Clyde Bennett II, the attorney for Judge Tracie Hunter in her criminal trials, has

subpoenaed 29 potential witnesses for Hunters June 1 trial.

The problem with the Bennetts subpoenas is they are made out for the potential
witness to report to Judge Norbert Nadel in Room 560. Nadel was the judge for
the first trial but retired at the end of 2014.
The judge for the second trial is Patrick Dinkelacker. His courtroom will be 360.
Most of those subpoenaed already testified at Hunters first trial last fall where she was
convicted of using her position as a judge to get information on a teen inmate who was
punched in the face by the judges brother a Juvenile Court worker fired for punching
the teen inmate. Her brother, Steven Hunter, later used documents during a disciplinary
hearing. Legally, he wasnt entitled to have some of the documents. That was
information provided to Tracie Hunter in her capacity as a judge.
Eight other charges against the judge forgery, tampering with evidence, theft in office
and helping her brother get overtime were declared a mistrial and are scheduled to be
retried at the June 1 trial.
Subpoenaed were Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters and Prosecutor employees
Bill Breyer, Bill Ranaghan, Gwen Bender, Ron Springman, Katie Pridemore and James
Harper; Juvenile Court Judge John Williams; Now-Judge Curt Kissinger (who was
Juvenile Court Administrator at the time of the allegations and during Hunters first trial);
her brother, Steven Hunter; her bailiff Avery Corbin (who didnt do well on the stand in
the first trial); Public Defender Ray Faller; Juvenile Court workers Steve Rokich, Lisa
Miller, Karen Oakley (Hunters staff lawyer when she was a judge but not currently a
Juvenile Court worker), Wayne McFarland; Ray Beneker, Dwayne Bowman, Connie
Murdock, Carla Guenthner and Brian Wolfe; and others -- Rachel Curran; Justin
Kudela; Juliette Dame; Don Flischel from the company that provides software to
Juvenile Court; Firooz Namei (one of Hunters court-appointed attorney in non-criminal
issues as a judge); defense attorney Jay Clark, and; Harry Poltnick.
Not subpoenaed was Janaya Trotter Bratton, a Hunter witness who testified in the first
trial. She also was the attorney for Steven Hunter -- who handed the documents that
resulted in Judge Hunters conviction to Bratton. She refused them, testifying during the
trial it would have been "unethical" as an attorney to take them.
Hunters conviction led to a six-month jail sentence. Because she appealed the
sentence, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Hunter didnt have to serve her sentence until
the appeal is resolved.