(A) Appointments The Commission on Dispute Resolution shall consist of the following twenty-one members appointed by the Chief Justice and Justices of the Supreme Court:
(1) Three members who shall be sitting or retired judges; (2) One member who shall be a judge of a court of appeals nominated by the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals;(3) One member who shall be a judge of a court of common pleas with general jurisdiction nominated by the President of the Ohio Common Pleas Judges Association;(4) One member who shall be a judge of a court of common pleas with probate jurisdiction nominated by the President of the Ohio Association of Probate Judges; (5) One member who shall be a judge of a court of common pleas with juvenile jurisdiction nominated by the President of the Ohio Association of Juvenile Court Judges;(6) One member who shall be a judge of a court of common pleas with domestic relations jurisdiction nominated by the President of the Ohio Association of Domestic Relations Judges; (7) One member who shall be a judge of a municipal or county court nominated by the President of the Association of Municipal and County Court Judges of Ohio; (8) Two members, each of whom shall be a full-time magistrate with an Ohio court, nominated by the President of the Ohio Association of Magistrates; (9) One member nominated by the Superintendent of Public Instruction; (10) Two members nominated by the President of the County Commissioners' Association of Ohio; (11) Two members, neither of whom shall be a judge or county commissioner, nominated by the President of the Ohio Council of County Officials; (12) Two members nominated by the President of the Ohio Municipal League; (13) One member nominated by the President of the Ohio State Bar Association; (14) One member nominated by the President of the Ohio Mediation Association; (15) One at-large member. (B) Nominations The Administrative Director of the Supreme Court shall solicit a minimum of two nominees from each individual responsible for nominating a member of the commission pursuant to divisions (A)(2) through (14) of this rule.
(C) Qualifications Each commission member shall have an appreciation for the importance of the use of dispute resolution to resolve disputes, which may include education or experience in dispute resolution.
(D) Composition Commission membership should be broad based and multidisciplinary to represent a cross section of interests related to dispute resolution and reflect the gender, racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity of the state.
Ohio. R. Superi. Ct. 16.02
Effective:2/1/2012; amended effective 7/1/2014; amended September 10, 2019, effective 1/1/2020; amended February 9, 2023, effective 4/1/2023.