John A. Connor

JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

• Judge, Tenth District Court of Appeals
  February 2009 - Present
• Judge, Franklin County Court of Common Pleas
  January 1993 – February 2009

EDUCATION

• 1966 Juris Doctorate, The Ohio State University College of Law, Columbus, Ohio
• 1962 Bachelor of Science, Mount Saint Mary's University, Emmitsburg, Maryland
   

PREVIOUS NON-JUDICIAL WORK EXPERIENCE

• 1973 – 1993 Private Practice of Law
  Has served as special counsel to Attorneys General William J. Brown, Anthony J. Celebrezze and Lee Fisher
• 1971 – 1973 Chief of Liquor Control Section, State of Ohio
  Under Attorney General William J. Brown
• 1969 – 1970 Assistant to the Director of Liquor Control, State of Ohio
  Under James A. Rhodes
• 1966 – 1971 Assistant Attorney General, State of Ohio
  Under Attorneys General William B. Saxbe; Paul W. Brown and William J. Brown
   

MEMBERSHIPS, HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

• Columbus Bar Association
  • Common Pleas Court Committee
  • Dispute Resolution Committee
• Ohio Judicial Conference
  • Civil Law Committee
  • Criminal Law Committee
• American Bar Association
  • National Conference of State Trial Judges - Member of the Executive Committee, 1996-2002
  • ADR Committee
  • Court Management Committee
  • Judicial Evaluation Committee
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Association of Common Pleas Judges of Ohio
• Alvis House Board of Directors, 1995-2001, 2004-Present
  • Chairman of the Board, 2005-2009
  • Executive Committee
• NAACP
• Charity Newsies
• Ohio State University Alumni Association
• Member of the Columbus Bar Foundation Fellows
• Attends St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church
• Knights of Columbus - Fourth Degree
• Shamrock Club of Columbus - 2006 Irishman of the Year
• Ancient Order of Hibernians
• Agonis Club of Columbus
• Loyal Order of Moose
• Columbus Maennerchor
• Columbus Country Club
• Franklin County Community Based Correction Facility - Board member 1993 to 2004
• Member of the PADI Diving Society - Certified Advanced Diver
• Capital Club
   

STAFF MEMBERS

Attorneys:

• Renee Amlin
• Adam Galat

Judicial Secretary:

• Jackie Adair