Honorary Members

At the Association’s Fall Conference Banquets, the Board of Trustees have bestowed Honorary Memberships upon the following members and non-members in recognition of their extraordinary contributions to the role of Magistrates in the State of Ohio.

2016
Sandy Clary
OAM Administrator
2014 Judicial College Staff
Lindsey Schmitz, Katrina Webb, Kathleen Casper
Philip J. Schopick,
Program Manager,
Ohio Supreme Court Judicial College
Wayne E. Strunk, Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court
Founding and Charter Member
First Board of Trustees
Second Vice-President: 1989-1990
First Vice-President: 1991-1993
Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer,
Chief Justice of Ohio Supreme Court 1987-2010
**Passed away 4-2-10
Steven W. Stover
Administrative Director of Ohio Supreme Court
Magistrate Patricia W. Maiorino,
Knox County Domestic Relations Court
First Board of Trustees
Treasurer 1991
Anne McNealy Larrison,
Director of Ohio Judicial Conference
Magistrate Nancy I. Ferguson,
Franklin County Municipal Court
Founding and Charter Member
First Board of Trustees
First Vice-President 1990
Magistrate Richard L. Eisnaugle,
Scioto County Common Pleas Court
Charter Member
Former Board Member
Hon. Michael Merz, Magistrate Judge,
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Ohio Judicial College Faculty Member
Assisted in drafting Civil Rule 53, Juvenile Rule 40 and Criminal Rule 19
Magistrate Ann N. Hamilton,
Lucas County Domestic Relations Court
Former Board Member
**Passed away 11-26-15
Magistrate Jefferson E. Liston,
Franklin County Juvenile Court
Founding and Charter Member
First Board of Trustees
First President 1989-1990
Magistrate Lawrence E. Smith (Passed away 6/4/19)
Founding Member
First Board of Trustees
First Vice-President: 1989-1990
President 1990-1991
**Passed away 6-4-19