Background
Gaines, Deborah Kay was born on June 16, 1946 in Delaware, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Clifton Hawkins and Betty Katherine (Fleming) Brown.
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Deborah Kay Gaines
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Deborah Kay Gaines, American Judge. Bar: Ohio 1972, United States District Court (southern district) Ohio 1972. Recipient Achievement award Young Women’s Christian Association, 1990, Woman of Achievement award Cincinnati Women's Political Caucus, 1994, Distinguished Alumnus award Control State University, 1997.
Education
Bachelor, Center State University, 1968; Juris Doctor, Howard U., 1971.
Career
Research assistant, Law Reform Commision on Federal Criminal Law, Washington, summer 1969; director complaint department, Neighborhood Consumer Information Center, Washington, 1969-1971; attorney, Cincinnati Legal Aid Society, 1971-1973; co-founder, partner, Gaines and Gaines, Cincinnati, 1973-1989; judge division domestic relations, Hamilton County Court Common Pleas, Cincinnati, since 1989. Member of advisory commission on child support enforcement Ohio Supreme Court, Columbus, 1985-1989. Member board commissioner on grievance and discipline Supreme Court Ohio, Columbus, 1990-1992, member of advisory commission on court security, since 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors SUMA, Cincinnati, 1982-1990, Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor Foundation, Cincinnati, 1986-1989. Founding board directors AMEND-Young Women’s Christian Association, Cincinnati, 1983-1987. Board directors Young Men’s Christian Association, since 1995.
Board directors Council Christian Communions, since 1995. Member National Council Juvenile and Family Court Judges, American Judicature Society, Ohio State Bar Association (Ohio judicial conference representative family law committee 1991-1995), Ohio Domestic Rels. Judges' Association.
Connections
Married Leslie Isaiah Gaines Junior, June 12, 1971. Children: Leslie Isaiah III, Deborah Denise.
Awards
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Recipient Achievement award Young Women’s Christian Association, 1990, Woman of Achievement award Cincinnati Women's Political Caucus, 1994, Distinguished Alumnus award Control State University, 1997.Recipient Achievement award Young Women’s Christian Association, 1990, Woman of Achievement award Cincinnati Women's Political Caucus, 1994, Distinguished Alumnus award Control State University, 1997.