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Welcome Franklin County Voters:

As a candidate running for re-election to the Franklin County Common Pleas
Court, I welcome you to my website.  Here, you willl be able to learn what
qualifies me for the position.  First and foremost, I hope that you find my
experience both as prosecutor, and a defense attorney proved to be a healthy
training for me in 1987 when I first took the bench .  Since that time, my
experience has grown by the decade as I have served Franklin County
residents as a judge and presided over hundreds of criminal and civil
trials.

Just as important as my qualifications is my comittment to abide by and
uphold the Code of Judicial Conduct.  It is my utmost responsibility to
judge impartially and I assure you that while I enjoy my job very much, I
take the responsibility seriously.  Every day, when  I arrive at the
courthouse, I am faced with difficult decisions that impact individuals,
their families and the community.  I understand that when I impose a prison
sentence, a person loses his or her daily liberties, and Franklin County
taxpayers cover the costs of confinement to some degree.  Likewise, when I
preside over a trial that involves serious injuries, or death, malpractice,
or property disputes, I recognize that one party may walk away enriched at
the expense of the party.  In all of the cases, my job is to reiew all of
the facts, the evidence, consider what the law requires, and apply it the
case in a fair and judicious manner.  I will not pre-judge a case.   I
pledge to you that I will examine each case on a case by case basis and
follow the laws of the State of Ohio.

Based on my experience and my committment to fair and impartial judicial
system, I am running to retain my seat on the Common Pleas Court.  When you
vote this year, either at the polling place, or on an absentee ballot, I ask
that  you re-elect me, Judge Sheward, to the Franklin County Court of Common
Pleas.  Thank you for your vote, and for your visit to my web site.

Judge Richard S. Sheward

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Endorsements

  • The Columbus Dispatch
  • Fraternal Order of Police - Capital City Lodge #9
  • Ohio Coalition of Concerned Citizens
  • Central Ohio Labor Council - AFL-CIO
  • Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council
  • Columbus Firefighters Local 67
  • International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 18 and its branches
  • United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 200
  • Transport Workers Union of America, Local 208
  • Teamsters Ohio DRIVE
  • Columbus Communicator

Recommendations

  • Columbus Bar Association Preference Poll finds Judge Sheward as "Highly Recommended"