Hon. Heather S. Russell

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Hamilton County Municipal Court District 5 </div>
<div style="font-weight: bold;text-align:center;">Tenure</div>
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<p> 2002 - Present
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<p> 2026
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<p> 22
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<p> November 5, 2019
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<p> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/people/Judge-Heather-S-Russell/100003624076177" target="_blank">Personal Facebook</a>
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<p><b>Heather Russell</b> is a judge for District 5 of the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Hamilton_County_Municipal_Court,_Ohio">Hamilton County Municipal Court</a> in Ohio. She assumed office in 2002. Her current term ends on January 4, 2026.</p><p>Russell ran for re-election for the District 5 judge of the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Hamilton_County_Municipal_Court,_Ohio">Hamilton County Municipal Court</a> in Ohio. She won in the general election on <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Municipal_elections_in_Hamilton_County,_Ohio_(2019)">November 5, 2019</a>. </p> <p>
Russell completed Ballotpedia's <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Candidate Connection</a> survey in 2019. <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Heather_Russell#Campaign_themes">Click here to read the survey answers</a>.</p>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Biography"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Biography</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Career"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Career</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Biography">Biography</span></h2>
<p>Heather Russell was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She received her undergraduate degree from Miami University of Ohio in 1980 and her <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1983. Russell previously served on the Loveland City Council. She has been associated with Hadassah, Temple, the Ohio State Bar Association, the Cincinnati Bar Association, American Judges Association, and the Ohio Association of Municipal Court judges.
</p><p>In 2019, Russell was named a UC College of Law distinguished law alumni and received an Ohio Victim Services Model of Justice award and a Cincinnati Bar Association Women's Committee Julia Steinberg award. She created and was the first to preside over a supreme court certified human trafficking docket.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<ul><li><b>2002-Present:</b> Judge, <a href="/Hamilton_County_Municipal_Court,_Ohio" title="Hamilton County Municipal Court, Ohio">Hamilton County Municipal Court</a></li>
<li><b>1984-2001:</b> Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, <a href="/Hamilton_County,_Ohio" title="Hamilton County, Ohio">Hamilton County</a></li>
<li><b>1999-2002:</b> Councilwoman, Loveland City Council<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup></li></ul>
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</style></p><p style="padding-left: 2em; margin-bottom: 10px;"><i>See also:&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Municipal_elections_in_Hamilton_County,_Ohio_(2019)">Municipal elections in Hamilton County, Ohio (2019)</a></i></p><p style="padding-left: 2em; margin-bottom: 10px;"><i><a href=""></a></i></p><h4>General election</h4><div class="votebox-scroll-container"><div class="votebox"><div class="race_header nonpartisan"><h5 class="votebox-header-election-type">General election for Hamilton County Municipal Court District 5</h5></div><p class="results_text">Incumbent <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Heather_Russell">Heather Russell</a> defeated <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Kari_Bloom">Kari Bloom</a> in the general election for Hamilton County Municipal Court District 5 on November 5, 2019. </p><p class="indicate_scroll" style="text-align: right"></p><div class="results_table_container"><table class="results_table"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row" style="margin-top: 6px;"><td colspan="2"></td><td><div>Candidate</div></td><td style="text-align: center;min-width: 100px;"><div style="width: 75px;text-align: center;float:left;margin-left: 10px;">%</div></td><td style="text-align: center;"><div>Votes</div></td></tr><tr class="results_row winner"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check">?</td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Nonpartisan"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Heather_Russell.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Heather_Russell.jpg"></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><b><u><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Heather_Russell">Heather Russell</a></u></b> (Nonpartisan)&nbsp;<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Heather_Russell#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection"></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">&nbsp;
<div class="percentage_number">63.3</div><div class="inner_percentage Nonpartisan" style="width: 63.3%;">&nbsp;
</div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">18,308</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Nonpartisan"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Kari_Bloom.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Kari_Bloom.jpg"></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Kari_Bloom">Kari Bloom</a> (Nonpartisan)
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<div class="percentage_number">36.7</div><div class="inner_percentage Nonpartisan" style="width: 36.7%;">&nbsp;
</div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">10,611</td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr><table class="votebox_legend"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row"><td style="width: 40px;"><p style="margin-bottom: -12px;"><img class="votebox_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics"></p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom: -12px; margin-right: 15px;" class="votebox-results-metadata-p"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Incumbent">Incumbents</a> are <b><u>bolded and underlined</u></b>. The results have been certified.&nbsp;<a href="https://votehamiltoncountyohio.gov/files/files/elections/Nov2019/Nov19.pdf" target="_blank">Source</a></p></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 170px; padding-right: 10px; text-align: right;" class="votebox-results-cell--number">Total votes: 28,919 </td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;"><span><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection"> = candidate completed the <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia Candidate Connection</a> survey.</span></td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;">If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, <a href="/Survey?source=votebox">complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background:#DDD; position:relative;"><p style="margin:0; font-size:0.75em; color:#666;">Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Contact our sales team.</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><script>function defer(){window.jQuery?indicateScroll():setTimeout(function(){defer()},500)}function indicateScroll(){jQuery(".votebox").each(function(e){if(jQuery(".results_table_container").get(e).scrollHeight>580){let o=jQuery(".votebox .indicate_scroll").get(e);jQuery(o).html("Scroll for more <i class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-down'></i> ")}})}defer();</script>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2013">2013</span></h3>
<p>Heather Russell ran for re-election to the Hamilton County Municipal Court.<br>
<b>General:</b> She won without opposition in the general election on November 5, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup>
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<dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Ohio_judicial_elections,_2013" title="Ohio judicial elections, 2013">Ohio judicial elections, 2013</a></i></dd></dl>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2012">2012</span></h3>
<p>Russell was one of four candidates competing for two seats on the <a href="/Hamilton_County_Court_of_Common_Pleas,_Ohio" title="Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio">Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas</a> in the general election on November 6, 2012. She was not elected to the <a href="/Hamilton_County_Court_of_Common_Pleas,_Ohio" title="Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio">Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas</a>, receiving 19.49% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup>
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<dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Ohio_judicial_elections,_2012_-_Courts_of_Common_Pleas" title="Ohio judicial elections, 2012 - Courts of Common Pleas">Ohio judicial elections, 2012 - Courts of Common Pleas</a></i></dd></dl>
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<p> Married for 34 years, have lived in my Judicial District &amp; raised two grown sons in my district. Assistant prosecuting attorney for 17 years, Loveland City Council; currently in my 18th year as an elected Hamilton County Municipal Court judge. I'm passionate about improving the lives of the most vulnerable who appear before me: those with mental health issues;those who have been battered; those who batter because that's what they've been taught. These are issues with universal appeal; no partisanship involved.
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<p> breaking cycle of domestic violence for both the batterer and the battered. Restorative Justice for sex trafficked victims who get caught in criminal justice system...created CHANGE Court to address the TRAUMA, homelessness, addiction and lack of self esteem for trafficked victims.
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<p> I admire Pres. George W Bush for his ability to build relationships in good timmes so that when bad times came he could call upon other leaders and they trusted him. I also have a local judge who is my role model, Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Pat Dinkelacker. He has a tremendous work ethic. I share his values. He consistently follows the law, gives a well reasoned decision, and does the right thing which is not always the popular thing.
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<p> Follow the law. Don't keep try to change the law.If you don't like the law, go to the legislsture to change it, don't legislate from the bench. Keep your word. Stay neutral. Let both parties know that you will not be swayed in your decision by bias sympathy or prejudice. Be a problem solver.
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<p> CHANGE COURT for sex trafficked victims:<br>
had the vision to create CHANGE Court<br>
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<pre>re united families, gotten people off government benefits, helped improve the next generation by saving their mother<br>
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<p> The Little Engine That Could. She thought she could, and she did. She exemplifies a humble confidence in herself. Often times if I am able to instill self-confidence in victims of human trafficking, they are capable of much more than they ever believed they could do. But it starts with a belief in yourself
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<p> lWhen I'm the Duty judge, I'm on call 24/7 for search warrants. I'm the impartial magistrate referenced in the 4th amendment. I protect individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures.<br>
If an individual must appear in any kind of court, it's most likely to be in Municipal Court.I manage a fast paced high volume docket, averaging 40+ cases a day.<br>
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<p> Judge Patrick Dinkelacker. noted as someone I admire, see above.
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<p> Yes. Judges are human!! It is ok to feel empathy; but I cannot let it affect my decision on guilt or innocence. Its It's my empathetic nature that drew me to trying to stop the cycle of violence in Domestic Violence...because if the D.V. is proven, I am willing to see not only the battered as a victim, but also the batterer as a victim. S/he has observed or experience something that caused them to make bad decisions. Same with trafficked persons, addicts, almost appearing before me...something has happened to cause their criminal behavior &amp; I want to find out. and help them change.<br>
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<p> I have held the seat since January 2002. I have 18 years of experience and 35 years of legal experience. Due to maintaining my license, I am current on the law, receiving 40 hours of judicial CLE every two years. So you have my experience my wisdom and I stay current on the law with CLE classes. In 2014 I was able to use my relationship building strengths to bring together people from all walks of life from all disciplines from all political parties to create a human trafficking cord. I had to write policy which had to be approved by the Ohio Supreme Court oh, I had to create a structure working with many agencies and entities oh, I had to get the approval of the other 13 judges in my court I was the third judge in Ohio to get Ohio Supreme Court certification as a human trafficking specialty court docket . I Am Changing Lives. I am saving lives . We have had small But Mighty successes. I just want the opportunity to continue to grow what I started
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<p> No. A judge is not a politician. It's a whole different skill set to be able to make evidentiary rulings From the Bench and to create an atmosphere for compromise and settlements. I think it's more helpful to be a mother where you had the experience of dealing with one kid who tells you I didn't spill the milk he did,and the other one's pointing the finger right back at the first one. As stated above we need less Politics and politicians on the bench not more. We need to stop seeing people with mental health and people with addiction issues we need to stop seeing people with mental health
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<p> Stop seeing all people with mental health and addiction issues as criminals who need to be locked up...and create a process whereby family members can petition the court to commit their loved ones who are suffering with mental health and addiction issues into secured TREATMENt programs of varying lengths.
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<p> No higher court for me. I am right where I want to be. The people who come before Municipal Court judges are people who just need someone to listen to them give them Direction and offer them a helping hand. Often times in a higher Court a judge is not able to offer that type of help
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<p> Not really. I think that unfortunately Bar Association recommendations are popularity contests, and people will respond to the survey even when they have never appeared in front of a judge either because they want to bolster that judge's chances of winning, or bolster the opponent's chances of winning. I dont have sour graped...I am the recipient of my local bar Association s 2019 award for exemplary professionalism in a female counsellor.
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