EXPERIENCE:

Judge
Parma Municipal Court, Parma, Ohio
December 1993 to present

Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Medina County
Prosecution of criminal felony charges.
January 1989 to November 1993

Attorney At Law
Foth, Kelly, Urban & West Co., L.P.A., Middleburg Heights, Ohio
Engaged in the general practice of law
August 1987 to December 1988

EDUCATION:

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
Juris Doctor, May 1987

Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
MAJOR: Communication
Bachelor of Science, June 1984

Cuyahoga Community College, Parma, Ohio
MAJOR: Law Enforcement
Associates of Arts, June 1978

Parma Senior High, Parma, Ohio
June 1975

 HONORABLE KENNETH R SPANAGEL

Judge Spanagel was elected to the Parma Municipal Court in 1987. He is a frequent contributor to CLE programs for numerous organizations, including the Ohio State, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, and Parma Bar Associations; Ohio CLE Institute, Academy of Continuing Legal Education, as well as school programs and the Cleveland Bar Association’s “Peoples Law School”.

While president of the Parma Bar Association, Judge Spanagel received the Ohio State Bar Association’s “Award of Merit” for Parma Bar Association Activities. He received his B.S. degree from Northwestern University and his J.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

Judge Spanagel is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association (Judicial Administration; and Legal Reform Committee, Council of Delegates, Traffic Law Committee past-chair); Cuyahoga County bar Association; Parma Bar Association (trustee, past president), Cleveland Bar Association, Ohio Traffic Rules Review Commission Sub-Committee on the Multi-Count Uniform Traffic Ticket (MUTT), Ohio State Bar Foundation – fellow; Association of Municipal/County Court Judges of Ohio (trustee, editor – The Chronicle); and American Judges Association.

Judge Spanagel is also a trained mediator in the Government Assistance Program (GAP).

 

JUDGE MARY L. DUNNING

EXPERIENCE:

Judge
Parma Municipal Court, Parma, Ohio.
January 1996 to present

Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
City of Parma
Prosecution of criminal charges
1993-1994

Attorney at Law
Sole practitioner
General practice

Previous Elected Offices Held
1990-1992 President Parma Council
1968-1972 Parma Council Woman
1988-1990 Parma Council Woman

EDUCATION:

Cleveland – Marshall College of Law
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
Juris Doctor, May 1986

Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Ohio
Major: Psychology
Bachelor of Arts, June, 1982

St. Luke’s School of Nursing, Cleveland, Ohio
Major: Nursing
Diploma Registered Nurse 1958

James Ford Rhodes High School, Cleveland, Ohio