Candidate for
Sheriff; County of Hamilton

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF SIMON L. LEIS, JR.

PERSONAL DATA

• Born June 12, 1934, Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Married to the former Margery C. Wolff.
• Three children.

• 1948-1952 St. Xavier High School, Cincinnati, Ohio.
• September, 1952 through January, 1954, Holy Cross College, Worchester, Massachusetts.
• February, 1954 through June, 1956, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. Bachelor of Science Degree; History Major, English Major.
• 1960-1965 Salmon P. Chase Law School, Cincinnati, Ohio, Doctor Juris Degree.

• Honorable Discharge, U.S. Marine Corps, 1971, rank of Captain.
• Active Duty January, 1957 to March 1960, - holding rank of Private First Class, Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant U.S. Marine Corps.
• Participated in the landing and operations of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment in Beirut, Lebanon in 1958.

• Part-time employment while attending school ranging from laborer, truck driver, school bus driver, and mail carrier to salesman.
• March 1960 to March 1961, employed as Insurance Adjuster.
• March 1961 to March 1966, Court Constable for Common Pleas Judges Charles E. Weber and Fred L. Hoffman.
• July 1966 to October 1968, Assistant City Prosecutor for the City of Cincinnati.
• October 1968 to November 1969, Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Cincinnati.
• November 1969 to January 1971, First Assistant United States Attorney for Southern District of Ohio.
• January 1971, appointed Prosecuting Attorney of Hamilton County, Ohio.
• November 1972, 1976, and 1980, elected to four year terms as Prosecuting Attorney of Hamilton County, Ohio.
• November 1982, elected Judge, Court of Common Pleas.
• June 1987, appointed Sheriff of Hamilton County, Ohio.
• November 1988, elected Sheriff of Hamilton County, Ohio.
• November 1992, re-elected Sheriff of Hamilton County, Ohio.
• November 1996, re-elected Sheriff of Hamilton County, Ohio.

• Former President Ohio Prosecuting Attorney Association.
• National District Attorney's Association.
• Hamilton County Republican Club.
• Buckeye State Sheriffs Association, President 1993

• Honored in 1979 as the Outstanding Prosecuting Attorney in the State of Ohio by the Ohio Prosecuting Attorney's Association.

• Former Lecturer, Salmon P. Chase College of Law.