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Judge Charles L. Pater was born in Hamilton, Ohio and educated in the public schools. He was the salutatorian of Garfield High School’s class of 1968. He was captain of the football and track teams, an all-state football player, and two-time district track champion. He was selected to play in the Ohio All-Star football game, and elected co-captain by his teammates. In January, 2005, he was inducted into the Hamilton City Schools Athletic Hall of Fame. Judge Pater attended Northwestern University where he was tri-captain of the freshman football team. After one year he transferred to Cincinnati Bible Seminary (now Cincinnati Christian University) to focus on biblical studies. He received a bachelor of arts in Bible and Theology and a master of arts in New Testament. He also earned a master of arts in teaching in the field of history at Miami University. While a graduate student there he published “Man’s Will, Free or Bound: an Analysis of the Erasmus-Luther Debate” in The Seminary Review, fall of 1975. Judge Pater taught and coached in the New Miami and Hamilton schools for eighteen years. While teaching he attended Chase College of Law at night, receiving his juris doctorate in 1992. Judge Pater served for three years as a Butler County assistant prosecutor, working in child support enforcement and as staff attorney for the Mental Health Board. He maintained a private law practice at the same time. From 1997 through 2002 Judge Pater was magistrate of the Butler County Probate Court. He served for three years as chair of the probate section of the Ohio Association of Magistrates, publishing several articles on probate law in The Ohio Association of Magistrates Newsletter. He also lectured frequently at conferences sponsored by the association and by the Ohio Judicial College. Judge Pater was elected to his current position as judge in November, 2002, taking the bench in January, 2003. He is a member of the Butler County Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, the Ohio Judicial Conference, the Ohio Common Pleas Judges Association, and the Supreme Court Historical Society. He routinely volunteers as a judge for high school and college mock trial competitions.
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