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IT’S OFFICIAL: SENATE SCREENING COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS BILL SEITZ FOR 8TH SENATE DISTRICT

COLUMBUS – Ohio Senate President Bill Harris (R-Ashland) today announced that a screening committee is officially recommending State Representative Bill Seitz (R-Cincinnati) to fill the vacancy in the 8th State Senate District left by Senator Patty Clancy, who recently announced she would accept a position as Assistant Chief Probation Officer for the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas.

Members of the full Republican Caucus will vote on the recommendation on Wednesday, October 10th when Seitz will be officially seated as a member of the Ohio Senate.

“Bill Seitz will be an excellent State Senator for Hamilton County,” President Harris said. “His legal expertise, knowledge about a wide variety of public policy issues and uncanny ability to get at the root of a problem and solve it will also make him a strong addition to our caucus at a time when we face many challenges in Ohio.”

Seitz is currently serving his fourth term as the State Representative for the 30th Ohio House District. With the strong backing of his colleagues, he has risen to the rank of Majority Whip of the House. He also serves as a member of the Civil and Commercial Law Committee, the State & Local Government Committee, the Criminal Justice Committee and the Judiciary Committee. Prior to his service in the General Assembly, Seitz served seven years as a Green Township Trustee and four years as a member of the Cincinnati Public School Board.

Seitz is widely regarded as one of the best legal minds in the General Assembly and across the nation for that matter. He is a partner in the litigation department of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP and was recently named as one of 2007’s “Best Lawyers in America,” selected by and among his peers. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati School of Law and specializes in antitrust matters, general commercial contract, zoning and real property litigation, RICO, public law and business tort litigation. In the General Assembly, he has put this knowledge to work, playing an instrumental role in the development of major public policy initiatives, including protecting private property rights, civil and criminal justice reform and improving Ohio’s climate for business to bring jobs to Southwest Ohio.

Seitz and his wife, Diane, reside in Cincinnati. They have two children.