Background
Patton, John Thomas was born on March 2, 1929 in Cleveland.
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John Thomas Patton
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Student, Kent State University, 1948-1950; Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, Cleveland State University, 1955; Juris Doctor, Cleveland Marshall College Law, 1958.
Career
Assistant county prosecuting attorney, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor' General’ s Office, Cleveland, 1959-1966; chief assistant county prosecutor, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor' General’ s Office, Cleveland, 1963-1966; chief appellate division, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor' General’ s Office, Cleveland, 1965-1966; judge, Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, 1966-1976; judge, Ohio Court Appeals (8th district), Cleveland, since 1977; chief justice, Ohio Court Appeals (8th district), Cleveland, 1983, 90, 95. Member Governor of Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission.
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Membership
Past chairman, member board overseers Cleveland Marshall College of Law. Member of advisory board, past chairman of the executive board Fenn Ednl. Fund, Cleveland Foundation Sergeant United States Army Corps Engineers, 1950-1953.
Member American Bar Association, Greater Cleveland Bar Association, Ohio Bar Association, Cleveland Bar Association, Cuyahoga County Bar Association (past trustee), Ohio Court Appeals Judges Association (past chief justice 1994), Ohio Common Pleas Judges Association (past president), Alumni Association Cleveland State University (past president, board directors), Cleveland Marshall College of Law Alumni Association (honorary trustee), American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Korean War Veterans Association, Cuyahoga County Vets Commission (past president), Delta Theta Phi.
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M. Patricia J. Keaton, May 26, 1951. 1 child, Kathleen Ann Christyson.
