Editing Mary Wiseman (judge) (section)

== Career ==
In 1991, Wiseman became a [[law firm partner|partner]] at the law firm of Faruki Ireland and Cox P.L.L. A [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], Wiseman was elected in 1998 to the [[Politics of Dayton, Ohio|Dayton City Commission]], serving until 2002 when she declined to run for a second term. A [[lesbian]], she was the first openly gay person elected to public office in Dayton. In 2005, she became a [[shareholder]] at Coolidge Wall Co. LPA.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ballotpedia.org/Mary_Wiseman#cite_note-linked-3 | title=Mary Wiseman }}</ref>

=== Ohio Court of Common Pleas ===
Upon her 2007 appointment to the bench, Wiseman became the first openly gay judge in the history of the state of Ohio.<ref name="first">{{citation |date=2007-10-30 |title=New county judge makes history |periodical=Dayton Daily News |accessdate=2007-10-31 |url=http://www.daytondailynews.com/o/content/oh/story/opinions/columns/2007/10/29/ddn103007mary.html}}</ref>

During her first year as a judge, Wiseman presided over the high-profile trial of [[China P. Arnold]], a mother found guilty of burning her month-old baby to death in a microwave oven. Wiseman sentenced Arnold to life in prison without the possibility of parole.<ref name="bbc">{{citation |date=2008-09-09 |title=Life for microwave baby killer |periodical=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=2008-09-23 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7605472.stm}}</ref><ref name="it">{{citation |date=2008-09-09 |title=Life in jail for mother who microwaved baby |periodical=[[Irish Times]] |accessdate=2008-09-23 |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0909/breaking7.htm}}</ref>

Wiseman sought election to the post in 2008. She looked set to face a challenge in the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] primary from District Court judge [[, but he withdrew in January 2008 following a controversy over allegedly homophobic comments he had made during the campaign.<ref name="primary">{{citation |date=2008-01-11 |title=Ohio's first lesbian judge faces a primary challenger |periodical=Gay People's Chronicle |accessdate=2008-01-17 |url=http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories08/january/0111083.htm}}</ref><ref name="dropout">{{citation |date=2008-02-01 |title=Wiseman's challenger drops out after flap over comment |periodical=Gay People's Chronicle |accessdate=2008-02-01 |url=http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories08/february/0201083.htm}}</ref> She faced Margaret M. Quinn, a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] but ended up winning by 53% to 47%.<ref name="election2008">{{citation |date=2008-11-04 |title=Election Summary Report |publisher=Montgomery County Board of Elections |accessdate=2008-11-04 |url=http://www.mcboe.org/ElectionResults/11042008es.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719090628/http://www.mcboe.org/ElectionResults/11042008es.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-19 }}</ref>

Wiseman is [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] in Ohio, Arkansas, the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio]], the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio]], and the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit]], [[United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit|Sixth Circuit]], [[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit|Seventh Circuit]], [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit|Eighth Circuit]] and [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|Ninth Circuit]], as well as the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Burnham Graphic Arts // Qualitis Plus |url=http://montcourt.org/judges.php?name=mwiseman |title=Official biography |publisher=Montcourt.org |date= |accessdate=2013-12-05 |archive-date=2013-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203020624/http://montcourt.org/judges.php?name=mwiseman |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and the [[American Bar Association]].<ref name="sconet">{{citation |date=2007-10-22 |title=Mary Wiseman Appointed to Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas |periodical=Supreme Court of Ohio Press Release |accessdate=2007-10-31 |url=http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/Communications_Office/Press_Releases/2007/wisemanAppt_102207.asp |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430182110/http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/Communications_Office/Press_Releases/2007/wisemanAppt_102207.asp |archivedate=2008-04-30 }}</ref>

=== Consideration for federal judicial nomination ===
In 2009, Wiseman was shortlisted for a vacancy on the [[U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio]].<ref>{{cite news|date=2009-06-25 |title=Wiseman a finalist for federal bench |periodical=[[Dayton Daily News]] |accessdate=2009-07-07 |url=http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/politics/wiseman-a-finalist-for-federal-bench-178430.html}}</ref> Ohio's two U.S. Senators – [[Sherrod Brown]] (D–Lorain) and [[George Voinovich]] (R–Cleveland) – convened a bipartisan commission to recommend candidates for the vacancy, with Wiseman emerging as one of three finalists. In July 2009, Brown and Voinovich recommended [[U.S. Magistrate Judge]] [[Timothy Black]] to [[Barack Obama]] for appointment to the seat.<ref>{{cite news|date=2009-07-07 |title=Wiseman passed over for judge appointment |periodical=[[Dayton Daily News]] |accessdate=2009-07-07 |url=http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/wiseman-passed-over-for-judge-appointment-192521.html}}</ref>