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  • BA, University of Cincinnati
  • JD, University of Cincinnati

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  • Ethics and Professional Responsibility
  • Judicial Independence
  • Supreme Court of Ohio
  • Torts

Marianna Brown Bettman
Professor of Clinical Law


Professor Bettman graduated with honors in 1977 from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where she was a winner of the Constitutional Law Prize and the first woman at UC Law to take first prize in Trial Advocacy. Professor Bettman was in the private practice of law until she became the first woman ever elected to the Ohio First District Court of Appeals in 1992. She served on that court from 1993-1999 and was an endorsed Democratic candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court in 1996. She has been a professor of law at UC since 1999.

Professor Bettman is a frequent speaker on tort reform, separation of powers, state constitutional law in Ohio, the Ohio Supreme Court, and the election of judges. She writes a monthly newspaper column, Legally Speaking, which appears in the American Israelite and the Cincinnati Herald. She also serves as an appeals consultant to lawyers throughout Ohio.

    

Publications

Presentations

    Marianna presented the Most Important Cases of the Last Term of the Ohio Supreme Court.

Courses

  • Advanced Torts
  • Judicial Extern
  • Legal Ethics
  • Ohio Supreme Court Seminar
  • Torts

Awards

  • 2011 Excellence in Education award, Ohio Magazine
  • 2011 Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching
  • 2008 National Chapter NAACP Foot Soldiers in the Sand Award
  • 2008 University of Cincinnati A.B. "Dolly" Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • 2008 Nettie Cronise Luttes award, Ohio State Bar Association
  • 2007 Cincinnati Chapter NAACP Fair and Courageous Award
  • 2005 Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching, UC College of Law
  • 2001 University of Cincinnati Law Alumni Association Distinguished Alumna Award
  • 1998 University of Cincinnati Women's Studies Distinguished Alumna Award
  • 1998 Leading Women Award for Public Service and Government
  • 1996 Cincinnati Women's Political Caucus Outstanding Achievement Award
  • 1994 YWCA Career Woman of Achievement Award
  • 1993 Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers Outstanding Journalism Award

November 2011

The November issue of Marianna’s monthly column, Legally Speaking, which appears in both the Cincinnati Herald and the American Israelite, is entitled, More Food for Thought on Death Penalty, This Time from Justice Paul Pfeifer. 

Marianna published the following articles on her blog, Legally Speaking Ohio:

Marianna gave a CLE presentation on the most important cases of last term of the Ohio Supreme Court to the UC College of Law alumni.

Marianna and Barbara Black arranged for the visit of Judge Denise Cote of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, as part of the Harris Distinguished Practitioner Series and arranged dinner for the judge, students, and colleagues. 

Marianna was quoted in James Ritchie, Decades after Illness, Malpractice Lawsuit Still Going, Business Courier, Nov. 18, 2011.

 

October 2011

The October issue of Marianna’s monthly column, Legally Speaking, which appears in both the Cincinnati Herald and the American Israelite, is entitled, Food For Thought on Ohio's Death Penalty.

Marianna appeared on Newsmakers (Channel 12 television broadcast Oct. 23) with Dan Hurely to discuss State Issue One, which proposed extending the judicial retirement age, with Judge Pat Fisher.

Marianna posted the following articles on her blog, Legally Speaking Ohio:

September 2011

Marianna arranged for the federal court naturalization ceremony, which included new citizens from 40 different countries, to be held at the College of Law on August 26.  Magistrate JudgeStephanie Bowman presided over the ceremony and 3L Catherine Sakla gave the keynote address.

The September issue of Marianna’s monthly column, Legally Speaking, which appears in both the Cincinnati Herald and the American Israelite, is entitled, At What Age Should a Judge Retire?

September’s post on Marianna’s blog, Legally Speaking Ohio—entitled Oral Argument Preview: May the Trial Court Call a Recanting Domestic Violence Victim as its Own Witness under Evid. R. 614(A)?—provides commentary on State v. Ginley, No. 2010-Ohio-1925 (Ohio Ct. App.  filed Nov. 8, 2010).

Marianna gave her annual presentation, Highlights of the Past Term of the Supreme Court of Ohio, to the Ohio Judicial Conference on September 9 to an audience of over 200 judges. 

Marianna helped place two recent graduates in jobs —one as a constable to Judge Karla Grady at the Hamilton County Juvenile Court, the other with Lisa Gorrasi, administrator of the Hamilton County Court of Domestic Relations.

Summer 2011

Marianna has launched a new blog website, Legally Speaking Ohio.  She hopes that this new blog, which focuses on the Ohio Supreme Court, will become the premier discussion and commentary site for Ohio Supreme Court issues.  One highlight of the blog will provide a three part overview of Ohio Supreme Court cases, which will include a preview of significant cases set for oral argument at the Court; an analysis of the oral argument and justices’ questions; and an analysis of the decision, once it comes out.

On Legally Speaking Ohio, Marianna also provides commentary on various U.S. Supreme Court cases.  Three of her SCOTUS posts were recently published:

Due Process Rights at a Civil Contempt Hearing analyzes Turner v. Rogers, 564 U.S. ___ (2011), a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court discussed the procedural safeguards necessary to meet due process in a civil contempt hearing in which a non-paying parent could be sent to jail.

  • More on Confronting Your Accuser analyzes Bullcoming v. New Mexico, 564 U.S. ___ (2011) to answer whether it is a violation of the Confrontation Clause for a substitute analyst to testify against the accused when the accused never got to cross examine the absent-from-trial analyst who actually performed the lab test in the case.
  • Confronting Your Accuser analyzes Michigan v. Bryant, 562 U.S.___ (2011), which asks whether the statements of a dying murder victim to police are testimonial or nontestimonal evidence.

May 2011

Marianna’s monthly column, Legally Speaking, which appears in both the Cincinnati Herald and the American Israelite, is entitledConfronting Your Accuser.

Marianna was mentioned in University of Cincinnati College of Law Holds 178th Hooding Ceremony, Targeted News Service, May 10, 2011.

Marianna was awarded the 2011 Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching, the College’s highest teaching honor.  Congratulations, Marianna!

April 2011

Marianna received the Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching at the 2011 Senior Banquet.  In announcing the prize, Dean Lou Bilionis stated, in part, “Professor Bettman suffers no shortage of both experience and connections in the community.  Students cannot help but respect a professor whose accomplishments are so well documented. However, Professor Bettman’s expertise and unique insight into the legal system garners the most respect from students. Students also appreciate her respect for each person in her classes.  While Professor Bettman will not hesitate to inform students if they are unprepared, her respect for every individual remains constant. … Ultimately, ‘dedicated’ best describes Professor Bettman.  She tirelessly uses her own network to help students find legal positions during and after law school.  She consistently opens her door to any student with questions about a class, the law, or even a career.    Professor Bettman works to ensure each of her students [is] not just prepared for a final, but for a future in the legal community.”  Congratulations, Marianna!

Marianna’s current monthly column, Legally Speaking, which appears in both the Cincinnati Herald and the American Israelite, is entitled Of Funerals, Protests, and Hate Speech.

Marianna attended the world inaugural performance in New York City of thru a stillness brightening, a chamber piece that she commissioned in memory of her late husband Gilbert Bettman, written by Jeffrey Mumford, a professor at Oberlin.  To watch an interview with Mumford discussing the piece, clickhere.

March 2011

Marianna’s monthly column,Legally Speaking, which appears in both the Cincinnati Herald and the American Israelite is entitled More on the Juvenile Court Election.

Marianna presented the 2011 Judge in Residence Program at the College, which featured the Hon. Wilhelmina Wright of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

Marianna attended the judges’ dinner for the College of Law’s 24th Annual August A. Rendigs, Jr. National Products Liability Moot Court Competition.

Marianna participated in a panel discussion at the College with colleagues Marjorie Aaron and Darrell Miller at the admitted student open house.

Marianna moderated a panel discussion, Rethinking the Juvenile in Juvenile Justice for the Wise Temple Critical Topics Committee. The panel included Dr. Drew Barzman, Founding Director of the Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry Service, Children’s Hospital; Kim Brooks Tandy, Executive Director and Founder, the Children’s Law Center; Al Gerhardstein, Gerhardstein and Branch law firm; and Edward Latessa, Director of UC’s School of Criminal Justice.

Marianna chaired the Truman Scholarship committee for the states of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. Truman Scholarships are awarded nationally to college juniors committed to public service by The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation .

Marianna appeared on Michelle Graves’ radio show “The Money Lady” on Cincinnati’s WDBZ (“The Buzz”), where she discussed the Hamilton County Juvenile Court election.

February 2011

Marianna appeared with Hamilton County (OH) Republican Party chair, Alex Triantfilou, and Hamilton County Democratic Party Chair, Tim Burke,on Cincinnati public radio stationWVXUto discuss the still undecided Hamilton County juvenile judge elections on The Judge Race And How Its Outcome Could Affect Future Elections.

The Judge in Residence Program, which Marianna directs, brought in Terry Collins, immediate past Director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, to discuss Ohio’s prison systems in a presentation called,Shackle, Shuffle, Clank, Zoom- Observations of the Ohio Prison System. 

In her column, Legally Speaking, which appears monthly in The American Israelite and The Cincinnati Herald, Marianna discussed legal issues relating to the unresolved Hamilton County Juvenile Court election in,The Hamilton County Juvenile Court election, The American Israelite, Feb. 3, 2011, at 20; and The Cincinnati Herald, Feb. 5, 2011, at 1, available at http://www.thecincinnatiherald.com/news/2011-02-05/Front_Page/The_Hamilton_County_Juvenile_Court_Election.html.

November 2010

In her monthly Legally Speaking column in the American Israelite and the Cincinnati Herald—this month titled It’s All in the Eye of the Beholder —Marianna analyzes City of Barberton v. Jenney, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-2420.  The Barberton case held that as long as a police officer is properly trained, the officer’s visual estimate of a driver’s speed is enough to convict the driver of driving over the posted speed limit.

Marianna gave a presentation at a CLE program for UC Law alumni on the most important cases of the Ohio Supreme Court June 2009-June 2010 term.

Marianna was given the 2010 Attorney of the Year Award from the Judge Carl B. Rubin Legal Society of the Jewish National Fund.

October 2010

In her monthly Legally Speaking column in the American Israelite and the Cincinnati Herald—this month titled Silencing Miranda—Marianna analyzes Berghuis v. Thompkins, 130 S.Ct. 2250 (2010).  The Berghuis case deals with the issue of how an accused invokes the right to remain silent, holding that an accused who wants to invoke the right to remain silent must do so unambiguously and unequivocally; merely remaining silent during prolonged questioning will not invoke the right.

Marianna attended the investiture ceremony of Judge Matt Fellerhoff, of the Hamilton County Municipal Court, who was one of the nominees recommended by the Ohio Judicial Appointments Recommendation Panel (OJARP) Committee that she chairs.

Marianna received membership in the UC Loyalty Society (UC strength level) for financially contributing to UC for over 30 years.  Her membership was accompanied by Robert A. Flischel’s book of photographs of the nationally acclaimed University of Cincinnati campus, The University of Cincinnati: Architectural Transformation – Tradition and Innovation, which she donated to the faculty library.

September 2010

Marianna published Judicial Elections as part of her monthly “Legally Speaking” column in the American Israelite and the Cincinnati Herald.

On September 23, Marianna was elected to the Board of the Ohio Justice and Policy Center, a Cincinnati-based “non-profit law office that works for productive, statewide reform of the criminal justice system.”

Marianna gave a Continuing Judicial Education Presentation at the Ohio Judicial Conference on September 10 in Columbus, entitled, Highlights of the Supreme Court of Ohio June 2009-June 2010.

Marianna organized and participated in a preparation session for Angie Jackson of the Ohio Justice and Policy Center for Angie’s argument before the Supreme Court of Ohio in the case of State v, Hodge.  Several years ago, the Ohio Supreme Court struck down and severed a provision of Ohio’s sentencing law that required judicial factfinding for the imposition of any consecutive sentence, believing such a finding was required by a series of U.S. Supreme Court decisions.  But the U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld the constitutionality of an Oregon statute allowing judicial factfinding in the imposition of consecutive sentencing.  The issue in Hodge was the effect of this recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on the previously stricken provision of Ohio’s sentencing law.

Marianna arranged for and organized the visit of Justice Dana Fabe of the Supreme Court of Alaska, who traveled to Cincinnati to serve as the College’s Fall 2010 Harris Distinguished Practitioner, and to take part in the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ) Regional Meeting and Color of Justice Mentoring Conference.  As part of her visit, Marianna also organized a dinner for Justice Fabe and the lawyer-mentors taking part in the Conference (see below). 

Along with Associate Dean Mina Jefferson, a planning committee of the NAWJ, and Lexis Nexis, Marianna planned and co-sponsored a full day program devoted to diversity.  She organized a panel discussion for the morning session, Color of Justice.  Participants were Senator Eric Kearny, 9th district of Ohio; Nate Lampley, managing partner of the Cincinnati office of Vorys Sater law firm; Angie Jackson of the Ohio Justice and Policy Center; and Judge Nadine Allen of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas.  Marianna also arranged the afternoon session, called Mentor-Jet, in which 15 local judges and practitioners met with students for short sessions about their careers. 

Along with Dean Mina Jefferson, Marianna selected Sapphire  Diamant-Rink (UC Law class of 2011) as the recipient of a $1,000 Equal Access to Justice scholarship awarded by the NAWJ at the Mentor-Jet program.  The award was given to the student who best exemplified the NAWJ’s diversity goals.

Summer 2010

Marianna authored an amicus curiae brief for the Ohio State Bar Association (with William K. Weisenberg & Eugene P. Whetzel) in Erwin, Admr. v. Bryan et al.; Swoger et al., 125 Ohio St. 3d 519, 2010 Ohio 2202, 929 N.E.2d 1019.

The Ohio Judicial Appointments Recommendation Panel (ODARP), on which Marianna serves as an at-large member and panel chair, recommended candidates for vacancies on the Municipal Courts of Delaware and Hamilton Counties.

Marianna authored and published several articles in her monthly column Legally Speaking, which appears regularly in the American Israelite and the Cincinnati Herald:

  • Accommodating jurors with disabilities, The American Israelite, Apr. 1, 2010, at 20;
  • How long can I sue?, The American Israelite, June 3, 2010, at 20; and
  • How many DNA tests does one prisoner get?, The American Israelite, July 1, 2010, at 21.

May 2010

Marianna hosted the annual Judge in Residence program with Hon. Rosemary Barkett. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

March 2010

Marianna moderated a panel of local practitioners (Paul DeMarco, Pierre Bergeron, Jim Helmer) and Verna Williams, all of whom have argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, as part of The Judge-in-Residence program. She presented a Continuing Judicial Education program on the Most Important Cases of the 2008-09 Term of the Ohio Supreme Court to the Hamilton County Municipal Court Judges.

Marianna published another Legally Speaking column in the American Israelite and the Cincinnati Herald about whether a search warrant is needed to retrieve the data in a cellphone (State v. Smith, 2009-Ohio-6426).

Profile of Professor Bettman

February 2010

Marianna chaired the Ohio Judicial Appointments Recommendation Committee for the vacancy on the Hamilton County Municipal Court.

Janurary 2010

Marianna is Chair of this region’s Ohio Judicial Appointments Recommendation Panel, which is now recruiting for a vacancy on the Hamilton County Municipal Court. See Judicial Panel Accepting Applications to Fill Vacancy on Hamilton County Municipal Court, U.S. State News, Dec. 10, 2009.

December 2009

Marianna published another Legally Speaking column in the Cincinnati Herald and the American Israelite: More about Medical Records. She gave a CLE presentation on The Most Important Cases of the Ohio Supreme Court (June 2008 - June 2009) to the UC Law School Alumni Association.

Marianna made a presentation on Selecting Judges in Ohio to a class of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. She was quoted in Court Bans Mom from Smoking near Child, Cincinnati Enquirer, Nov. 8, 2009.

Marianna attended a two-day conference in Columbus on A Forum on Judicial Selection: A Time for Action by invitation of Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, the Ohio State Bar Association, and the League of Women Voters of Ohio Education Fund.

Marianna helped prepare Kurt Gee of the Domestic Violence clinic for his argument before the First District Court of Appeals (along with Jenny Carroll and Margaret Drew). She arranged for state and local representatives of the CBA Character and Fitness Committee and the Ohio Board on Character and Fitness to meet with the UC Professional Development Committee to form more productive liaisons on this issue.

November 2009

The judicial recommendation panel Marianna chairs recommended three names to Gov. Strickland to fill the vacancy in the Sixth District Court of Appeals in Toledo.

Marianna published another Legally Speaking column in the Cincinnati Herald and American Israelite: The Confidentiality of Medical Records, which examines the Ohio Supreme Court's recent decision in Hageman v. Southwest Gen. Health Ctr., 2008-Ohio-3343.

Marianna posted for 3L Jeff Hicks summaries of all cases heard by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor when she sat as a guest on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She also attended the Federal Bar Association dinner honoring Justice O’Connor.

Marianna wrote an amicus curiae brief for Ohio State Bar Association, urging the Ohio Supreme Court not to adopt a position which would require the “shotgunning” (naming every health care provider whose name appears in a medical record) of defendants in medical claims.

Marianna attended the investiture ceremony of William Mallory, Jr. as judge on the First District Court of Appeals. She also attended an Appellate Practice seminar at the Cincinnati Bar Association.

October 2009

Marianna published another Legally Speaking column in the Cincinnati Herald and American Israelite: Students and Strip Searches, analyzing the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Safford Unified School District #1 v. Redding. She hosted Barbara Howard, President of the Ohio State Bar Association, as the Harris Distinguished Visitor.

Marianna made a presentation to the Ohio Judicial Conference in Columbus on the most important cases of the Ohio Supreme Court’s past term. She arranged for a portion of a Mock Custody trial to be held at the law school as part of the Judge-in-Residence Program. UC Law grads Anne Flotman and Reeta Brendamour cross examined the court’s real parenting specialist. Judge Susan Tolbert, administrative judge of the Domestic Relations Court and UC Law grad, presided.

Marianna was quoted in Nancy Minson, 63, Activist, 'A Fighter', Cincinnati Enquirer, Sept. 8, 2009.

Summer 2009

Marianna published two columns in her monthly newspaper series, Legally Speaking, in the Cincinnati Herald and the American Israelite: Judicial Empathy and Residency Requirements. She worked with David Singleton and his staff at the Ohio Justice and Policy Center in the preparation of two jurisdictional memos to the Ohio Supreme Court.

The Ohio Judicial Appointments Recommendation Panel, on which Marianna serves, made recommendations to Gov. Strickland for vacancies at the Ohio First District Court of Appeals and the Warren County Court of Common Pleas. The Governor has filled these vacancies with Judge William Mallory and attorney Robert Peeler, respectively.

June 2009

Gov. Strickland appointed Marianna chair of the Judicial Appointments Recommendation Panel. She published a column in the Cincinnati Herald and the American Israelite, The Fourth Amendment, Resuscitated, which discusses Arizona v. Gant and the limits on warrantless searches of vehicles by the police. Marianna published The Fourth Amendment, Resuscitated in her monthly newspaper column, Legally Speaking.

May 2009

Marianna moderated the Judges Panel on Leadership (Judges Allen, Cunningham, Hopkins and West) at the CALL Program-Ethics, Justice and Values. She made a CLE Presentation, Ohio Supreme Court Update, to the Spring Convention of Ohio Magistrates in Cincinnati.

Marianna arranged the Judge-in-Residence Program for this year’s visiting jurist, Hon. Thomas B. Griffiths of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Marianna was appointed by Governor Strickland to chair one of the two Ohio Judicial Appointments Recommendation Panels, which evaluate the qualifications of all applicants for judicial vacancies and make non-binding recommendations to the governor.

Marianna published a column in the American Israelite and the Cincinnati Herald on The Right to Confront Witnesses.

April 2009

Marianna published a column in the American Israelite and the Cincinnati Herald, The Right to Confront Witnesses, which addressed the following questions: 1) Can a lawyer waive a client’s right to confront witnesses against him? and 2) Can a laboratory report be admitted into evidence without the analyst who did the testing being present at trial and subject to cross examination?

Marianna chaired the Truman Scholarship Committee, which awards scholarships to college juniors in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky who are committed to public service. She arranged and hosted the oral argument in Arbino v Johnson & Johnson as part of the Judge in Residence Program.

Marianna presented Highlights of the Past Term of the Ohio Supreme Court to the staff of the Cincinnati City Solicitor. She spoke to the Lawyers’ Club of Cincinnati on Punitive Damages.

March 2009

Marianna hosted Ohio State Senator Eric Kearney, Class of 1989, as the Harris Distinguished Practitioner. She served on the selection committee for this year’s Cohen/Barbour awards and introduced Visiting Professor Qudsia Mirza at an American Jewish Committee downtown luncheon program on Introduction to Islamic Law.

February 2009

Marianna arranged and hosted the citizenship ceremony at the College by the Honorable Susan J. Dlott, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Marianna published two columns on Legally Speakings: Caperton v. Massey and Herring v. US.

December 2008

Marianna was honored by the Greater Cincinnati Consortium of Colleges and Universities at its 21st Annual Celebration of Teaching at Xavier’s Cintas Center on Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. She published columns in the American Israelite and the Cincinnati Herald on the doctrine of forfeiture by wrongdoing.

Marianna presented the Most Important Cases of the Last Term of the Ohio Supreme Court to the Cincinnati Bar Association and to the Law School Alumni Association. She arranged for State Senator (and UC Law alumnus) Bill Seitz to give the Harris Distinguished Practitioner Lecture.

Marianna attended the final meeting of Task Force charged with the rewriting of the Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct. She arranged a special 2-hour program and interdisciplinary panel discussion for students analyzing a recent Ohio Supreme Court oral argument.

October 2008

Marianna published a column in the American Israelite and the Cincinnati Herald on Modern Parenting, which examines the legitimacy of gestational surrogacy contracts in Ohio. She presented Most Important Cases of the Ohio Supreme Court, June 2007-June 2008, at the Ohio Judicial Conference in Columbus.

She gave the keynote address, Electing Judges: An Idea Whose Time has Come and Gone to the Clermont County League of Women Voters at their 12th annual Suffragist Event.

Summer 2008

Marianna received a 2008 Foot Soldiers in the Sands Award from the NAACP during its national convention in Cincinnati. The award honors attorneys who have gone above and beyond the call of duty on behalf of the Association and its civil rights agenda.

She published columns on punitive damages in the Exxon Valdez oil spill case and on whether gestational surrogacy contracts violate Ohio public policy in the American Israelite and the Cincinnati Herald.

Two of Marianna's appellate opinions were cited in recent Ohio Supreme Court cases:

Marianna made a presentation on Punitive Damages to the 34th Annual Federal Law Seminar at Miami University.

She assisted Nancy Oliver, Interim Associate Dean, planning and arranging panelists for the Professionalism panel during Introduction to Law week, and she chaired the panel.

June 2008

Marianna received two prestigious awards:

Marianna attended the Sixth Circuit Conference in Chatanooga, Tennessee as a delegate for Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey. She presented one of the Cincinnati Women's Political Caucus achievement awards to retired Cincinnati School Board member (and retired UC professor) Florence Newell.

Marianna gave a presentation to the NAACP membership on the school finance decisions and the problems with public school financing in Ohio.

May 2008

Marianna presented 2006-07 Ohio Supreme Court Case Law Update to retired judges in Columbus as part of the Ohio Continuing Judicial Education Program.

April 2008

Marianna wrote an op-ed column on Guns, Guns, and More Guns (District of Columbia v. Heller). She helped Ohio Justice and Policy Center Director David Singleton prepare a student intern for an oral argument on expungement before the First Appellate District of Ohio.

Marianna chaired the Truman Scholarship committee, which awards scholarships to college juniors committed to becoming change agents in public service fields. She moderated a panel discussion sponsored by various community groups on Immigration: Who Wants What and Why? Over spring break, Marianna attended a session of the U.S. Supreme Court.

March 2008

Marianna arranged and hosted a visit to the College by the U.S.. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. She attended the dedication and naming of the conference room at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in honor of Judge Burt Perlman.

Marianna hosted the 2008 Judge-in-Residence program with Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson. She also hosted a reception and dinner for visiting justices and judges of Rendigs Product Liability Moot Court Competition. Marianna also attended the Ohio Bench/Bar/Deans Conference.

February 2008

Mariana will receive the Ohio State Bar Association's Nettie Cronise Luttes Award at its annual meeting this May in Columbus. The award recognizes women lawyers who have improved the legal profession through their own high level of professionalism and who have opened doors for other women and girls.

Marianna has been appointed to a committee of community leaders who will serve as ambassadors for the Freedom's Sisters exhibit, an exhibit honoring twenty African-American women from the 19th century to the present who helped foster civil rights in the U.S. The exhibit is being sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and opens in Cincinnati at the Museum Center March 14, after which it will embark on a three-year nationwide tour.

Marianna attended the AALS Annual Meeting in New York City.

December 2007

Marianna published her monthly Legally Speaking column in the American Israelite and Cincinnati Herald on State ex rel. Ohio Gen. Assembly v. Brunner, which dealt with the amount of time a governor has to veto a bill presented to him after the General Assembly adjourns before presenting the bill. She participated in a presentation on Professionalism and Substance Abuse at the Potter Stewart Inn of Court.

Marianna hosted a visit to the College by Judge John West, Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, who presided over a plea, a sentencing hearing, and an insurance coverage issue, and had a Q&A session with the students at the end of the session.

Marianna presented Highlights of the Past Term of the Supreme Court of Ohio (June 2006-June 2007) at CLE Programs at the UC Alumni Association and the Cincinnati Bar Association. She taught a class on tort law at the Institute for Learning in Retirement at Raymond Walters.

November 2007

Marianna participated in the Alumni Teach-In Day, as Lou Gilligan (Class of 1968), Keating, Muething & Klekamp (Cincinnati, OH), taught her Torts Class.

October 2007

Marianna received the Cincinnati NAACP's Fair and Courageous Award at the organization's 52nd Annual Freedom Fund Dinner. She presented Highlights of the Past Term of the Ohio Supreme Court at the Annual Meeting of the Ohio Judicial Conference.

Marianna published More Muzzles (discussing public employee speech) as her monthly Legally Speaking column in the American Israelite and Cincinnati Herald. She arranged (with Jenny Carroll) a lunchtime program on Representing the Unpopular Client with local criminal defense lawyers Cathy Adams, Marty Pinales, Scott Rubenstein, and David Singleton. She hosted a visit to the College by Kathleen Brinkman, who spoke to the students on Your Money and/or Your Life: My Career Prosecuting Crooks, as part of the Harris Distinguished Practitioner Program.

Summer 2007

Marianna was appointed Professor of Clinical Law. She was appointed by Chief Justice Moyer to serve on the new Ohio Supreme Court Task on the Code of Judicial Conduct. She also was appointed to the History Advisory Board of the Cincinnati Museum Center.

Marianna published as her monthly Legally Speaking columns in the American Israelite, Cincinnati Herald, and City Beat:

June 2007

Marianna published Searching and Seizing: Two New Rulings as her monthly Legally Speaking column in the American Israelite, Cincinnati Herald, and City Beat.

May 2007

Marianna hosted the Honorable R. Guy Cole, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the 2007 Judge-in-Residence at the College. She published Police Chokeholds and Nonviolent Spouses as her monthly Legally Speaking column in American Israelite and City Beat.

Marianna was selected as one two people from her high school graduating class of 1962 as "runners up" for the Walnut Hills High School Alumni Hall of Fame. She hosted a group of students from the College at the oral argument before in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Hamilton County Board v. National Football League.

Marianna was quoted in Judge Painter: Say What? Judge's Pithy Writing Style Gets His Opinions Noticed, Cincinnati Enquirer, Apr. 16, 2007.

April 2007

Marianna published Damaging Ruling on Punitive Damages as her monthly Legally Speaking column in American Israelite and City Beat.

Marianna chaired a meeting of the Truman Scholarship Committee, which awards scholarships to college juniors from Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana to pursue public service careers. She moderated a program on Immigration at Home sponsored by a variety of civic and religious organizations.

Marianna hosted a visit to the College by former Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge William McClain, who spoke to the students on A Struggle for Selfhood.

March 2007

Marianna published Restoring Fault to Workers' Comp Decisions as her monthly Legally Speaking column in American Israelite and City Beat. She gave a speech to the Lawyers Club of Cincinnati on The Legal Challenge of Prenatal Torts in Ohio.

Marianna hosted two judicial proceedings at the College:

  • A hearing on a motion to decertify a class action.
  • A disciplinary hearing.

February 2007

Marianna published Keeping the "Public" in Public Education as her monthly Legally Speaking column in American Israelite and City Beat.

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