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Kathleen
L. Giesler - Judge
kgiesler@co.ottawa.oh.us
Judge
Giesler's bio is available by clicking here. |
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 Lori
Clune
- Court Administrator
lclune@co.ottawa.oh.us
Lori
is a graduate of Oak Harbor High School class of 1988. She received
her BA in Psychology from Michigan State University in 1993 and
MA in Rehabilitation Counseling from Bowling Green State University
in 1999.
Lori's
previous work experience includes a wide variety of interactions
with youth and their families including working in adolescent psychiatric,
residential treatment, and group home settings. She was a children's
mental health case manager, taught parenting classes, supervised
parent/child visitations and exchanges. Lori was the Director of
Ottawa County Family & Children First and administered state
program for families and children at the local level as well as
developed programs in the county to address other unmet needs.
Lori
became Court Administrator for the court in June of 2003. Her primary
duties include: Program development, grant writing and program evaluation;
human resource management and supervision of court employees; bailiff
for support, custody, visitation, and abuse, neglect, and dependency
cases; and serve as liaison for the court with partner agencies
in the community.
Lori is married to Jason, together they have a daughter and son and live in Port Clinton. |
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Lynn
DeTray
Director of Probation and Court Services ldetray@co.ottawa.oh.us
Mr.
DeTray is a 1971 graduate of Oak Harbor High School. He started
his law enforcement career in 1973 with the Oak Harbor Police Department
where he served three years as a part-time patrolman and nine and
a half years as a full-time patrolman. He was certified an Ohio
Peace Officer at Terra Technical College and gained additional training
in officer safety, domestic violence, radar operation, traffic enforcement,
investigative procedures, and firearms instructor training. He is
also a certified scuba diver and was a member of the Northcoast
Underwater Recovery Team.
Mr. DeTray’s service with the Ottawa County Juvenile Court
began in September of 1985 where he served as a probation officer
for his first ten years of service. In 1995 he was appointed Chief
Probation Officer and assumed the responsibility of overseeing the
probation staff. In 2003 he was appointed Director of Probation
and Court Services. In addition to overseeing the probation department,
he is also responsible for managing the court’s programs and
services including managing the operation of the court’s diversion
programs such as the Tutoring program, Mediation program, Crisis
Intervention program Student Achievement Program (SAP), Youth Experiencing
Success (YES!) program, Diagnostic Assessment program. He also oversees
Electronic Monitoring, conducts Informal Traffic Hearings, and collects
data to track youths to compliance with court orders as part of
the court’s grant reporting process to funders.
Mr. DeTray is a member of the Ohio Restitution and Community Service
Delegation, the Juvenile Diversion Association. He also serves on
the Executive Board of the Ohio Chief Probation Officer Association.
He has dedicated his career to the development of effective and
efficient programming to address the needs of the youth and families
who come into contact with the court.
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 Julie
Bowman
Juvenile
Probation Officer
jabowman@co.ottawa.oh.us
Julie is one
of the Juvenile Probation Officers with the Juvenile Court. She
has been employed here since September 1992. Daily job duties include:
meeting with parents prior to their hearings, going over terms of
Probation, theft diversion, tutoring, referrals for Diagnostic Assessments
and making sure families follow through with any recommendations
of the Court. She makes regular visits to the schools, with a second
office in the Erie-Huron-Ottawa Educational Service Center in Genoa
to meet with the youths in the west end on the County. While there
she also has contact with the youths that have been placed in the
Alternate Learning Educational Center (ALEC) which is used by all
of Ottawa County Schools. She is also a member of the Northwest
Ohio gang Task Force.
She
graduated from The University of Toledo Community and Technical
College in 1979 with a triple Associates in Corrections, Law Enforcement
and Social Work. She then completed a Bachelors Degree at The University
of Toledo in Criminal Justice in 1981. Prior to coming to Ottawa
County, she worked as an Adult Probation Officer for Hancock County,
and Juvenile Probation Officer in Allen County and Lucas County.
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 Jay
Faris
Probation Officer
jfaris@co.ottawa.oh.us
In September 1994 Jay began working part time for the Juvenile Court
as an In-home detention officer. His duties included making home visits
and phone calls during weekend and evening hours to supervise juveniles
who were on house arrest with the Court. In January 1995 he began
working full time as a Probation Officer. His current duties include
meeting with juveniles and their parents to explain court procedures
and rules, supervising a caseload of youth on Probation, assisting
with Unruly, Delinquency, and Traffic cases for juveniles who are
not on Probation, transporting juveniles to and from detention for
court hearings, scheduling assessments and evaluations, bailiff duties,
preparing pre-dispositional reports, filing violations, conducting
drug screens, and working with schools, counselors and other agencies
in the community who work with juveniles currently involved with the
Court.
Jay grew up on Put-in-Bay and graduated from Put-in-Bay High School
in 1988. He went on to attend the University of Toledo and earned
an Associate Degree in Law Enforcement in 1990 and later graduated
with a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice in 1993.
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Stephanie
Weeks
Intensive Supervision and Placement Officer
sweeks@co.ottawa.oh.us
Stephanie is the Intensive Probation Officer for
the Juvenile Court. She was hired on in September of 2004. Her duties
include managing the intensive probation caseload and working with
the children that the court has ordered into out of home placements
for reasons of delinquency, such as foster placement, group homes,
and residential treatment facilities. She also assists with court
cases for minors that are not on probation in matters related to
traffic offenses, unruly offenses, truancy issues, and/or delinquency
offences.
Prior
to coming to the court, Stephanie worked as a case manager/community
support professional at a counseling agency, a case manager in child
support, and a case manager for Family and Children Services.
Stephanie
graduated from Port Clinton High School in 1992. She went on to
complete a bachelor’s degree in Human Services with a concentration
in Criminal Justice and a minor in Psychology at Siena Heights College
in Adrian, MI. Stephanie is currently licensed as a Registered Social
Worker Assistant through the State of Ohio Counselor and Social
Worker Board.
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 Mike
Woods
In-home
Detention Officer
mwoods@co.ottawa.oh.us
Mike
became the probation officer and in charge of the electronic monitoring/
in home detention program in October of 2005. In addition, Mike
has a regular probation caseload of youth in the Port Clinton City
and Danbury schools districts.
Mike is a 2000 graduate of Port Clinton High School
and attended Wright State University in Dayton Ohio, where he majored
in criminal justice. While at Wright State University Mike was a
member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, and was involved with ARMY
R.O.T.C. and Adopt-A-School. While in Dayton Mike decided to attend
the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy where he graduated the academy
Top 10 in his class. Mike has also had training in drug interdiction,
certified corrections officer, and has numerous certifications ranging
from hand to hand combat, defensive tactics, chemical agents and
firearms training.
Mike
has been a part-time police officer for 3 years and continues to
work part-time for Bay View Police Department and Kelley's Island
Police Department.
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Sara
Babcock-Nelson
Part-time
Probation Officer
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 Carrie
Botti
Part-time
Intensive Probation
Officer
Carrie is a part-time Intensive Probation Officer
for the Juvenile Court. She was hired on in July of 2001. Her duties
include assisting with intensive supervision, and the in/home electronic
monitoring programs. She also assists the court cases with minors
who are not on probation in matters of traffic offences.
Prior to coming to this court, Carrie worked as
an income maintenance caseworker for the Sandusky Department of
Jobs and Family services.
Carrie graduated from Danbury High School in 1995. She went on to
complete a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice with a concentration
in Forensic Psychology at Tiffin University in Tiffin Ohio.
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Amy
Miller
Part-time Probation Officer
Amy is a 1991 graduate of Bellefontaine High School
in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She spent two years at the University of
Dayton as an art major and moved to Port Clinton in 1995. She completed
her course work for an Associates Degree in Criminal Justice at
Terra Community College in 2004 and plans to further her education
in that field.
Amy has worked as a Part-time Intensive Supervision Probation Officer
since May 2003. Before working for the Ottawa County Juvenile Court
she worked for several artists including Ben Richmond of Richmond
Galleries in Marblehead. She also volunteered in the Records bureau
of the Fremont Police Department as well as at Fremont Middle School
as an assistant to the social services director.
In addition to being a part-time ISPO, Amy monitors the court’s
juvenile traffic program Harm’s Way, is an on-call probation
officer 2 weeks out of the month and has supervised community service
crews for the Juvenile Court.
Outside of the Juvenile Court, Amy is a substitute teacher’s
aide for the Port Clinton City School District. She and her mother,
Connie, share the joy and responsibility of raising Amy’s
10 and 7-year-old sons.
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 Ted
Phillips
Part-time
In-home Detention Officer
Ted is one of the part time in-home-detention officers.
He was hired in 1993. His duties include electronic monitoring,
in home supervision, curfew checks, and weekend on-call duties for
the juvenile court.
Ted graduated from Cardinal Stritch High School
in 1970. He Earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology with
a concentration in Criminal Justice from the University of Toledo
in 1977.
Ted
currently spends his full time hours working construction as a Journeyman
Iron Worker and spends his free time teaching and studying Tae Kwon
Do and Hapkido.
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 Robin
M. Boling
Chief Deputy Clerk
rboling@co.ottawa.oh.us
A
native of Marblehead, Robin graduated from Danbury High School
and Tiffin University, where she received an Associates Degree
in Court Reporting.
Her legal experience includes internships while attending college,
Court Reporter/Deputy Clerk at Tiffin Municipal Court, freelance
court reporting, and as secretary for Attorney (now Judge) Kathleen
Giesler. She was appointed to the Court as Chief Deputy Clerk
in January, 1991.
Her passion is Michigan Wolverine football, but she also enjoys
all other sports and reading.
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|  Kay
L. Kroeger
Deputy Clerk/Intake Officer
kkroeger@co.ottawa.oh.us
In July, 1999 Kay came to work as a Deputy Clerk/Intake Officer
for the Ottawa County Juvenile Court. Kay’s duties include
answering phone, processing all complaints and traffic tickets,
sending summons for court hearings,
Kay is a 1975 graduate of Woodmore High School, Elmore, Ohio.
Kay is married and mother of two children. Her hobbies are reading,
knitting and NASCAR.
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 Gloria
J. Shenkel
Deputy Clerk Juvenile Court
gshenkel@co.ottawa.oh.us
In February, 1999 Gloria came to work as a Deputy Clerk/Fiscal Officer
for the Ottawa County Juvenile Court. Gloria’s duties include
processing filings, setting hearings, balancing the cash book, billing
and managing the Reclaim/Youth Grant for the Department of Youth
Services. Since 2002, she also serves the Ottawa County Probate
Court as a court investigator for guardianship filings.
Gloria graduated in 1967 from Fairview High School, Sherwood, Ohio.
Prior to working at the Ottawa County Juvenile Court, she was employed
for 18 years at a local attorney’s office.
Gloria enjoys sewing, quilting, knitting, crocheting and spending
time with her grandchildren. She is the mother of two daughters
and has 7 grandchildren.
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 Wendy
A. Wood
Magistrate
Born: Columbus, Ohio 1954
Education: Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, 1974, A.A.
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, 1976, B.A.
Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio, 1981, J.D.
1981-1982: Ottawa County Prosecutor's Office, Assistant Prosecutor
1982-2000: Private Law Practice, Port Clinton, Ohio
1987-2000: Acting Judge, Ottawa County Municipal Court
2004-Present: Part-time Magistrate, Ottawa County Common Pleas Court
and Ottawa County Juvenile Court
Memberships: Ottawa County Bar Association, 1981-present (1982&1999,
President)
Ohio State Bar Association, 1981-present
Ida Rupp Public Library Board of Trustees, 1986-1993
Port Clinton Junior Women's Club, 1982-1990
Port Clinton Chamber of Commerce Board, 1989-1993
Erie-Ottawa Children's Services Board, 1989-1991
Ottawa County Women's Bar Association, 2001-present
Delta Delta Delta Sorority, 1974-present
Hobbies: Reading, golf, walking, live theatre
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Beverly J. Surovjak - Intervention Court
Case Coordinator
surovjak@co.ottawa.oh.us
 BJ
is the Intervention Court Case Coordinator for the Families And
Court Together Program (FACT). She also works with the
young people in the Student Achievement Program (SAP) and is the
advisor to the SAP student legislature. BJ
is a graduate of Lorain High School and earned both her BA in
Liberal Arts and MA in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green
State University. Before coming to the Juvenile Court in 2006,
BJ was the registrar at Owens Community College in Perrysburg.
She also worked at Lorain County Community College for several
years, serving as associate registrar, advising students, teaching
career development and overseeing the degree audit program. While
working in Lorain, she was a member of the Board of Directors for
Lorain County Goodwill Industries and served as its secretary.
She is active in local politics and serves as a precinct judge
at the polls whenever possible.BJ brings to the Court much experience
working with youth, both in college and at home. She and her husband,
Drew, raised four children and are now enjoying their three grandchildren.
BJ loves reading, politics, and the Daily Show.
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Cheryl M. Seigley- Specialized Dockets Coordinator
cseigley@co.ottawa.oh.us
Cheryl joined the Juvenile Court in August 2007 as the Specialized Dockets Coordinator, where she coordinates the Family Dependency Treatment Court and Families and Court Together (FACT) programs. Cheryl is a 1998 graduate of Lakota High School and holds a B.S in Gerontology with a Specialization in Long Term Care from Bowling Green State University. Cheryl is also an alumnus from the AmeriCorps Homelessness Prevention Program from the Ohio Community Service Council. She lives in Risingsun, Ohio with her husband Josh. She enjoys motocross, stargazing, gardening and reading. |
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