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JUDGE SEAN C. GALLAGHER
Judge Sean C. Gallagher was elected to the Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth Appellate District, on November 5, 2002. Prior to his election he served as a judge in the Cleveland Municipal Court, from 1997 to 2003. Judge Gallagher has more than thirty years of direct experience in all areas of the Ohio justice system. While home on break from Ohio University in the 1970s, Judge Gallagher worked as a janitor cleaning courtrooms at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court. He literally worked his way up from the "ground floor." During that period he also worked with underprivileged children at the Metzenbaum Children’s Center in Cleveland and with incarcerated youth at the Youth Development Center in Hudson, Ohio. Later, he served four years as a juvenile probation officer in Cuyahoga County, and then, for six years he was a Common Pleas Court bailiff to the Honorable Donald C. Nugent, now a Federal Judge for the Northern District of Ohio. Judge Gallagher was an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Cuyahoga County in the felony division from 1991-1997. He served three years in the Economic Crime Unit of that office. Judge Gallagher serves as chairperson of the Supreme Court of Ohio’s Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedures for Ohio Courts (2008-2010). He also serves on the Ohio Judicial Conference Criminal Law and Procedure Committee. In 2009, Judge Gallagher completed the Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource (ASTAR) program in Washington, D.C., and was named a science and technology fellow. He has been an instructor with the Supreme Court of Ohio Judicial College for more than ten years. In addition, he has served as an instructor with the American Bar Association, the Ohio Highway Patrol, the Cleveland Police Academy and the Cleveland Browns. Judge Gallagher previously served as president of the Northern Ohio Municipal Judges Association in 2001-2002. Judge Gallagher was named "Legal Eagle - Man of the Year" for St. Edward High School in 2005. He received the "President’s Award" for service with the Cuyahoga County Bar Association in 2006 and was named one of the Outstanding Alumni for Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 2007. Judge Gallagher received his B.A. degree from Ohio University and his J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He is a graduate of St. Edward High School (Lakewood). Judge Gallagher is a member of the bar in Ohio and Arizona. He is married, and he and his wife are the proud parents of one son. He holds dual citizenship in both the United States and the Republic of Ireland.
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