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Peter Lawson Jones' Biography

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Full Name:

Peter Lawson Jones

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Lisa Payne Jones; 2 Children: Ryan, Leah, Evan

Birth Date:

12/23/1952

Birth Place:

Cleveland, OH

Home City:

Shaker Heights, OH

Religion:

Christian--Protestant

JD, Harvard Law School, 1980

AB, Harvard College, 1975

Co General Counsel, Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, 1995-present

President/Board of Trustees, Metropolitan Strategy Group, 1995-present

Executive Committee Member, Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, 1986-present

Member/Board of Trustees, Cuyahoga County Bar Association

Ohio House of Representatives, 1996-2002

State Executive Committee, Ohio Democratic Party, 1998

Vice President, Cuyhoga County Community Mental Health Board, 1992-1996

Delegate/Alternate, Democratic National Convention, 1988, 1992, 1996

Democratic Nominee, Ohio Lieutenant Governor, 1994

Member, Board of Trustees Ohio Environmental Education Council, 1990-1991

Councilman, City of Shaker Heights, 1984-1991

Law Director/Prosecutor, Village of Woodmere, 1986-1989

Vice Mayor, 1988-1989

Interim Chair, Ohio Commission on Fatherhood, 1999-present

Second Vice President, Ohio Legislative Black Caucus, 1999-present

Ohio Commission on African-American Males, 1999-present

Ohio Task Force on Family Law and Children, 1998-present

Partner, Roetzel & Andress (law firm), 1999-present

Part Time Instructor, Cleveland State University, 1980-1999

Attorney, Private Practice, 1997-1998

Special Counsel, Ohio Attorney General, 1987-1995

Acting Judge, Shaker Heights Municipal Court, 1993

President and Consultant, Ohio Works! Company, 1984-1985

Treasurer, Harvard Law School Association of Northern Ohio, 1999-present

Member/Honorary Board, Commerce Exchange Bank, 1998-present

President/Board of Trustees, Metropolitan Strategy Group, 1995-present

Experience, Anti-Defamation League

Board of Trustees, Court Community Service Agency

Board of Trustees, Cuyahoga County Bar Association

Board of Trustees and Former Vice Chair, Cuyahoga County Community Mental Health Board

Advisory Council, Earth Day Coalition

Advisory Council, Greater Cleveland Chapter, American Red Cross

Treasurer, Harvard Law School Association of Northern Ohio

Co-Chair, Legislation Committee, Lomond Elementary School PTO

President/Board of Trustees, Metropolitan Strategy Group

Experience, Mount Zion Congregational Church

Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Parlimentarian, Ohio Legislative Black Caucas

Experience, Ohio State Bar Association

Experience, Sierra Club

Experience, UCC

Volunteer, United Negro College Fund

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