Annette
G. Butler will become the newest judge on the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas
Court bench when she takes office on Dec. 12 after her appointment today by
Gov. John R. Kasich.
Butler
replaces former Judge Timothy McGinty, who resigned on Oct. 31. In order to
serve out the remainder of McGinty’s term, which ends Jan. 1, 2017, Butler must
run in the November 2012 general election.
She
received a bachelor’s degree in sociology and psychology from Case Western
Reserve University and earned her juris doctorate from the Cleveland-Marshall
College of Law. For nearly 25 years, Butler served as an assistant U.S.
Attorney for Civil Trials and Appeals in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern
District of Ohio. She has additional legal practice experience in both the
public and private sector, and has taught numerous courses at the Academy of
Court Reporting & Technology and the Justice Department National Advocacy
Center.
Butler
is the past president and current board member of the Federal Bar Association’s
Northern District of Ohio Chapter. Butler continues to serve on several boards
of trustees, including that of the Cleveland State University Development
Foundation, and has been recognized by various groups for her service within her
profession and community.
McGinty resigned to
run for Cuyahoga County prosecutor next year. Ironically, Butler ran for county
prosecutor against incumbent Bill Mason in 2009; she lost decisively.
Until her appointment
Butler was serving as a member of the reconstituted Cuyahoga County Board of
Revision.
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