Candidate for
Judge; Court of Appeals; District 1; 6 Year Term Starting 2/9/01

Judge Mark P. Painter

Ohio First District Court of Appeals

William Howard Taft Law Center ˇ 230 East Ninth Street ˇ Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 ˇ

Education

1973 J.D. University of Cincinnati College of Law

1970 B.A. University of Cincinnati

1965 Graduate, Sycamore High School, Cincinnati

Bar Admissions

1980 United States Supreme Court

1973 U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio

1973 Ohio Supreme Court

Professional

1995-Present Judge ­ First District Court of Appeals

1982-1995 Judge ­ Hamilton County Municipal Court

1990-Present Adjunct Professor of Law ­ University of Cincinnati College of Law

1993-1995 Member ­ Ohio Supreme Court Board of Commissioners on Grievances and
Discipline

1986-Present Master of the Bench ­ Potter Stewart Inn of Court (now emeritus)

1988-1992 Editorial Advisory Board ­ Criminal Law Journal of Ohio

1979-1982 Private Practice of Law

1979-1980 Instructor ­ Business Law ­ University of Cincinnati

1973-1978 Associate Attorney­ Smith & Schnacke and predecessor
firm

(now part of Thompson, Hine and Flory)

Civic

1992 Republican Candidate ­ Supreme Court of Ohio

1985-1990 Trustee ­ Cincinnati FreeStore/FoodBank

1982-1993 Vice President ­ M.J. Brueggeman Memorial Fund

1974-1976 Director ­ Citizens School Committee

1969-1970 Student Body President and Representative to Board
of Directors, University of Cincinnati

Listed in

1986-Present Who's Who in American Law

1985-Present Who's Who in the Midwest

1990-Present Who's Who in the World

1979 Outstanding Young Men of America

1970 Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and
Universities

2000 Who's Who in America

Associations

Cincinnati Bar Association

1988-1990 Trustee ˇ 1979-1982 Grievance Committee

Ohio State Bar Association

American Bar Association

Criminal Law Section ˇ Litigation Section ˇ Intellectual Property Section ˇ
Judicial Division

The American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects (Scribes)

Plain Language International Network

American Judicature Society ˇ American Judges Association

Ohio Historical Society ˇ Association of Ohio Commodores ˇ World Future
Society

Cincinnati Historical Society

Judge Mark P. Painter was elected to the Court of Appeals in November of 1994. Previously, Judge Painter served on the Hamilton County Municipal Court for thirteen years, having been appointed to an unexpired term in 1982. At 34, he was one of the youngest judges ever in Hamilton County. He was elected to a full term in 1983 and again in 1989. Judge Painter was a candidate for a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court in 1992.

A Cincinnati native, Judge Painter attended the University of Cincinnati, where he was elected Student Body President in 1969. He received a B.A. in 1970, and a Juris Doctor degree in 1973. He practiced law for nine years before becoming a judge.

Judge Painter is recognized as one of the outstanding legal scholars in Ohio. As a municipal court judge, he was the most-published trial judge in the state. To date over 175 of Judge Painter's decisions have been published nationally, and he is co-author of Ohio Driving Under the Influence Law (now in its ninth edition), the only textbook on DUI in Ohio. In addition to his book and published opinions, Judge Painter has authored 28 articles for various legal journals, in addition to Internet biographies of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and President/Chief Justice William Howard Taft.

As an Adjunct Professor of Law at the U.C. College of Law since 1990, Judge Painter teaches agency and partnership. He also teaches DUI law, appellate practice, legal writing, and legal ethics to judges and lawyers throughout Ohio. He has lectured at more than 75 seminars for, among others, the Ohio Judicial College, the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the Ohio Continuing Legal Education Institute.

Judge Painter has served as a Trustee of the Cincinnati Freestore/Foodbank, the Cincinnati Bar Association, the Mary Jo Brueggeman Memorial Scholarship Fund, and the Citizens School Committee. He is a Master of the Bench Emeritus of the Potter Stewart Inn of Court, and served for three years as a member of the Ohio Supreme Court Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline.

Judge Painter was born in Norwood, grew up in Blue Ash, and has lived in the Clifton-Heights-Fairview neighborhood of Cincinnati for the last 35 years. Judge Painter and his wife, Sue Ann, were married in 1986.