To: County Newspaper From: Amber Vlaminck Date: October 5, 2012 Subject: Hamilton County Judges Introduction In this analytical Report we will be analyzing and evaluating the performance of judges of Hamilton County, based on the amount of cases that were appealed. We will be counting appealed cases as mistakes that have been committed by the judges. In this report, will we go through and determine which judges in the county are making too many mistakes. 1. The probability of a case in Hamilton County being appealed and reversed in Common Pleas Court .04462 Domestic Relations Court .00403292

Municipal Court .005556867 2. The probability of a case being appealed for each judge Common Pleas Court JudgeProbability of case appealed * Fred Cartolano. 04511 * Thomas Crush . 03529 * Patrick Dinkelacker . 03497 * Timothy Hogan . 03071 * Robert Kraft . 04047 * William Mathews . 04019 * William Morrissey. 03991 * Norbert Nadel . 04427 * Arthur Ney Jr. .03883 * Richard Niehaus . 04085 * Thomas Nurre. 04033 ? * John O'Connor?. 04344 * Robert Ruehlman. 04524 * ? J. Howard Sundermann . 06283 * Ann Marie Tracey?. 04043 * Ralph Winkler . 02848 Domestic Relations Court JudgeProbability of case appealed

Penelope Cunningham. 002565 Patrick Dinkelacker. 003166 Deborah Gaines. 005455 Ronald Panioto. 002467 Municipal Court JudgeProbability of case appealed Mike Allen. 006993 ?Nadine Allen. 004352 Timothy Black . 005155 David Davis?. 005558 Leslie Isaiah Gaines. 006626 Karla Grady. 001142 Deidra Hair?. 001975 Dennis Helmick . 003671 Timothy Hogan . 005633 James Patrick Kenney . 002144 Joseph Luebbers . 005321 William Mallory . 004591 Melba Marsh. 004137 ?Beth Mattingly . 004376 Albert Mestemaker. 005628 Mark Painter?. 003126 Jack Rosen. 005263 ?Mark Schweikert. 006108 David Stockdale?. 004096 John A. West . The Probability of the Case being Reversed for each judge Common Pleas Court JudgeProbability of case reversed * Fred Cartolano . 003951 * Thomas Crush . 002966 * Patrick Dinkelacker . 006359 * Timothy Hogan . 003582 * Robert Kraft . 002231 * William Mathews. 007951 * William Morrissey . 007256 * Norbert Nadel. 006759 * Arthur Ney Jr.. 004349 * Richard Niehaus. 004772 * Thomas Nurre. 002192 * ? John O'Connor. 004042 * ? Robert Ruehlman. 005616 * ? J. Howard Sundermann Jr. 010471 * . Ann Marie Tracey. 004139 * ? Ralph Winkler . 001942 Domestic Relations Court JudgeProbability of case reversed

Penelope Cunningham. 000366 Patrick Dinkelacker. 000667 Deborah Gaines. 001023 Ronald Panioto. 000231 Municipal Court JudgeProbability of case reversed Mike Allen. 000651 ?Nadine Allen . 000768 Timothy Black. 000754 David Davis?. 000646 Leslie Isaiah Gaines. 002461 Karla Grady0 Deidra Hair? 0 Dennis Helmick . 000633 Timothy Hogan. 000867 James Patrick Kenney . 000357 Joseph Luebbers. 001703 William Mallory. 001087 Melba Marsh. 000852 ?Beth Mattingly. 000337 Albert Mestemaker. 001809 Mark Painter. 001341 ?Jack Rosen?. 001669 Mark Schweikert. 001111 David Stockdale. 000745 ?John A. West. 000715 4.

The probability of reversal given an appeal for each judge Common Pleas Court Probability of reversal given Judgean appeal Fred Cartolano| 0. 08759124| Thomas Crush| 0. 08403361| Patrick Dinkelacker| 0. 18181818| Timothy Hogan| 0. 11666667| Robert Kraft| 0. 05511811| William Mathews| 0. 19780221| William Morrissey| 0. 18181818| Norbert Nadel| 0. 15267176| Arthur Ney Jr. | 0. 11200000| Richard Niehaus| 0. 11678832| Thomas Nurre| 0. 04958678| John O'Connor| 0. 09302326| Robert Ruehlman| 0. 12413793| J. Howard Sundermann Jr. | 0. 16666667| Ann Marie Tracey| 0. 1023622| Ralph Winkler| 0. 06818182| | | | |