Candidate for
Judge; Court of Common Pleas General Division; 6 Year Term Starting 2/9/03

RESUME

Mark Ronald Schweikert

Personal Data: Judge Schweikert is 49 years old and was born and raised in Cincinnati. He has been married for 27 years to his wife Patti, and has two children, a daughter, attending law school, a son attending United States Naval Academy. He practiced law in Cincinnati and was appointed as Court Administrator of the Municipal and Common Pleas Courts there in 1981 where he served until 1995. He was appointed to the Hamilton County Municipal Court bench from the sixth judicial district in February 1995 and subsequently was elected to that position in November 1995 to a term ending on December 31, 1999. He served as Administrative/Presiding Judge of the 14 Judge Hamilton County Municipal Court for two years in 1997-98. He was appointed to the Court of Common Pleas March 8, 1999 for an unexpired term and was elected in 2000.

During his 14 year service as Court Administrator, Judge Schweikert was active in the establishment of numerous innovative programs dealing with Automation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Probation Services, Pre-trial Services, Jury Management, Substance Abuse, and Jail Overcrowding.

Education:

High School: Judge Schweikert graduated from Oak Hills High School, Cincinnati, Ohio in 1970

College: Judge Schweikert received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences from Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio in June 1974.

He attended Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University Graduated May 1980, and was awarded a Juris Doctor Degree

He was admitted to the Ohio Bar in May 1980 He was admitted to the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, June 1980

Continuing: Institute for Court Management - Management Principles and Effective Practices, 6/79 Ohio Judicial College - Traffic Law, March 1983 Ohio Legal Center - Criminal Law Update, April 1983 Ohio Legal Center - Ohio Labor Seminar, December 1983 Ohio Legal Center - Annual Midwest Labor Law Conference, October 1984 IBM Corporation - Business Systems Planning, September 1985 Ohio Legal Center - Liability Insurance Today, May 1986 American Bar Association - Reducing Costs and Delays in Trial Courts, March 1988 National Association for Court Management - Judicial Education Seminars, 11.5 hours, July 1988 Institute for Court Management - Designing and Managing Court Improvement Projects, February 1989 Institute for Court Management - Technologies and Strategies for Data Collection in the Courts, December 1989 Ohio Judicial College - Case flow Management, June 1990 National Association for Court Management - Judicial Education Seminars, September 1990 Cincinnati Bar Association - Bench Bar Conference, February, 1991 Cincinnati Bell, 1991 Hamilton County - Media Relations, March 1991 Ohio Judicial College - Public Relations in the Courts, April 1991 Ohio Attorney General - Sunshine Laws Update, June 1991 National Conference on Court Technology - March 1992 Cincinnati Bar Association-Bench Bar Conference February 1992 Ohio Judicial College-Leadership May 1992 Cincinnati Bar Association-Recent Ethics Decisions November 1992 Cincinnati Bar Association- Bench Bar Conference April 1993 Ohio Judicial College-New DUI/DUS Legislation June 1993 National Association for Court Management-Judicial Education Seminars 12 hours July 1993 Cincinnati Bar Association- Bench Bar Conference February 1994 Ohio Judicial College-Basic Review for Judges March 1995 Ohio Judicial College-Evidence for Judges May 1995 Cincinnati Bar Association- Bench Bar Conference March 1996 American Judges Association-Annual Conference and Seminars September 1996 Ohio Municipal Court Judges Association-Winter Conference and Seminars February 1997 American Academy of Judicial Education-Judicial Reasoning August 1997 Ohio Judicial College-DUI Evidence August 1997 American Judges Association-Annual Conference and Seminars September 1997 Ohio Municipal Court Judges Association-Winter Conference and Seminars February 1998 Cincinnati Bar Association- Bench Bar Conference March 1998 American Academy of Jud. Education-A Judges Philosophy of Law and Judging, Harvard 1998 Ohio Judicial College-Capital Cases, March 1999 Ohio Judicial College-Civil & Criminal Update for Common Pleas Judges, September 1999 Cincinnati Bar Association- Bench Bar ConferenceApril 2000 Ohio Judicial College- Ethics, Professionalism & Substance Abuse, December 2000 Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management Workshop, April 2001 Ohio Judicial College - Common Pleas Judges Assoc. Seminar, December 2001 Ohio Judicial Conference-Connections: Building Relationships, January 2002 American Academy of Judicial Ed.- The Judge as fact finder and decision maker, March 2002

Work Experience: Judge Schweikert began his career with the Hamilton County Municipal Court in 1974 and has held positions as follows:

Assignment Commissioner's Office, 11/74 - 1/79
(Served as acting Assignment Commissioner 3/76 - 5/76)

Assistant Court Administrator, 1/79 - 4/81

Court Administrator 4/81 to 2/95:
(Consolidated Administration - 28 Trial Court Judges and Staff)

Associated with Clark & Eyrich LPA - 5/80 to 4/81

Professional Activities:

Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Joint Session - Chair Calendar& Docket Comm.

Commission on the Future of the Ohio's Courts, presented the Municipal Court perspective 1997

Board of Advisors - Chairman, Data Release Committee
Control Board-Member, 1993-1995

Community Activities:

U.S. Naval Academy Parents Club (Local President 2002) Chair, Academy Ball Committee

Awards: Outstanding Public Employee - 1982 Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers (For Exemplary service to the Members of the Trial Bar by improving the Litigation and Administrative Process) Law Enforcement Commendation Medal - 1995 National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Distinguished Alumni Award - 2002 Oak Hills High School, Cincinnati, Ohio