OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL

THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

Joseph M. Caligiuri, Disciplinary Counsel

65 East State Street, Suite 1510
Columbus, Ohio 43215-4215
(614) 387-9700 I 1-800-589-5256 I (614) 387-9709 Fax
https://www.odc.ohio.gov
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INSTRUCTIONS

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel investigates allegations of unethical conduct against attorneys and judges, and
allegations that an individual or entity has engaged in the unauthorized practice of law. Please understand that our office has
no jurisdiction over and cannot involve itself in the legal merits of your case. The disciplinary process will not affect court
decisions made in your case. Disciplinary Counsel cannot give legal advice.

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION: If you are completing this form electronically using the Online Grievance Portal,
you must check the box attesting that you are the person listed as the grievant in the “Your Name” portion of the form, or
that you have permission from the person listed as the grievant in the “Your Name” portion of the form. When saving the
form to your computer, save it as “Last name Grievance.” For instance, if your name is Lisa Smith, save the grievance form
as “Smith Grievance.” Grievances that contain audio or video files, or are over 200 megabytes must be sent via US mail.

SUBMISSION BY US MAIL: If you are submitting this form via the Unites States mail, the form must be
completed and signed. Unsigned grievances will be returned. You may attach additional sheets of paper, if necessary, in
order to complete the “Facts of the Grievance” portion of the form. If you wish to file a grievance against more than one
attorney or judge, please use one form per attorney or judge. You may make additional copies of the form and you may
enclose all forms in one envelope. Please complete the form in black ink only and do not use pencil, write in between the
lines or in the margins of the form, affix post-it notes or stickers to the form, or use staples. If you include documentation
with your grievance, send copies only. PLEASE DO NOT SEND ORIGINALS. If additional pages are needed, please use
only 8 ½ x 11” size paper. After you have legibly completed the form, please sign and date the form.

The Rules of the Supreme Court of Ohio require that investigations be confidential. You are requested to keep
confidential the fact that you are filing this grievance. Only the attorney or judge against whom you are filing your grievance
may waive confidentiality. In filing a grievance, you are waiving the attorney-client privilege.

The attorney or judge against whom you are filing your grievance are entitled to receive a copy of your grievance
and may be asked to respond to your allegations. Your grievance may result in your attorney withdrawing from your case.
Disciplinary Counsel cannot prevent an attorney from withdrawing from representation.

Once received, please allow up to 90 days to review and respond to your grievance. During that time, we will advise
you if we dismiss your grievance or open the matter for investigation. We may or may not contacted you by mail or
telephone to provide additional information. We will only respond to inquiries from the person(s) who completed the form.

The Grievance Process

A grievance sent to the Disciplinary Counsel or a local bar association’s certified grievance committee will be reviewed
to determine whether the grievance alleges a violation of the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct or the Code of Judicial
Conduct. If there is evidence supporting a violation, the grievance will be investigated. Following the investigation, if
substantial, credible evidence of a violation exists, a formal complaint may be filed with the Board of Professional Conduct. A
three-member panel of the Board will review the complaint and determine whether probable cause exists to certify it. If the
complaint is certified by the Board, a hearing may be held before a different three-member panel of the Board. The panel
considers the evidence and makes a recommendation to the entire Board. The Board then makes a recommendation to the
Supreme Court of Ohio. The Court has the final say on whether to discipline an attorney or judge and what sanction should be
imposed. A grievance is confidential until the Board certifies it as a formal complaint. A grievance or complaint can be
dismissed at any point in the process. Please keep this page for your records.
 Grievance Form

Ms. ______ Mrs.______ Miss.______ Mr.______

Hunter
YOUR NAME:_____________________________ ______________________
Tracie _______ XXXXX (REDACTED)
______________________
Last First MI Phone No.
PERMANENT
ADDRESS:___________________________________________________________________________________________
XXXXX (REDACTED)
Street Email Address

Cincinnati Hamilton
_________________________________ __________________________ Ohio
____________ 45232
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City County State Zip Code

ABOUT WHOM ARE YOU COMPLAINING?

(Please circle) ATTORNEY or JUDGE or UPL

Murdock Connie
NAME:_____________________________________________________________________ ______________________
Last First MI Phone No.
Hamilton County Juvenile Court 800 Broadway
ADDRESS:__________________________________________________________________________________________
Street
Cincinnati Hamilton Ohio 45202
_________________________________ ______________________________ ___________ _____________________
City County State Zip Code

Have you filed this grievance with any other agency or bar association? ______ Yes _______ No
If yes, provide name of that agency and date of filing:________________________________ date:_________________
Did you receive a response?: _____ Yes _____ No IF YES, PLEASE ATTACH A COPY
Did this attorney represent you? _____ Yes _____ No Type of case:_______________________________
Date the attorney was hired: ________________ Does s/he still represent you?: _____ Yes _____ No
Did you pay the attorney a fee/retainer? _______ Yes _______ No If yes, how much?:_________________
Did you sign a written fee agreement/contract? ______ Yes ______ No IF YES, PLEASE ATTACH A COPY
Has the attorney sued you for fees? _______ Yes _______ No
Have you brought civil or criminal court action against this attorney or judge? _____ Yes _____ No
If yes, provide name of court and case number____________________________________________________________
Result of court action:_________________________________________________________________________________
Name and contact information for attorney currently representing you, if different than attorney about whom you are
complaining:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Does this grievance involve a case that is still pending before a court? ____ Yes ____ No
If yes, provide name of court and case number:____________________________________________________________
Disciplinary Action
What action or resolution are you seeking from this office?__________________________________________________
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List the name, address, and daytime telephone number of persons who can provide information, IF NECESSARY,
in support of your grievance.

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FACTS OF THE GRIEVANCE

Briefly explain the facts of your grievance in chronological order, including dates and a description of the conduct committed by
this legal professional. Attach copies (DO NOT SEND ORIGINALS) of any correspondence and documents that support your
grievance.

Connie Murdock, the director of the case managers at Juvenile Court when I was elected judge, directed

case manager Lisa Miller to change my judicial entries in 2013; and may have altered entries, based on an

email that she sent me and one I acquired between Connie Murdock and Lisa Miller. Murdock stated in an

email that she and Miller often copied and pasted my judicial entries, which I was entirely unaware. Miller

admitted at trial that she often changed my entries at Murdock's direction. Miller's computer was not on

my floor or in my courtroom. In fact, I had no idea where Lisa Miller actually worked and had never been

to her workspace. Connie often sent case managers to me that were entirely inept, had poor spelling and

grammar and could not write judicial entries. She intentionally caused entries to be delayed, due to the

incompetence of court workers, then worked with Curt Kissinger to frame me as judge. They accused me

of backdating documents, never expecting me to obtain proof that they actually altered my documents. A

forensic computer expert that I retained, prior to a 2nd trial, because I was denied the right before a 1st

trial to review the court computers, immediately determined that the computers at Juvenile Court had been

tampered with and discarded to cover up the fact that they changed my judicial entries to frame me. My

expert found two entries in the system with contrary rulings, one I actually wrote, and one someone else

changed. Those entries were used against me in a criminal charge, alleging I tampered with evidence,

when the evidence demonstrated the prosecutors, were aware that was untrue. Their law firm admitted to
my lawyers and sent a letter acknowledging that they cleaned the hard drives, after falsely accusing me of

crimes. Murdock participated in tampering with the computers and judicial entries and getting rid of the

computers that proved my innocence. In fact, the prosecutors acknowledged that they knew my computer

was clean and knew that I did not alter nor forge my judicial entries. A review of all of the emails 2012-13

between Connie Murdock and Lisa Miller and those between Connie Murdock and me, will reveal that

Connie was tampering with my work. In fact, I sent letters to the Ohio Supreme Court when I became

aware that case statistics were being fabricated at the Juvenile Court. I sent an email to Murdock of my

discovery, which she initially denied then admitted. My finding caused the Case Management Division of

the OSC to come into the Juvenile Court to clean up the court. I also sent communications to the OSC

notifying them of my findings before I was suddenly accused of crimes and immediately suspended. I also

uncovered that Murdock fabricated statistics from Juvenile Court to make it appear that my cases were

behind. She put my name on multiple cases, to make it appear that I was the Judge, when in fact, I

had not ever heard, nor had those cases on my docket. I sent an email to her at the Juvenile Court after

I carefully reviewed each case and determined in many of those instances, Murdock had actually presided

over the cases; some which had been pending for years on her docket and never appeared on my docket.

She did that to make it appear that I failed to rule timely on cases that were not mine and never heard.

Murdock was the supervisor over the clerk who provided false statistics to the OSC that I refused to sign

when I discovered the case statistics were wrong and could not be reconciled. I wrote detailed emails

to the management of case records at the OSC who: advised me make notations on the documents; then

assembled a team at Juvenile Court to fix the widespread reporting problem that existed for years before I

was elected. The Casey Foundation did a detailed report on the Hamilton County Juvenile Court that

detailed the court was years behind on cases, before I arrived. Murdock worked with Curt Kissinger and

John Williams to alter court records to pin a problem on me that existed for 7-10 years before my election.

The Rules of the Supreme Court of Ohio require that investigations be confidential. Please keep confidential the fact that you
are submitting this grievance. The party against whom you are filing your grievance will receive notice of your grievance and
may receive a copy of your grievance and be asked to respond to your allegations.

If submitting this grievance electronically via the Online Grievance Portal, you do NOT need to sign this form. However, you
must check the box in the Online Grievance Portal attesting that you are the person listed as the grievant in the “Your Name”
portion of this form, or that you have permission from the person listed as the grievant in the “Your Name” portion of this
form before uploading the form.

If submitting this grievance by US mail, you MUST sign below. WE WILL NOT PROCESS AN UNSIGNED GRIEVANCE.
January 18, 2022
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