On February 1, 2023, I began to represent a father and, subsequently a mother, whose son was fatally wounded by the police in the presence of the father. After shooting the son, an officer pointed a gun at the father and told him to get on the ground or he would shoot him too. Father and son were not committing a crime at the time of the shooting. Justice will prevail. On February 23, 2024, I filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio for excessive force, a violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and applied to state actors by the Fourteenth Amendment.
On July 20, 2022, I began to represent a mother who wants to gain guardianship of her mentally challenged, young, adult child. Advocacy & Protection Services (APSI) has had guardianship of the child for five years. Everything in the record indicates, mother, an LPN, has and will act in the best interest of her child. To remove APSI as guardian, the court requires me to prove that APSI should be removed for cause. I believe the law states best interest standard is used to determine who should have guardianship of the child. The Supreme Court of the United States has repeatedly reaffirmed the existence of a constitutional right to the maintenance of a parent-child relationship. Kottmyer v. Maas,436 F.3d, 6th Cir. Ct. of App. 684 at 689 (2006.). Since my client and her child have a constitutional right to a parent-child relationship, the question should be why shouldn’t my client be guardian of her child? I am still fighting. On May 7, 2024, oral arguments, requested by opposing party, will take place at the Ohio First District Court of Appeals.
On September 21, 2020, I won a case in the Indiana Court of Appeals whereby the court granted my clients’ expungement.
On September 4, 2020, I received the opinions back on two cases from the Second District Court of Appeals. I really thought I had a chance of winning one on an ineffective assistance of counsel argument. The client plead guilty to aggravated burglary, but there was no evidence that he broke in the house per the police report which I provided to the court. In fact, my client said he had a key. The moral of the story is do not plead to something you are not guilty of. Ask your attorney what are the elements of the charge and what evidence the prosecutor has to support each element of the charge. This inquiry not only helps you, but also helps your attorney reevaluate your case.
On August 5, 2019 Glenda was admitted to the United States Supreme Court Bar and an officer of the United States Supreme Court.
On July 27, 2019 Glenda picked up some of her AWANA kids and took them to a cook out where Glenda stuffed book bags with school supplies to give away to children sponsored by her church (Zion Global Ministries).
On May 10, 2019, Glenda filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Memorandum enjoining and prohibiting Hamilton County Juvenile Court from: (1) granting interim custody of a child to anyone without the court issuing notice of the hearing in which a custody order is issued; (2) granting interim custody of a child to anyone based solely on hearsay; (3) terminating child support without the court issuing notice of the hearing in which a child support termination order is issued; (4) Child Support Enforcement Agency from terminating child support without notice of the termination and the opportunity to be heard prior to termination, and;(5) stop referrals of parents and children by Hamilton County Jobs and Family Services (HCJFS) to FAIR. FAIR is a mental health facility partly created by HCJFS. Child Support Enforcement Agency is part of HCJFS. When the court grants this injunction, it will protect families and be a game changer for families.
On April 3, 2018, Glenda won case arguing personal jurisdiction violation, violation of Indiana law and the Fourteenth Amendment, in Dearborn Circuit Court, Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
On March 5, 2019, Glenda filed a federal law suit against the Hamilton County Juvenile Court and Juvenile Detention Center, among others, for violation of First Amendment right/freedom of speech, assault, failure to train and supervise, among other violations by a correctional officer whom threatened to break my child’s arm like the correctional did another resident because my child was rapping on his birthday.
On or around December 8, 2018, Glenda won an appeal in Ohio Second District in a criminal case because the judge failed to have a transcript regarding dropping a felony down to a misdemeanor.
September 20, 2018, Glenda filed a federal law suit against the Hamilton County Juvenile Court and Juvenile Detention Center, among others, for an alleged Eighth Amendment violation of cruel and unusual punishment, refusal of medical treatment, among other things. My child’s (client) finger was broken and permanently disfigured by a correctional officer while in the custody of the Juvenile Court Detention Center.
September 8, 2018, Glenda picked up some of her AWANA (ZGM youth Bible study) children and attended CEG Fish and Loaves. Free food, games and prizes for anyone who wanted to attend. Great fun and worthy cause. I am a member of CEG.
September 3, 2018, attended the AFL-CIO Labor Day Picnic. Good food.
September 1, 2018, Glenda was in the Lincoln Heights parade. Cool beans.
August 29, 2018, attended a Reds game with Lawyer’s Club members. Good time.
August 18, 2018, Glenda was in the Black Family Reunion Parade. A lot of Fun and no rain.
July 11, 2018, Glenda filed a federal law suit against the Hamilton County Juvenile Court and Hamilton County Children Services (HCJFS) for taking temporary custody of one child, Hamilton County Juvenile Court violating Fourteenth Amendment substantive due process,HCJFS and FAIR for negligence, libel, slander, among other things.
June 27, 2018, Glenda filed a federal law suit against the Hamilton County Juvenile Court and Hamilton County Children Services for taking custody of three children away from the biological parents alleging Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment violations, among other things.
June 23, 2018, Glenda was in the Pride parade. God loves everybody and I make an effort to.
June 8, 2018, Glenda filed a federal law suit against the Village of Golf Manor for an alleged Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection violation, among other things. The Village created an ordinance targeted at my clients’/landlords that would require my clients to not renew ninety (90) percent of the leases in two buildings my clients own in the Village.
April 11, 2018,Glenda filed a federal law suit against the Hamilton County Juvenile Court and Juvenile Detention Center, among others, for an alleged Eighth Amendment violation of cruel and unusual punishment, among other things. My child’s (client) arm was broken in three places by a correctional officer while in the custody of the Juvenile Court Detention Center. May 28, 2020, this case settled in my clients’ favor.
Glenda A Smith 