Judge Sheehan Looks Back On Six Years As AJ/PJ
Judge Brendan J. Sheehan served three, two-year term as the Court's Administrative and Presiding Judge.
A Cleveland-area native, Judge Sheehan graduated from Baldwin Wallace University and received his law degree from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1994. He earned a Master's in Judicial Studies from the University of Reno, Nevada, in 2013.
Judge Sheehan has worked in numerous positions in the Justice Center, starting as a scheduler while attending law school. He also served as a bailiff to Judges Donald Nugent and Peggy Foley Jones, and clerked in the Northern Ohio Federal Court. After some time in private practice, he joined Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, overseeing the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. He was elected to the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court and started on the Bench in 2008.
After only a few months as A.J., Judge Sheehan had to steer the Court through the COVID-19 pandemic. Ours was one of the first Courts in the nation to suspend trials, but the Court never closed.
In this interview with the Court's Public Information Officer, Darren Toms, Judge Sheehan looks back at his six years of accomplishments as the Administrative and Presiding Judge.