Judge Patricia Blackmon On The Record: The Podcast of the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court

Former Eighth District Court of Appeals Judge Patricia A. Blackmon was the first African American woman elected to that Bench.Judge Blackmon was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1976. She helped organize the first law firm in the state comprised of African American women – Johnson, Keenan, and Blackmon. She also served as the chief prosecutor for the city of Cleveland.On her last day in office, February 10, 2021, Judge Blackmon participated in a Zoom conversation arranged by the Cuyahoga County Co...