Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer

Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer PERSONAL

EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chief Justice, Ohio Supreme Court - Elected November 4, 1986,
Re-Elected November 3, 1992, Re-Elected November 3, 1998
Judge, Tenth District Court of Appeals from 1979 through 1986
Presiding Judge - 1986
Administrative Judge - 1985
Executive Assistant to Governor James A. Rhodes, Jan. 1975 - Jan. 1979
Private practice of law with firm of Crabbe, Brown, Jones, Potts & Schmidt, 1972-1975
Deputy Assistant to the Governor - Dec. 1969 - Jan. 1971
Private practice of law - 1966-1969
Probate Court Referee for Commitments to Columbus State Hospital - 1968
Assistant Attorney General - 1964-1966 (Taxation and Workers' Compensation Sections)

ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PROFESSION

Member, Ohio State and Columbus Bar Association
Member, Board of Trustees, National Conference of Chief Justices
Member, Committee of the Institute of Judicial Administration to develop
national standards for the adoption of alternative dispute resolution programs by state court systems
Co-chair, American Bar Association Task Force to Develop a Model Mediation Law
Member, Federal-State Jurisdiction Committee of the U.S. Judicial Conference

PAST ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PROFESSION

President, National Conference of Chief Justices (1995-1996)
Chairman, Committee of the National Conference of Chief Justices
and National Conference of State Court Administrators that conducted a national multi-disciplinary conference on the impact of drug abuse on the state courts
Chairman, Program and Planning Committee of the National Conference of Chief Justices
Member, Executive Committee and Council of Delegates of Ohio State Bar Assn.
President, Columbus Bar Association - 1980-1981
Barristers Club, President - 1972
Member, Lawyers Club
Participated in an ABA Symposium on Civil Justice Improvements

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

PAST COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Board of Trustees - Harding Hospital
Board of Trustees - University Club
Board of Trustees and Executive Committee - Friends of WOSU
Member, Columbus Board of Education - 1970-1975; President for Two Years
Board of Trustees - Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Columbus
Board of Trustees - Metropolitan School of Columbus
Board of Trustees - Columbus Area Community Mental Health Center
Board of Trustees - Columbus Association for the Performing Arts
Board of Trustees - Columbus Area Council on Alcoholism
Chairman, Criteria Committee for Selection of Superintendent
of Columbus Public Schools - 1982 (composed of 50 community leaders)

AWARDS

Award of Merit - Ohio Legal Center Institute
Outstanding Young Man of Columbus for 1969 - Columbus Jaycees
Listed in Outstanding Young Men of America
In 1987 was recognized as one of 40 outstanding alumni of the Ohio State University
In 1989 received the American Judicature Society Herbert Harley Award
for improving the administration of justice in Ohio
Received Honorary Doctor of Laws Degrees from: Akron University in 1989;
The Defiance College in 1990;
Miami University in 1991;
The Ohio State University in 1993
In 1991 received the Ohio Bar Medal from the Ohio State Bar Association
In 1996 received the Ritter Award from the Ohio State Bar Foundation
In 1997 the National Center for State Courts presented him with its Distinguished Service Award and received the Liberty Bell Award from the Columbus Bar Association

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