Judge Lisa L. Sadler

Presiding Judge

Judicial Experience

Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio Juris Doctor, May 1984
The Ohio State University (1977-1980), Columbus, Ohio Bachelor of Science and Social Welfare, 1980 Graduate Cum Laude
Miami University (1976-1977), Oxford, Ohio

Deputy Chief Legal Counsel to Gov. George V. Voinovich
- Jan. 1991 - May 1992 Office of the Governor, State of Ohio

Assistant City Attorney, Columbus City Attorney’s Office July 1984 - Jan. 1991
- Civil Division, Litigation Section and Prosecutor’s Division

Admitted to Ohio Bar, November 1984
Admitted to United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, January 1985
Admitted to United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, September, 1986
Admitted to Florida Bar, April 1987
Admitted to The Supreme Court of the United States of America, 1992

Recipient of the 2015 Public Service Award presented by OACTA (Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys)
Member, Maryhaven Board of Directors
Member, Women Lawyers of Franklin County
Member, Columbus and Ohio State Bar Associations
- CBA Admission Committee
- OSBA Jury Instruction Committee
- Co-Chair – 2012-2014
- Past Vice-Chair
Member, The Ohio State University Alumni Association
Member, Commission on Rules of Practice & Procedure, 2012-2017
- Appellate Rule Committee
- Criminal Law & Procedure Committee
Member, Supreme Court of Ohio, Advisory Committee on Case Management, Appellate Time Guideline Committee, 2011-2012
Member, MRDD Victims of Crime Task Force, 2002-2003
Co-Chair, Ohio Judicial College, Bench Bar Retreat 2000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio, 1986-1997
- 2008-2009 – Mentor in Project Mentor, a school-based mentoring collaboration between Big Brothers Big Sisters and Columbus Public Schools
Past Board Member, Salvation Army, Adult Rehabilitation Center Advisory Board
Past Board member, Prevent Blindness Ohio
Past Mentor, Capital University Law School, Women's Mentor Program
Church of the Messiah, United Methodist Church, Lifetime member