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Judge
Cheryl D. Grant is a member of the Hamilton County Municipal Court with
continuous service since 1997. Judge
Grant graduated from Withrow
High School, Cincinnati,
Ohio; received her Bachelor of Arts Degree
from the University of Cincinnati in 1966, majoring in Sociology and
Anthropology; and received her Juris Doctorate
Degree from the University of Cincinnati, College of Law
in 1973. Judge Grant received various
academic scholarships to assist her in achieving her degrees in higher
education.
Judge
Grant attended the National Judiciary College, Reno Nevada; the George Mason
University School of Law, Law and Economic Center Institute for Judges,
Arlington, Virginia; Law and Economic Institutes, Washington, D.C; and Searle
Law and Economic Institutes for Judges, Northwestern University, and other
education sites. And, she attends the Supreme
Ohio Judiciary
College, Columbus, Ohio.
The
Supreme Court of Ohio licensed Judge Grant to practice law in 1973. The Chief Justice Thomas Moyer appointed her
to the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Technology and the Courts, and the
Advisory Committee on Interpreter Services, and she is currently serving in
both capacities. She is the
Chairperson of the Hamilton County Municipal Court Committee on Technology.
Prior to
attending law school, Cheryl Grant served as a social worker for the Memorial Community Center and as a Cincinnati
Police Officer. Her employment
experiences since law school are as follows: Reginald Heber Smith Fellow;
Congressional Aide to former Congressman Thomas Luken;
Assistant Professor of Business Law, University of Cincinnati College of
Business; Law Director, City of Lincoln Heights, Ohio; Assistant United
States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; the first Chief
Investigator of the Office of Municipal Investigation (OMI), City of
Cincinnati; Assistant Public Defender, Hamilton County; Assistant Attorney
General, State of Ohio and owner C. D. Grant & Associates, Attorney of
Law.
Judge
Grant has been active in various civic and social organizations including:
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; Black Career Women, Inc.; Elisha
Chapter – Ohio Eastern Stars and PHA; NAACP and the Zion Baptist
Church. In addition, she holds membership in the
Ohio Judicial Conference, Ohio Bar Association, the American Judges
Association, and the Ohio Association of Municipal and County Judges.
Judge
Cheryl Grant is listed in Who’s
Who in Black America
and has received recognition as a YWCA
Career Woman of Achievement; the Living Legend Award, University
of Cincinnati
and Harriet Beecher Stowe
Historical Cultural Association’s African American Millennium Award and
many other recognitions and honors.
She is active in the education and music ministries of her church, Zion
Baptist Church,
Cincinnati, Ohio
Early in
her career, Cincinnati Mayor Bobbie Sterne
appointed Judge Grant to the Mayor’s Task Force on Police Community
Relations. She was also appointed by
then Governor Rhodes to the Ohio Youth Advisory Board. She has served as president of the Memorial
Community Center and as a member of the University
of Cincinnati Foundation Board. Judge Grant also traveled to China
as a member of the People to People
national delegation of the U.S. Criminal Justice professionals to consult
with the Chinese government in the area of criminal justice.
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