Judge Monica E. Hawkins: Chat with Jodi Inspires

SEGMENT 2 out of 3 WATCH: As Franklin County, Division of Domestic Relations and Juvenile Branch Judge Monica E. Hawkins joins Jodi for a chat on The Jodi Inspires Show. You don’t want to miss this interesting discussion! It’s a great experience. Judge Monica Hawkins keeps it 💯 *********************************** Courtesy of DRJ Website: MEET THE JUDGE Judge Monica Hawkins brings to the Court over 23 years of public service experience as a social worker, a court liaison and trial attorney for Franklin County Children’s Services. She also has represented clients in domestic relations and appellate court. As a senior trial attorney, Judge Hawkins represented Franklin County Children’s Services in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Division and Juvenile Branch in the broad variety of cases she now hears: abuse, neglect and dependency matters, custody cases, motion hearings, contempt motions, reviews and other matters. Among the cases most significant to her were and remain the highly sensitive termination of parental rights cases. She tried more than 50 cases, handled over 200 cases and maintained an assigned caseload for her region. She also prepared pleadings and argued before the 10th District Court of Appeals. As a law student, and shortly after law school, she worked in other positions that broadened her experience even further. She worked as a clerk for a Domestic Relations attorney, a drug and alcohol counselor for Children’s Hospital, and as an investigator in the Federal Public Defender’s Office, Capital Habeas Unit. Before her legal career, Judge Hawkins was a Child Welfare Caseworker and Court Liaison. She worked directly with Franklin County families from every walk of life and across the gamut of our diverse community. She worked with schools and nonprofit organizations to implement family service programming. As a Court Liaison, she served as a catalyst to improve communications and relationships between Franklin County Children’s Services, the Court, prosecutors and court staff.