Sherrie Miday (born 12 October 1976) is a judge for the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas in Ohio.

Early life and career

Sherrie was born in

Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...

two years after her parents, one of which is a Coptic priest, immigrated to the United States from Egypt. After completing her education, she worked as a lawyer at the Cleveland office for six years, as a prosecutor for three years, and as an assistant judge for three years. She is currently in her first term as a judge for the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas in Ohio which ends in 2022.

Education

In 1998 Miday graduated from

John Carroll University John Carroll University (JCU) is a Private university, private Jesuit university in University Heights, Ohio, United States. Located in a suburb of Cleveland, it is primarily an undergraduate, liberal arts college, liberal arts institution compo ...

. In 2001 she received her J.D. from

Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a Private university, private research university in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was established in 1967 by a merger between Western Reserve University and the Case Institute of Technology. Case ...

Career

She worked as a lawyer at the Cleveland office for six years to meet the requirements for running for a judgeship. She worked for three years as a prosecutor and three years as assistant judge.

Campaigns

2014

Miday ran for election to the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas and became the first Egyptian-American to run for judge. However, she was defeated by incumbent Judge Pamela A. Barker in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 47.1 percent of the vote.

2016

In the general election, Sherrie Miday defeated Matthew McMonagle by receiving 54.07% of the votes. She ran unopposed in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas General Division Democratic primary election. With this historic win, on November 8, 2016, she became the first Egyptian-American to be elected as a judge in the United States.

References

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