Keila Cosme
| Keila Cosme | |
|---|---|
| Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals Judge | |
| Assumed office November 16, 2009 | |
| Partner with law firm of Cosme, D'Angelo, and Szollosi | |
| In office 2001 - 2009 | |
| Preceded by | William Skow |
| Political party | Democrat |
Keila Cosme was a judge on the Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals. She was appointed to the court by Democratic Governor Ted Strickland, for a term effective November 16, 2009.[1]
She was defeated in a bid for election to the seat on November 2, 2010, by Republican Steve Yarbrough.[2]
Cosme is the first Hispanic judge to serve an Ohio appellate court.[3]
Education
Cosme was born in Puerto Rico, and moved to the United States when she was 17 years old. She graduated from Boston University in 1990 and the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1994. Cosme is married with two children.[3]
Career
Prior to her judicial appointment, Cosme was a partner with the Toledo law firm Cosme, D'Angelo, and Szollosi since 2001. She worked primarily in civil litigation, with an emphasis on "complex commercial litigation and personal injury/wrongful death actions".[3] She was in private practice at the Law Offices of Keila D. Cosme from 1998-2001 and was with the firm Calfee, Halter and Griswold from 1995-98.[4]
Awards and associations
- Member of the Ohio Association for Justice
- Member of the Hispanic National Bar Association
- Member of the Ohio Hispanic Bar Association
- Member of the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee[1]
2010 election
- See also: Ohio judicial elections, 2010
Cosme was defeated by Republican Steve Yarbrough in the general election.[5] [6]
See also
External links
- Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals website
- Sixth District Court of Appeals from the Ohio judiciary website
- Glass City Jungle "I’m hearing the Governor appointed Cosme after all..Updated!" October 31, 2009
- La Prensa, "Judge Keila D. Cosme: Her goal of equal justice"
- Toledo Blade, "2 vying for appellate court seat," October 18, 2010
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Supreme Court & Judicial System News "Governor Appoints Keila Cosme to Sixth District Court of Appeals," October 30, 2009
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Toledo Blade "Toledo lawyer joins state court," October 31, 2009
- ↑ The Morning Journal "Hispanic American appointed to bench," October 31, 2009
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, Live Unofficial Election Results
- ↑ Toledo Blade "Judge Yarbrough wins GOP race for court of appeals," May 4, 2010
