11TH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS Judge

Two candidates are seeking the Democratic nomination for the six-year seat and two are seeking the Republican nomination. The district covers Ashatbula, Geauga, Lake, Portage and Trumbull counties.
DEMOCRATS
RAYMOND TISONE
Age: 56
Home: 9455 Hunt Club Trail, Howland Township.
Employment: Private-practice attorney and member of the Howland Board of Education.
Education: Law degree from Case Western Reserve University.
Family: Wife, JoAnn, and son, Anthony.
Priority: "I will work to restore confidence of the legal community in the 11th District Court of Appeals, making sure that its decisions are derived from well-established legal principles."
MARY JANE TRAPP
Age: 47
Home: 8445 Whispering Pines Drive, Russell Township.
Employment: Managing partner in the law firm of Apicella & amp; Trapp.
Education: Law degree from Case Western Reserve University.
Family: Husband, F. Michael Apicella, four stepchildren and three step-grandchildren.
Priority: "I would continue to follow my commitment to improving administration of justice and legal reform in order to assure access to an independent judicial system in which the public has faith and confidence."
REPUBLICANS
PAUL BRICKNER
Age: 63
Home: 4750 River Street, Willoughby.
Employment: Retired Dec. 29, 2003, as a U.S. Administrative Law judge.
Education: Law degree from Case Western Reserve University and earned a master of law from Cleveland State University.
Family: Single.
Priority: "To decide cases without regard to persons and to refrain from making factual assumptions not supported by the record."
COLLEEN M. O'TOOLE
Age: 43
Home: 6185 Grandridge Point, Concord.
Employment: Private law practice.
Education: Law degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
Family: Husband, David, and two children.
Priority: Communication and the creation of a user-friendly court.