Colleen Mary O'Toole

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O'Toole has already paid a steep price, suffering public censure, which this court has determined today was only partly deserved. But that is the way of Gov.Jud.R. II(5)—the process moves quickly from the panel to the commission to this court, and the results—right or wrong—are publicized along the way. The Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline received Davis's complaint letter on August 9, 2012. By October 6, 2012, the panel hearing was completed, a recommendation had been issued, and an article had appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer deriding O'Toole...

... In the heat of the campaign for a spot on the Eleventh District Court of Appeals, O'Toole was repeatedly maligned in newspapers covering the district.

...{¶ 78} And that is just as James B. Davis, the complainant, would have it, because he was working as the alter ego of O'Toole's opponent, Mary Jane Trapp. Davis, a longtime friend of Trapp and her husband, Mike Apicella, testified that Trapp and her husband "primarily drafted" the original grievance. He testified that since he had filed the grievance, his interactions with Trapp were "an almost constant process." He testified that Trapp and her husband selected the attorneys to be used in the case and that it was his expectation that he would be reimbursed for any attorney fees he would have to pay. Apicella had even driven him to the panel hearing. Trapp received an electoral advantage as the result of this case, much of it undeserved given today's outcome. [10]

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Colleen O'Toole enjoys angling, and lives on the Grand River with her husband, a marine veteran and NRA Certified Instructor, their three children one of whom is a foster child and their dog, Lucky O'Toole. She is licensed to carry a concealed weapon and enjoys target shooting. [5]

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Colleen M. O'Toole
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Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals, Eleventh District
In office
2013–2019