Armond Budish
| Armond Budish | |
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March, 2011
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| 2nd Executive of Cuyahoga County | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Ed FitzGerald |
| 100th Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives | |
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In office January 5, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Jon Husted |
| Succeeded by | William G. Batchelder |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 8th district |
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In office January 2, 2007 – December 31, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Lance Mason |
| Succeeded by | Kent Smith |
| Personal details | |
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June 2, 1953 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Beachwood, Ohio |
| Alma mater | Swarthmore College, New York University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Jewish |
Armond D. Budish (born 1953) is an American politician currently serving as Cuyahoga County Executive. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Ohio's 8th District in the state House of Representatives, and served as Speaker of the House from 2009 to 2011. He was the first Jewish representative to hold that office. He was re-elected to the House in 2010 and 2012, and thereafter was term-limited.
Before his entry into politics in 2006, he was an attorney specializing in consumer and elder law with Budish, Solomon, Steiner & Peck and has written on the subject. He resides in Beachwood, Ohio.
Budish received his Bachelor's Degree (cum laude) in 1974 from Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania where he was a political science major. He then went on to complete a Juris Doctor degree from New York University School of Law. In 1993, he founded the law firm Budish, Solomon, Steiner, & Peck, of which he continues to be a partner. During that time Budish became nationally recognized for his work in the field of consumer law, estate planning, and elder law. He was elected to Cuyahoga County Executive in November 2014, and will take office in January.
In 2006, after both of his sons left for college, he made the decision to run for public office, and was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives from the 8th District, which includes parts of Cleveland, Ohio, and some of the city's eastern neighbors. He was re-elected in 2008 and was chosen Speaker of the House by his peers in January 2009, becoming the first Jewish Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives. His main focus in the 128th General Assembly was job creation in the difficult economic conditions of 2009. To that end, he created several new committees, including Economic Development and Housing & Urban Revitalization.
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