![]() ![]() Judge Cornachio was an adjunct professor at Lakeland Community College, teaching a variety of legal courses to paralegal students. Her practice of law included small business advisory and representation of clients in municipal and common pleas courts throughout the State of Ohio. She has extensive jury trial and courtroom experience prosecuting felony offenders. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Cornachio was an assistant Lake County Prosecuting Attorney and was appointed by the Lake County Court of Common Pleas as a Special Prosecuting Attorney for over five years in conflict cases. She has been a volunteer for the Ohio High School Mock Trial program. She serves on the Lake County Corrections Board, the Lake County Law Library Resource Board and the Lakeland Community College Advisory Committee. Judge Cornachio is a member of the Lake County Opiate Task Force and the Lake County Bar Association. She was selected by Chief Justice O’Connor to serve on the Pretrial Justice Reform Summit Planning Committee. She previously served on the Court’s Commission on Certification of Attorneys as Specialists. Judge Cornachio was appointed by the Supreme Court of Ohio to serve on the Commission on Continuing Legal Education. She is a member of the Ohio Judicial Conference and serves on the committees for Judicial Ethics, Professionalism and Diversity, Judicial Education and Criminal Law and Procedure. In 2022, Judge Cornachio was elected by her peers to serve as a Trustee to the Association of Municipal and County Judges of Ohio. The specialized docket received final certification from the Ohio Supreme Court in 2021. In addition, Judge Cornachio presides over the Willoughby Veterans Treatment Court, Lake County’s first specialized docket that focuses exclusively on the unique needs of veterans. Judge Cornachio is the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Court, where she oversees the administration of all criminal, civil, forcible entry and detainer actions, and small claims filings originating on the west end of Lake County. In Florida alone, more than 105,000 cases of domestic violence were reported in 2019, but many more incidents go unreported.Judge Marisa Cornachio was elected to serve a six-year term as Judge of the Willoughby Municipal Court beginning January 1, 2018. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner. In the past year, the Lake County Clerk’s Office processed 1,521 petitions for domestic violence injunctions. “This year, our team stepped up by gathering donations during October to support those who have fled a horrible situation, and are seeking assistance from The Haven.” Gary Cooney, Clerk & Comptroller Angie Holcomb, Director of Court Operations Rebecca Teston, The Haven of Lake and Sumter Counties’ Assistant Director Laura Willard, Family Law Division Manager Tiffany Hawk, Injunctions Senior Clerk, from left. It’s not only physical violence, it can also be sexual violence, threats, or emotional abuse by one intimate partner against another,” said Gary Cooney, Lake County Clerk & Comptroller. October was Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the Lake County Clerk’s Office staff gathered much-needed supplies for local survivors of domestic abuse in support of The Haven of Lake and Sumter Counties. ![]()
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