(Cleveland) – The 57th Graduation Ceremony of the Greater Cleveland Drug Court, under the direction of Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Lauren C. Moore, will take place Wednesday, February 21, at 4:30 p.m. at The Don Umerley Civic Center Memorial Hall (Room 150) located at 21016 Hilliard Blvd. in Rocky River. Ohio.

(Cleveland) – The Honorable Michelle D. Earley will become the Administrative and Presiding Judge for the Cleveland Municipal Court in 2018.

(Cleveland) -- On Friday, December 7, 2017, Ann Clare Oakar was sworn in as judge on the Cleveland Municipal Court bench, a month to the day she won election to an unexpired term previously held by the Honorable Jimmy L. Jackson Jr.

(Columbus, Ohio) -- The Specialized Mental Health Docket of the Cleveland Municipal Court has been recertified by the Ohio Supreme Court’s Commission on Specialized Dockets. The recertification process was necessary due to the passing of Judge Ed Wade last year who was originally in charge of the docket. When Judge Emanuella Groves was appointed to the position, the Court had to re-start the certification process.

(Cleveland) – Over 300 people gathered in the rotunda of the Old County Courthouse Thursday, November 9 to pay tribute to the Honorable Ronald B. Adrine who is leaving the Cleveland Municipal Court on January 3, 2018 following 36 years on the bench.

(Cleveland) – The 56th Graduation Ceremony of the Greater Cleveland Drug Court, under the direction of Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Lauren C. Moore, will take place Monday, October 16 at 5:00 p.m. at South Pointe Hospital, a Cleveland Clinic facility located at 20000 Harvard Rd. in Warrensville Heights, Ohio.

(Cleveland) – The 55th Graduation Ceremony of the Greater Cleveland Drug Court, under the direction of Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Lauren C. Moore, took place Wednesday, July 26 at 4:30 p.m. in the Cuyahoga County Jury Assembly Room located on the fourth floor of the Justice Center.

(Cleveland, Ohio) – The Cleveland Municipal Court has begun implementation of the Public Safety Assessment (PSA), a data-driven risk assessment tool that provides objective information for judges to consider when deciding whether to release or detain a defendant prior to trial.

(Cleveland) – The Cleveland Municipal Court on Tuesday, May 16, celebrated the first graduation by a participant who successfully completed the new Community Court, which is geared toward recognizing participants whose personal circumstances can best be addressed outside the normal criminal docket.

(Cleveland) – The Human Trafficking Docket of the Cleveland Municipal Court has been recertified by the Supreme Court of Ohio’s Commission on Specialized Dockets.

(Cleveland) – The 54th Graduation Ceremony of the Greater Cleveland Drug Court under the direction of Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Lauren C. Moore, took place Wednesday, February 15 at 4:30 p.m. in the Cuyahoga County Jury Assembly Room located on the fourth floor of the Justice Center.

(Cleveland, Ohio) – The Honorable Ronald B. Adrine will serve his final year on the bench as the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Cleveland Municipal Court. He retires at the end of next year, following 36 years of service. This is the ninth year in a row that Adrine has held the two positions since first being selected to lead the bench in December of 2008. As such, he continues to be responsible for overseeing the business and direction of the court.

(Cleveland, Ohio) – The Cleveland Municipal Court announced today that it will implement the Public Safety Assessment (PSA), a data-driven risk assessment tool that provides objective information that judges can consider when deciding whether to release or detain a defendant prior to trial.

The Cleveland Municipal Court will formally announce a partnership with the Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) to implement an evidence-based pre-trial risk assessment tool that judges can use to help them decide which defendants pose a risk to public safety and should be detained prior to trial, and which can be safely released.

(Cleveland) – After two years of operation, The Cleveland Municipal Court Human Trafficking Docket is staging its first graduation, which will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, November 17, 2016 at Massimo da Milano’s Restaurant, located at 430 West 25th Street in Cleveland.

The 53rd Graduation Ceremony of the Greater Cleveland Drug Court under the direction of Cleveland Municipal Judge Lauren C. Moore, took place Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. at the Garfield Heights Civic Center, located at 5407 Turney Road, in Garfield Heights.

Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Ed Wade died today at the Hospice of the Western Reserve, following complications due to prostate cancer. He was 69.

The 2017 Annual Conference for the American Judges Association will be held at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel next September, thanks to Cleveland’s turnaround and plenty of persuasive lobbying by Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Joseph J. Zone.

The 52nd Graduation Ceremony of the Greater Cleveland Drug Court, now under the direction of Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Lauren C. Moore, will take place Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 4:30 p.m. in the Cuyahoga County Jury Assembly Room located on the fourth floor of the Justice Center.

In preparation for possible mass arrests that may occur during the week of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, the Cleveland Municipal Court will have staff available from July 18-22 in the Justice Center on 1200 Ontario Street and if needed, at the Cleveland House of Corrections, located at 4041 Northfield Road in Cleveland.