Supreme Court of Ohio 2006 Annual Report - Supreme Court - State ...

With his re-election to the Supreme Court, Justice
Terrence O’Donnell brings more than 25 years of judicial
service to the state judiciary, having served on the court
of appeals and the Court of Common Pleas for Cuyahoga
County.
Justice O’Donnell began his legal career as a law clerk
to Justice J.J.P. Corrigan of the Supreme Court of Ohio
in 1971; he also clerked for Judges John V. Corrigan and
John M. Manos on the 8 th District Court of Appeals in
Cuyahoga County, where he later served as an appellate
judge for eight years. He previously served as a judge on
the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas for 14
years.
Justice O’Donnell has been honored by every school
and university he attended. St. Edward High School
presented him with its Alumnus of the Year Award
in 2005, Kent State University recognized him as an
outstanding arts and sciences graduate, and Cleveland
State University has awarded him with its Distinguished
Alumni Award. In addition, the University of Akron has
conferred an honorary doctor of law upon him.
Justice O’Donnell resides in Rocky River with his wife,
Mary Beth. They have four adult children — Terrence,
Michael, and Colleen, all of whom are attorneys; and
Nora, an English teacher at St. Ignatius High School.
Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger, before her 2004 election as
the 150 th member of the Supreme Court, served at every
other level of Ohio’s judiciary — the 6 th District Court
of Appeals, Lucas County Court of Common Pleas and
Toledo Municipal Court. A former teacher, she was the
second woman in the United States to earn a master’s
degree in judicial studies. Since 1990, she has taught
judges at the National Judicial College in the U.S. and the
former Soviet Union, and is an adjunct professor at the
University of Toledo’s law school.
Committed to the improvement of justice, Justice
Lanzinger now chairs the Commission on the Rules
of Superintendence for Ohio Courts, previously
participating on many statewide committees. She also was
president of the Morrison Waite American Inn of Court
and the Toledo Junior Bar Association.
The Justice and her husband, Robert, have a
daughter, son, and son-in-law, all attorneys, and three
grandchildren.