Marianna presented “Highlights of the Past Term of the Ohio Supreme Court” at the Ohio  Judicial Conference in Columbus.

As she does every year, Marianna organized the official federal court naturalization ceremony here at UC, this year held at the Corbett Theatre, in partnership with CCM.  UC Law alum Judge Mike Barrett presided over the ceremony, where third-year law student Shahane Martirosyan gave remarks.

Marianna helped prepare Legal Aid of Greater Cincinnati attorney Mark Lawson for an argument before the First District Court of Appeals of Ohio.  Additionally, along with Professors Rachel Smith and Verna Williams, Marianna helped recent UC Law grad Ginger Bock prepare for her first argument before the Ohio Supreme Court.  The case challenged gender-based assumptions in the granting of a child’s name-change.  Marianna also helped organize, with UC Law’s Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice, an event for interested students to watch the oral argument in real time, which was followed by discussion.

Marianna participated in public discussion on this season’s state judicial elections.  She engaged with Ohio Supreme Court candidates through WCPO‘s election series, and commented in CityBeat on  the race for a seat on the Ohio First District Court of Appeals.

Marianna posted many new entries on her blog, Legally Speaking Ohio, where she provides insightful commentary on the happenings of the Ohio Supreme Court on varied topics.

• In September, subjects she covered included: use of other acts evidence under Evid. R. 404(B) in sex offense cases; proving actual innocence; granting a name change; whether a prosecutor in one county can bind a prosecutor in another county to a plea agreement; the effect of an outstanding arrest warrant on evidence obtained from an earlier unlawful detention of the defendant; employer intentional torts; unfair competition by malicious litigation; and due process requirements for notice in foreclosure suits.
• In October, subjects Marianna covered in her blog included: whether a juveniles statuotry right to counsel attaches during police interrogation; waiving an amenability hearing; deliberate reomvale of equpment safety guard (employer intentional tort); effect of an outstanding warrant on evidence obtained from an earlier unlawful detention of a defendant; disruption of judicial elections; whether due process requires the State to provide appointed counsel to an indigent non-paying parent at a civil contempt purge hearing; Freddie Mac home foreclasure and federal home loan mortgage issues; statutory right of a juvenile court judge to invoke the adult portion of a blended sentence; “CSI” types of evidence in Ohio courts.
• Marianna’s blog post on American Chemical Society v. Leadscope was picked up and the ChemBark blog, a blog about chemistry and research.  Her post was cited as an excellent summary of the case by Prof. Tom Barton, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Iowa State University, and a Candidate for President-Elect of the American Chemical Society, in response to a question from a member about this case.

Marianna published her monthly Legally Speaking column,which appears in The American Israelite.   In September, she published What Happens if a Horse Kicks You in the Head?, and in October, she published Eminent Domain.