- Frank D. Celebrezze Jr.
Frank D. Celebrezze Jr. (born
February 22 ,1952 ) ofBroadview Heights, Ohio , is anOhio jurist who currently serves as an Ohio appeals court judge.Celebrezze graduated from Holy Name High School and attended
Ohio State University and the University of Maryland (European Division). Celebrezze served in the U.S. Navy from 1974 to 1980, serving as a radioman forNATO command inNaples, Italy . He received aBachelor of Arts degree fromCleveland State University in 1980 and aJuris Doctor degree from Cleveland State University's Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1983.Celebrezze entered the private practice of law and then, from 1987 to 1991, served as a district hearing officer for the
Industrial Commission of Ohio . From 1991 to 1993, he was a staff attorney with the Cuyahoga County treasurer's office.The son of former Ohio Chief Justice
Frank Celebrezze , Celebrezze won a seat as a common pleas court judge in 1992, was re-elected in 1998, and then won a seat as an Ohio appeals court judge (Eighth District) in 2000. He resigned from the common pleas bench on January 1, 2001, to take the appeals bench. He has sat on theOhio Supreme Court by appointment of Chief JusticeThomas Moyer .Celebrezze's grandfather was
Frank D. Celebrezze I . His grand-uncle,Anthony Celebrezze , was a member ofJohn F. Kennedy andLyndon B. Johnson 's cabinets. His first cousin once removed was gubernatorial candidateAnthony J. Celebrezze Jr. and his uncle was Ohio Supreme Court JudgeJames Celebrezze . His second cousin isAnthony J. Celebrezze III .Celebrezze's wife is the former Koula Pappas. They have two daughters.
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