Ohio’s opiate epidemic and its impact on the judicial system will be discussed during a one-day event in Columbus on Monday, June 30. The Ohio Judicial Symposium on Opiate Addiction will bring together judges and local leaders to learn about promising judicial practices and options for treatment, including medication-assisted treatment.

Among the speakers will be Governor John R. Kasich, Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, and Attorney General Mike DeWine. A detailed agenda is listed below.

The symposium will be presented by the Supreme Court of Ohio, the Governor’s Cabinet Opiate Action Team, the Ohio Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, and Office of Criminal Justice Services and hosted by the Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities.

What: Ohio Judicial Symposium on Opiate Addiction

When: Monday, June 30, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Where: Hyatt Regency Ballroom

350 North High Street

Columbus, OH 42315

Agenda:

8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions

Cheri L. Walter, CEO, Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities

8:40 a.m. Supreme Court of Ohio Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor

9 a.m. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine

9:15 a.m. Understanding Addiction

Brad Lander, PhD, LICDC-CS, Clinical Director Addiction Psychiatry, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

9:55 - 10:15 a.m. Break

10:15 a.m. Judicial Services

W. Milt Nuzum III, Director of Judicial Services, Supreme Court of Ohio

10:20 a.m. Judicial Panel - What’s Working in Ohio

Moderator: Judge James A. Shriver, Clermont County Probate & Juvenile Court

Judge Anita Laster Mays, Cleveland Municipal Court

Judge Scott N. Barrett, Hardin County Common Pleas Court

Judge Kim Wilson Burke, Hamilton County Common Pleas Court

11:50 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Lunch

Luncheon Presentation: John Born, Director, Ohio Department of Public Safety

12:45 p.m. Overview of the Impact of Opiate Addiction in Ohio

Orman Hall, Director, Governor’s Cabinet Opiate Action Team

Gary Mohr, Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction

1:35 p.m. Governor John R. Kasich

2 - 2:20 p.m. Break

2:20 p.m. Introduction to Medication-Assisted Treatment

Ted Parran, MD, Medical Director, Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University

3:05 p.m. Team Planning Activity

W. Milt Nuzum III, Director of Judicial Services, Supreme Court of Ohio

4:10 p.m. Closing and Next Steps

Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor