Judge C. Ellen Connally served as a Law Clerk for the 8th District Court of Appeals and Magistrate for the Cuyahoga County Probate Court before her election to the Cleveland Municipal Court in 1980, where she served until 2004. She holds a BS from Bowling Green State University, a JD and MA from Cleveland State University, and is all but dissertation for a PhD in history from the University of Akron. In 2010, she was elected to the Cuyahoga County Council and was elected the first President of the Council. She served as the Foreman of the Grand Jury, Visiting and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Akron College of Law, and Special Prosecutor for the City of Cleveland. Currently, she is the Vice President of the Board of Trustees of Community Action Against Addiction, Vice President of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument Commission, President of the Cleveland Civil War Round Table, and Board Member of the Cleveland Baseball Heritage Museum and Ohio History Connection. She is Past President of the Board of Trustees of Bowling Green State University and an honorary member of the Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association.