Candidate for
Judge; Hamilton County Municipal Court; District 4

Ethan Marie Cooper Hamilton County Municipal Court 1000 Main Street, Room 134 Cincinnati, OH 45202 Ecooper@cms.hamilton-co.org

Professional Experience

April 2001 to Present Judge Hamilton County Municipal Court 1000 Main Street, Room 134 Cincinnati, OH 45202

May 1980 to April 2001 Thompson & hine, LLP Scripps Center 312 Walnut Street, 14th Floor Cincinnati, OH 45202 Partner since 1990 in Litigation Department of 375 attorney firm. Extensive trial experience at all levels of Ohio and Kentucky courts. Area of concentration included products liability, insurance coverage issues, mediation and arbitration.

Nov. 1988 to April 2001 Arbitration Panel Chairperson Hamilton County Court of Common Please Hamilton County, OH

Jan 1996 to April 2001 Arbitration Panel Chairperson Clermont County Court of Common Pleas Clermont County, OH

1998, 1999, 2000 Settlement Week Mediator Hamilton County Court of Common pleas Hamilton County

Employment History: August 1979 to June 1980 Graduate Assistant for undergraduate Business Law and Constitutional Law courses, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN Responsibilities included teaching class sections and co-authoring "Tender Offers: The Williams Act, Shareholder's Rights and Officers' Responsibilities" a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Business Law Association, San Francisco, CA

May 1979 to August 1979 Law Clerk, L.P.A. Cincinnati, Ohio

August, 1978 to June, 1979 Law Clerk, Center for Constitutional Studies, University of Notre Dame Law School Research focussed on Church-State Relations resulting in the publication of two books by the Center.

Summer 1976, 1977 Law Clerk, Morgan, Melhuish, Monagham & Spielvogel, Livingston, NJ

Education

Nov 1997 Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA Instructional Program for Lawyer's Mediation Training

August 1977 to May 1980 University of Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dam, IN Degree: Juris Doctor, May 1980

Sept. 1973 to May 1977 Smith College Northampton, MA 01060 Degree: A.B. Economics and Government, May 1977 Honors: Smith College Scholarship for Graduate Studies, Sydney R. Cohen Prize for Economics, Department of Economics Comprehensive with Honors

Bar Admissions Ohio, 1980 Kentucky, 1991 U.S. District Court, So. District of Ohio, 1980 U.S. District, E. District of Kentucky, 1994 U.S. District Court, W. District of Kentucky, 1994

Professional Associations and Activities Potter Stewart Inn of Court, Master of the Bench Ohio State Bar Association Kentucky State Bar Association

Cincinnati Bar Association Member: Judicial Candidate Rating Committee, 1993 - 1995 Dispute Resolution Committee Torts and Insurance Committee Volunteer Judge for NITA, 2001 Speaker: Practical Law Institute, 1983 and 1984 Trial Practice Seminar 1989 and 1994 Alternative Dispute Resolution Seminar, 1995 Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers ("CALL"), 1998

Clermont County Bar Association Defense Research Institute ("DRI") Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys ("OACTA")

Civic and Charitable Associations:

Hamilton County Tax Levy Review Committee, 1998 - 2001

Hamilton County Republican Party Executive Committee, 1994 - 2001 Nominating Committee, Chairperson, 2000-2001 Policy Committee, 1995-2001

St. John's Fisher Pastoral Council, 2000 - Present Strategic Planning Committee, 1999 - Present

Smith College Club of Cincinnati, 1980 - Present

Notre Dame Club of Cincinnati, 1980 - Present School Committee Chair, 1983, 1995 Universal Notre Dame Night, Chair, 1983 1995 Communion Breakfast Chair, 1990, 1992, 1998 Scholarship Committee, 1984-1986 (Chair), 1999-2001 (Chair)

Cincinnati Preservation Association 1996

Kindervelt #15 Children's Hospital 1985 - Present

The Summit County Day School, Cincinnati, OH Parent Volunteer 1998 - Present