Joseph W. Shea III - Lebanon, OH

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Highland Heights, Kentucky, 1974
    J.D.
    Honors: Selected by the Dean as the student to represent his law school at the ABA Convention, 1975, 1976
    Honors: National Moot Court
    Honors: Class President - All Years

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
    B.A. - 1969
    Major: Philosophy

Classes and Seminars

• Faculty Member, Litigation Forum, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 1981-1982, 1983, 1984
  
• "Masters in Trial" (Mock Jury Trial), ABOTA, Kansas City, Kansas, 1992
  
• "Masters in Trial" (Mock Jury Trial), ABOTA, Columbus, Ohio, 1993 - 1994

Published Works

Articles

• Author, Ohio Evidence Manual, Ohio Rules of Evidence with Analysis, Casemaker Print Publishing, 2005, 2008, 2011
  
• Author, Shea's Ohio Civil Trial Practice with Forms, Harrison Publishing Company, 1984
  
• Author, Terminology Guide for the Reporting of Civil Litigation, American Board of Trial Advocates, 1996
  
• Contributing Author, "Sample Testimony" (Contributing Author), Wrongful Death in Ohio (1982-2008), Anderson Publishing Company
  
• Contributing Author, "Investigation of Witnesses and Statements" (Contributing Author), Civil Litigation in Ohio, Ohio Legal Center Institute of the State Bar Association, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994-2000, 2002, 2006, 2009
  
• How to Inherit More Than Your Cousin, 2023

Bar Admissions

• Ohio, 1974
• Kentucky, 1999
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1975
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1979
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2023
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1984

Other Affiliations

• Supreme Court of Ohio, Member, Board of Bar Examiners, 1984 - 1989
• Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, Supreme Court of Ohio, Chief Bar Examination Examiner, 1989 - 1990
• Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, Special Re-Appointment as Supreme Court Examiner, 1991
• Ohio State Bar Association, Chairman, Ethical Advertising, Marketing and Solicitation Committee, 2008 - 2009
• National Board of Trial Advocacy, National Certification Examiner for specialty “Civil Litigation”, 1984 – 1987, 1991, 1994, 1997 2001, 2003
• Governor's (Ohio) Insurance Task Force, 1984 - 1986
• American Inns of Court, Master, Potter Stewart Chapter, 1993 - 1998
• American Inns of Court, Emeritus Master, Potter Stewart Chapter, 1998 - Present
• American College of Trial Lawyers, Member, 1999 - Present
• American Board Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Advocate, 1989 - Present
• American Board Trial Advocates, National Board of Directors, 1989 - Present
• National Board of Trial Advocacy, Diplomat, 1984 - Current
• American Board of Trial Advocacy (ABOTA), Cincinnati Chapter Elected as Chapter's Representative, 1989 - Present
• ABOTA Cincinnati Chapter Secretary, 1989 - Present
• OAJ (Youngest President Ever Elected in Academy History), President, 1981 - 1982
• OAJ, Board of Governors, 1979 - 1998
• Indian Hill Schools Booster Board, President, 1997 - 1998
• National Board of Specialty Certification, Nationwide Bar Examiner, 1990 - 2009