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JAMES C. CISSELL
Judge, Hamilton County Probate Court
William Howard Taft Center
230 East Ninth Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202

PUBLIC OFFICES

• Judge, Probate Court Hamilton County, Ohio, 2003 - Present
• Clerk of Courts Hamilton County, Ohio, 1992 - 2003
• Vice Mayor City of Cincinnati, 1976-1977
• Council Member City of Cincinnati, 1974-1978, 1985-1987, 1989-1992
• 1st Vice President Cincinnati Board of Park Commissioners, 1973-1974
• Commission Member Cincinnati Recreation Commission, 1974
• Commission Member Cincinnati Planning Commission, 1977
PROFESSIONAL
• U.S. Attorney Southern District of Ohio, 1978-1982
• President National Assoc. of Former U.S. Attorneys, 2001-2002
• President Ohio Clerk of Courts Association, 1998
• Member Ohio Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Technology and the Courts, 2000 - Present
• Member Legislative Task Force to Study Eminent Domain and Its Use and Application in the State, 2006 (Co-chair, Subcommittee on Compensation & Procedure)
• Member Privacy and Access Subcommittee of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Technology and the Courts, 2000 - 2005
• Commission Member Comm. on Racial Fairness, Ohio Sup. Court, 1993-1998
• Commission Member Ohio Courts Futures Commission, 1998 - 2000
• Instructor Ohio Bailiff Basic Training Program
• Member Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, 1995 - 2003
• Advisory Committee Atty. Gen.'s Advisory Comm. of U.S. Attys., 1980-1982
• Adjunct Instructor Chase Coll. of Law, North. Kentucky Univ., 1982-1986
• Asst. Attorney General State of Ohio, 1971-1974
• Legislative Intern Ohio Legislative Service Commission, 1963-1964
• Author Federal Criminal Trials, Lexis Law Publ., 6th Ed., 2003
• Author Privacy and Court Records on the Internet - Mutually Exclusive Concepts, ABA Judges' Journal, Summer 2001
• Editor & Contributor Proving Federal Crimes, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1981
• Author Oil and Gas Law, Ohio Legislative Serv. Comm., 1964
EDUCATION

• University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D., 1966
• Ohio State University Graduate School (Ford Found. Fellow), 1963-1964
• Xavier University A.B., 1962
• Sophia University Tokyo, Japan, Summer 1961
• St. Xavier High School Diploma, 1958
MISCELLANEOUS

• Honorary Degree Cincinnati Technical College, D.T.L., 1979
• Commission Member Ohio Bicentennial Commission, 1998-2004
• Committee Member USGA Amateur Pub. Links Championship, 1990 - Pres.
• Award Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission Economic Opportunity Award, 2002
• Award Mothers Against Drunk Driving, 1997
• President Greater Cincinnati Golf Association, 2003 - Present
• Co-Chairperson Cincinnati Police Memorial Fund Drive
• Honored One of 175 Gtr. Park Peo., 175th Ann. of Cinn. Pk. Bd.
• Life Member The Executive Order of the Ohio Commodores
• Steering Committee Leadership Cincinnati
• General Chairman USGA Amateur Public Links Championship, 1987
• President Golf Advisory Board - Cinti. Recre. Comm., 1993-1995
• Rules Official U.S. Open, Senior Open, U.S. Amateur, NCAA Finals
• Board of Trustees Talbert House
• Alumni Board University of Cincinnati, College of Law
• General Chairman Xavier University Alumni Fund Drive, 1984
• Trustee Friends of Cincinnati Parks, Inc.
• Trustee Nat'l Endowment Fund, Kolping Society of America
• Who's Who Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in the World