Jack R. Kullman, Jr.

The Tenth District Court Administrator is responsible for all general office administration including approval of purchase orders, budgeting, personnel interviews, contracting and negotiating with outside vendors, computerization, capital equipment needs, supervision of non-judicial personnel, and interaction with various other agencies and individuals.  The Administrator also handles all procedural and emergency motions filed with the Court, reviews and recommends modifications to the Court's local rules, reviews trial court judgments for finality, and monitors lawsuits involving the Court or individual Judges.  The Court Administrator is also the first point of contact for general legal inquiries regarding the Court.

OTHER ASSOCIATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

• Admitted to the practice of law in Ohio by the Ohio Supreme Court in 1977; United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in 1978. 

• Received the 1999 Columbus Bar Association Award of Merit.

• Member of the Columbus Bar Association.

  • Committee Member for the Court of Appeals Section.

• Member of the Miami University Alumni Association.

• Guest lecturer for numerous local and state bar association appellate practice seminars.

• Past member of the American Bar Association.

• Past member of the Ohio State Bar Association.

EDUCATION

• 1977  Juris Doctorate, Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio.

  • Graduated cum laude; Honors Graduate, graduating in top 12%; Dean's Commendation List three semesters; Lawyer's Cooperative Book Award for Outstanding Work in Constitutional Law; Order of the Curia; National Honorary Legal Fraternity; Moot Court Competition; Student Bar Association; Law Student member with the American Bar Association; Student Judge for the First Year Moot Court Competition. 

• 1974 Bachelor of Science Degree, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

  • Dean's List five quarters; Campus Student Senate Alternate; Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity; Finance Committee Chairman; Student Marketing Association; Society for the Advancement of Management.

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

• March 1984 to January 1987.  Staff attorney and referee with the Tenth District Court of Appeals.

• October 1979 to March 1984.  In-House Counsel and Hearing Officer with the Ohio Department of Liquor Control.  Columbus, Ohio.

• March 1978 to October 1979.  Partner and private practice attorney with Kullman and Freedman, Attorneys at Law.  Emphasis in criminal and real estate law.