Sherrie Mikhail Miday
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Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 2001)
Sherrie Miday | |
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| Judge, Cuyahoga County Ohio Courts of Common Pleas General Division | |
| In office January 2017 – January 4, 2029 | |
| Preceded by | Pamela A. Barker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 12, 1976 Cleveland, Ohio, US |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | John Carroll University (B.A., 1998) Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 2001) |
Sherrie Mikhail Miday (born 12 October 1976 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American judge and the first Egyptian-American elected judge in the history of the United States. A native of Cleveland, she serves as a judge for the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas General Division in Ohio, where she was first elected on November 8, 2016. Her current term ends on January 4, 2029. As a Common Pleas judge, Miday handles both general civil cases and felony criminal cases. Since taking the bench, she has become recognized for her work in domestic violence cases, serving as Chairperson of the Cuyahoga County Domestic Violence Taskforce and presiding over the High-Risk Domestic Violence Court, which she helped establish with a $1 million federal grant in 2019. Prior to her judicial career, Miday practiced law in employment and labor law, foreclosure litigation, and creditor's rights, and served as an assistant prosecutor specializing in domestic violence cases.[1][2][3]
Sherrie was born in Cleveland two years after her parents, one of whom is a Coptic Orthodox Christian priest, immigrated to the United States from Cairo, Egypt in 1975. As a first-generation American, she was taught to value the freedoms and protections guaranteed to the citizens of the United States by the rule of law. Her parents believed that education was paramount to their children's future and provided equal educational opportunities to all their children regardless of gender.[4][5]
Education
In 1998 Miday graduated from John Carroll University. In 2001 she received her J.D. from Case Western Reserve University.
Career
She worked as a lawyer at the Cleveland office for six years to meet the requirements for running for a judgeship. She then worked for three years as a prosecutor and three years as an assistant judge.[6][7][8][9][10]
Prior to her judicial role, Miday practiced law with the firms of Duvin, Cahn & Hutton; Lerner, Sampson & Rothfuss; and Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, specializing in employment and labor law, foreclosure litigation, and creditor's rights law. She previously served as an assistant prosecutor for the City of Cleveland, specializing in domestic violence prosecution, and as a staff attorney for the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.[11]
Judicial service
As a Common Pleas judge, Miday is responsible for both general civil cases and felony criminal cases. Since ascending to the bench, she has served as Chairperson of the Cuyahoga County Domestic Violence Taskforce and has been a co-editor of the Baldwin's Ohio Handbook Series: Ohio Domestic Violence Law since 2018. In October 2019, Miday was successful in securing a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance Innovations in Supervision Initiatives, to establish a High-Risk Domestic Violence Court in Cuyahoga County.[12]
In 2020, Miday was appointed to preside over the Cuyahoga County High-Risk Domestic Violence Court. The High-Risk Domestic Violence Court is a specialty docket of the Common Pleas Court with a mission to reduce the risk of violence and homicide in high-risk cases of intimate partner violence. Judge Miday leads a specially-trained, multi-disciplinary team of justice system professionals who work collaboratively to improve victim safety by providing resources for victims and intense monitoring and behavioral interventions for offenders.[13]
Miday has developed a high-risk domestic violence docket in which she addresses issues of intimate partner violence, works with offenders to change behaviors and identify the origins of violence, and provides victims of domestic violence with resources and treatment necessary for healthy relationships.[14]