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Eve Belfance
Eve V. Belfance was a judge on the Ninth District Court of Appeals in Ohio. She was elected to the court on November 4, 2008, and assumed office on February 9, 2009.[1][2] Belfance was defeated in her bid for re-election in 2014, and stepped down when her term ended on February 8, 2015.[3]
Elections
2014
See also: Ohio judicial elections, 2014
Belfance ran for re-election to the Ninth District Court of Appeals.
General: She was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 46.3 percent of the vote. She competed against Julie A. Schafer.
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Education
Belfance received her undergraduate degree from Yale University in 1984 and her J.D. from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1990.[4]
Career
Belfance began her legal career with the firm of Calfee, Halter & Griswold. She then joined the firm of Kathryn A. Belfance & Associates, specializing in appellate law. In 1998, Belfance moved to Washington, D.C. when she was appointed a federal judicial attorney. In 2005, she was elected to the Akron Municipal Court, where she presided over various kinds of cases and over the DUI court. Belfance served on this court until her election to the Ninth District Court of Appeals in 2008.[4]
Awards and associations
- Board member, Women’s Endowment Fund, the Akron Bar Association Foundation
- Member, Scanlon Inn of Court
- Member, Humane Society of the United States
- Member, Wayne County Humane Society
- Member, Akron Bar Association
- Member, Lorain County Bar Association
- Member, Medina County Bar Association
- Member, Wayne County Bar Association
- Member, Ohio State Bar Association [4]
See also
External links
- Ohio Ninth District Court of Appeals, "The Judges of the Ninth District Court of Appeals"
- Ohio Ninth District Court of Appeals, "The Honorable Eve Belfance"
Footnotes
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "2008 Election Results Court of Appeals: November 4, 2008," accessed June 22, 2014
- ↑ The Supreme Court of Ohio & The Ohio Judicial System, "Ohio Courts of Appeals," accessed July 19, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lorain County Board of Elections, "May 6, 2014 Primary Election, Candidate List," accessed March 6, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ohio Ninth District Court of Appeals, "The Honorable Eve Belfance," accessed June 22, 2014
Federal courts:
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Ohio, Southern District of Ohio • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Ohio, Southern District of Ohio
State courts:
Ohio Supreme Court • Ohio District Courts of Appeal • Ohio Courts of Common Pleas • Ohio County Courts • Ohio Municipal Courts • Ohio Court of Claims
State resources:
Courts in Ohio • Ohio judicial elections • Judicial selection in Ohio
