Gov. Strickland Names First Black Woman To Ohio Supreme Court In Choosing Former Running Mate Yvette McGee Brown
Newly Appointed Ohio Supreme Court
Justice Yvette McGee Brown
By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.determinerweekly.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com)
Ohio Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland made history earlier this week in naming Yvette McGee Brown as the first African American woman to the Ohio Supreme Court.
Brown, 50, was the governor's Lt. Gov. running mate in this year's failed election to Gov-Elect John Kasich.
While some expected the governor to name Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, who also lost along with the entire Democratic ticket for statewide offices, he selected McGee Brown of Columbus, Oh, a former Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge and founding president for the Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
"I have no doubt that Yvette will provide a wise and compassionate voice for the most vulnerable to our highest court," Strickland said.
McGee Brown, married to a Columbus public school teacher with three children, becomes the third African American on Ohio's high court following Justice Lloyd Brown, who sat on the bench some four decades ago.
Replacing Republican Justice Maureen O'Connor, who whipped recently appointed Chief Justice Eric Brown in winning 68 percent of the vote in the November election to snatch the chief justice seat from him, McGee Brown takes office Jan. 1. She will be the only Democrat on the seven-member court.
"I am honored and look forward to bringing my diverse experiences and thoughtful perspectives to my work on the Ohio Supreme Court," said McGee Brown.
Her appointment was lauded by womens' groups in Ohio.
"We are pleased that Gov. Strickland understands the necessity for diversity at all levels of the continuum and has chosen Justice Yvette McGee Brown as the first Black woman to Ohio's high court," said Kathy Wray Coleman, a leader of the Imperial Woman. "And we will work to help her retain the seat when she runs for election."
Justice Yvette McGee Brown
By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.determinerweekly.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com)
Ohio Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland made history earlier this week in naming Yvette McGee Brown as the first African American woman to the Ohio Supreme Court.
Brown, 50, was the governor's Lt. Gov. running mate in this year's failed election to Gov-Elect John Kasich.
While some expected the governor to name Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, who also lost along with the entire Democratic ticket for statewide offices, he selected McGee Brown of Columbus, Oh, a former Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge and founding president for the Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
"I have no doubt that Yvette will provide a wise and compassionate voice for the most vulnerable to our highest court," Strickland said.
McGee Brown, married to a Columbus public school teacher with three children, becomes the third African American on Ohio's high court following Justice Lloyd Brown, who sat on the bench some four decades ago.
Replacing Republican Justice Maureen O'Connor, who whipped recently appointed Chief Justice Eric Brown in winning 68 percent of the vote in the November election to snatch the chief justice seat from him, McGee Brown takes office Jan. 1. She will be the only Democrat on the seven-member court.
"I am honored and look forward to bringing my diverse experiences and thoughtful perspectives to my work on the Ohio Supreme Court," said McGee Brown.
Her appointment was lauded by womens' groups in Ohio.
"We are pleased that Gov. Strickland understands the necessity for diversity at all levels of the continuum and has chosen Justice Yvette McGee Brown as the first Black woman to Ohio's high court," said Kathy Wray Coleman, a leader of the Imperial Woman. "And we will work to help her retain the seat when she runs for election."
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