Howard Morton Metzenbaum was an American politician and businessman who served for almost 20 years as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from Ohio. He also served in the Ohio House of Representatives and Senate from 1943 to 1951.
Thomas John Umberg is an American politician who serves in the California State Senate. A Democrat,he represents the 34th district,which encompasses parts of northern Orange County and a small portion of Long Beach. Previously,he served in the California State Assembly,representing the 69th District. He is a partner at Umberg Zipser LLP in Orange County.
Elbert Leroy Lampson was a notable figure in Ohio politics and public affairs during the second half of the nineteenth century. Hailing from Jefferson,Lampson was the 21st lieutenant governor of Ohio and former State Senator. A lawyer by profession,his time had been taken up with a diversity of interests. He was a banker,and for many years was a newspaper publisher.
Timothy J. Grendell is a Republican judge on the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas. He was a member of the Ohio Senate from 2005 to 2011,and of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2000 until 2004. Timothy Grendell was appointed to the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas as the Juvenile and Probate judge in 2011 by then Governor John Kasich after leaving Columbus,OH. After seeking election again,running unopposed in 2020,he is currently Geauga County's elected judge.
Jamie Callender is an American lawyer and college professor who has served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives since 2019. He represents the 57th district which includes the Lake County communities of Concord Township,Kirtland,Kirtland Hills,LeRoy Township,Madison,Madison Township,North Perry,Perry,Perry Township,Waite Hill,Willoughby Hills,as well as most of both Mentor and Painesville Township. He currently is Chairman of Public Utilities and Finance,as well as serving on Civil Justice,Joint Education Oversight Committee,Rules and Reference Ohio House Committees.
Mark D. Wagoner,Jr. is an American politician and former Republican member of the Ohio Senate and Ohio House of Representatives.
Matthew John Dolan is an American politician and lawyer who is a member of the Ohio Senate from the 24th district,since 2017. He previously was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2005 to 2010.
Robert "Bob" Gardner is an Ohio politician and former Republican member of the Ohio Senate. He represented the 18th District,which encompasses all of Lake County as well as portions of Cuyahoga and Geauga Counties,from 1997 to 2004. He was succeeded by Tim Grendell. Along with his stint in the Ohio Senate,he also made an unsuccessful bid for the United States House of Representatives in 1992,losing to Eric Fingerhut.
Diane Veronica Grendell is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives,representing the 76th District from 2019 until 2023. A Republican,previously,Grendell served as a judge on the Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals. She was elected to this position in 2000,2006,and 2012,and served until 2019. She previously served in the Ohio House of Representatives in a similar seat from 1993 to 2000. She is married to former state legislator and Geauga County Court of Common Pleas Probate and Juvenile Judge Tim Grendell.
Joseph Graham Fogg was an American football player for the Wisconsin Badgers and the Akron East Ends. Born in Mount Vernon,Iowa,he was also the founder and president of the Cleveland Touchdown Club as well as prominent attorney in Cleveland,Ohio. From 1909 until his death in 1946,he was a law partner at Calfee &Fogg,today known as Calfee,Halter &Griswold LLP.
Maria Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers is an American lawyer serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. She was previously a California state court judge on the Alameda County Superior Court from 2008 to 2011.
Timothy M. Kennedy is an American politician from New York. He is currently a Democratic member of the New York State Senate,representing the 63rd District since January 2013. He previously represented the 58th District from 2011 to 2013.
Sean O'Brien is a Judge of the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas in Ohio. Judge O'Brien is a former Democratic member of the Ohio Senate who represented the 32nd district. The district includes all of Ashtabula and Trumbull counties,as well as a portion of Geauga County. O'Brien formerly served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2011 to 2016.
Richard Hollington Jr. is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives representing the 98th district.
On the morning of February 27,2012,six students were shot at Chardon High School in Chardon,Ohio,resulting in the deaths of three of them. Witnesses said that the shooter had a personal rivalry with one of his victims. Two other wounded students were also hospitalized,one of whom sustained several serious injuries that have resulted in permanent paralysis. The fifth student suffered a minor injury,and the sixth a superficial wound.
David Patrick Joyce is an American politician and attorney currently serving in the United States House of Representatives for Ohio's 14th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party,Joyce was previously the prosecutor of Geauga County,Ohio. He chairs the Republican Governance Group.
Theresa Gavarone is an American attorney,politician,and businesswoman serving as a member of the Ohio Senate for the 2nd district. A Republican,Gavarone was first appointed to the Senate in 2019 after serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2016 to 2019.
Jena Marie Griswold is an American attorney and politician from the state of Colorado. A Democrat,she is the 39th Colorado Secretary of State,serving since January 8,2019.
David Augustin Ruiz is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 2016 to 2022.
Hiram Griswold was an American politician and lawyer from Ohio. He served as a member of the Ohio Senate from 1856 to 1858. In 1859,he was one of the lawyers defending John Brown of the Harpers Ferry raid in Virginia v. John Brown.
