld@co.ottawa.oh.us
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WORK
EXPERIENCE:
Deaf Resource Center, Inc., Toledo, Ohio. Executive Director, 1999
- 2004.
Blaugrund, Herbert & Martin, Inc., Dublin, Ohio. Part-Time Associate,
2000 - 2001.
The Ability Center of Greater Toledo, Sylvania, Ohio. Coordinator, Deaf
Services Network, 1997 - 1998.
Miller & Chevalier, Chartered, Washington, D.C. Legal Project
Assistant, Summer 1994, 1992, and 1991.
Texas School for the Deaf, Austin, Texas. Houseparent II. 1992 -
1993.
Travis County District Attorney, Austin, Texas. Clerk IV (Part-Time).
1992 - 1993.
EDUCATION:
The University of Toledo, College of Law: Toledo, Ohio. J.D. 1996.
Dean's List, Fall Semester, 1995. Independent Study: "An
Analysis of Board of Education v. Rowley and its Impact Upon
Disabled Children."
The
College of Wooster: Wooster, Ohio. B.A. 1992. Majored in Psychology.
Pursued interest in legal field through Senor Independent Study:
"Factors That Influence The Jury Decision Making Process: Can Jurors
Disregard Inadmissible Evidence?" and Junior Independent Study:
"What Factors Predict Child Abuse?"
Clinical
Experience:
City of Toledo Public Defender's Office, Toledo, Ohio. Student Intern
(Independent Research Project).
City of Toledo Prosecutor's Office, Toledo, Ohio. Criminal Law Practice
Program. Student Intern.
National Center for Law and Deafness, Legal Clinic, Gallaudet University,
Washington, D.C. Volunteer Intern. 05/1995 - 08/1995.
Membership:
Member of the Ohio Bar and the District of Columbia Bar. Member of the
American Bar Association (ABA).
mailto:
cmunoz@co.ottawa.oh.us

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A
probation officer with the court since September 2002. Mrs. Clemons
is a 1991 graduate of Cumberland College, in Williamsburg, Kentucky,
completing an internship with the Whitley County Probation Department, and
earning a B.S. in Sociology and Social Work. Mrs. Clemons continued
graduate studies at Eastern Kentucky University, in Richmond, Kentucky,
earning a M.A. in Criminal Justice, with an emphasis in Community
Corrections and Juvenile Services.
Upon
graduation, she served as Security Officer for the EKU Campus Police for
one year. Mrs. Clemons returned home to Western Kentucky and worked
as a direct care counselor in a residential treatment facility operated
through the Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children. Another move
brought Mrs. Clemons to Cincinnati, where she was employed by Hamilton
County Juvenile Court for three years in various capacities as Detention
Officer, Work Detail Crew Supervisor, and Probation Officer. She
served in this position until a move to Ottawa County in 1998. Prior
to joining the Common Pleas Court, Mrs. Clemons was employed part-time
with the Juvenile Court Probation.
Mrs.
Clemons is married, with two children, and resides in the Port Clinton
Area
mailto:
dclemons@co.ottawa.oh.us

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A
probation officer with the court since October of 2001, Mr. Bahnsen
is a 1967 graduate of Sandusky High School. Upon graduation, he
entered the U.S. Army serving four years active duty with three tours in
the Republic of South Viet Nam. After discharge, he served in both
the Ohio National Guard and Reserves.
Mr.
Bahnsen entered police service with the Port Clinton Police Department in
1976 as a patrol officer. He was promoted to sergeant in 1978 and to
Chief of Police in 1986. He retired from the department in October
of 2001.
Mr.
Bahnsen is a graduate of Bowling Green State University, the Police
Executive Leadership College, the F.B.I. Leadership Academy, and completed
a year long graduate level program to receive his Certified Law
Enforcement Executive (CLEE) certification.
mailto:
wbahnsen@co.ottawa.oh.us

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Mrs. Deis has been the probation
secretary since January, 2003. She is a graduate of Port Clinton
High School and a life long resident of Port Clinton. She is married
and they have one daughter.
Mrs. Deis started working in the
legal profession in 1970 as a legal secretary for Moon and Moon, and in
1971 for Attorney Larry Noblitt when he joined the firm of Moon, Moon and
Noblitt. After 17 years, she started new employment with Cooper,
Straub, Walinski and Cramer in Toledo, Ohio as a paralegal in the areas of
law in real estate, probate and adoptions for 6 years before coming back
to Port Clinton as the Clerk of the Ottawa County Municipal Court.
In April of 1996, she became a Clerical Specialist with the Ottawa County
Department of Job and Family Services and worked part-time for the law
firm of Tone, Grubbe, McGory and Vermeeren in Sandusky, Ohio, and worked
in both capacities until being hired as the Adult Probation Secretary.
mailto:
jdeis@co.ottawa.oh.us

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