PATRICK CARROLL retired in December 2021, after serving as judge of the Lakewood Municipal Court for almost 32 years. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Carroll served as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Cuyahoga County, Civil Division, from 1979 to 1984 and in private practice until 1990. Judge Carroll served as a law clerk for Hon. John V. Corrigan at the 8th. District Court of Appeals. From 1981 to 1920 Judge Carroll was an adjunct faculty member for the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University. He received his J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, serving as the Research Editor for the law review. He has written several reported decisions and legal articles, most recently, The inequity of third part bail practices, 53 Loyola Univ. Chicago Law Journal, 153 (2022). Judge Carroll is co-chair of the Editorial Board of the Ohio Jury Instructions Committee for the Ohio Judicial Conference, education chair for the Association of Municipal/County Court Judges of Ohio, a past member of the Supreme Court of Ohio Continuing Legal Education Commission and Judicial College Board of Trustees, and the Board of Trustees of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. Judge Carroll is also a founding member of the Cuyahoga County Mental Health Initiative and the Criminal Justice System Management Program. He is a life member of the Eighth District Judicial Conference, a two-time recipient of the President's Award from the Association of Municipal/County Judges of Ohio, and a frequent faculty member for Judicial College courses.