Clerk's Office Management Team
Clerk’s Office
9300 Quincy Avenue, 2nd Floor
Cleveland, OH 44106
General Info: 216-443-8400 option 2
Resource Center: 216-443-3149
Cashiers Dept: 216-443-3414
Je'Nine A. Nickerson, Director of the Clerk of Court
janickerson@cuyahogacounty.us
William Butterfield, Clerk’s Office Staff Manager
wbutterfield@cuyahogacounty.us
Mesha Collier, Administrative Secretary
mdcollier@cuyahogacounty.us
Anne Purdy, Training Manager
apurdy@cuyahogacounty.us
Note If you are email filing: you must send your filing to the dedicated email address designated by Local Rule for accepting email filings. For more information see our Email Filings webpage and/or our Local Rule 22.
Clerk Office Units
The Clerks Office is broken into 6 units broken down by case type handled and/or function. Each unit is lead by a Senior Manager who reports to the Staff Manager. Contact information for the manager for each unit is found below:
Cashier Unit
This unit processes in person, mail-in and online payments for filings, fines and court costs, and GAL escrow deposits. This unit also serves as a satellite site where individuals can make child support payments (cash payments accepted only for child support payments). This unit also handles monthly reconciliation and disbursement of funds collected to the State Treasurer.
Carrie Michl, Fiscal Officer
cmichl@cuyahogacounty.us
Front Counter & Resource Center Unit
This unit handles the call center, assisting walk-in customers at the filing counter and Resource Center, and processing email filings.
Mia Smith Baker, Senior Supervisor
Msmithbaker@cuyahogacounty.us
Private Support and Custody Unit
This unit handles case initiation, motions and pleading entry and issuing service for private custody and support cases. This unit also handles the processing of sealings and expungements as well as docketing any return service and returned mail.
Gladys (Renee') Lumbus, Senior Supervisor
glumbus@cuyahogacounty.us
Journalization, Traffic and OCSS Unit
This unit handles the journalization (if applicable) and service of all journal entries issued by the jurists to the appropriate parties. This unit also handles case initiation, motion and pleading entry, and service for all traffic cases.
Laurene Rucker, Senior Manager
lrucker@cuyahogacounty.us
Abuse/Neg/Dep, Delinquency, CPO and Appeals Unit
This unit handles the case initiation, motions and pleading entry and issuing service for Abuse/Neglect/Dependency, Delinquency, Interstate Compact, Diversion, and Juvenile Civil Protection Order cases. This unit also handles the processing and recall of warrants issued on Delinquency and Support cases and preparing the record and transcript for any appeals filed appealing a decision issued by our court.
Patricia Jenkins, Senior Supervisor
pjenkins@cuyahogacounty.us
Case Management Clerk Unit
This unit handles assisting the Private Custody and Support Magistrates with the flow of cases. This includes, but is not limited to, scheduling hearings, issuing hearing notices, preparing files, checking in clients for hearings, drafting journal entries, and answering courtroom phones.
Angel Neal, Senior Supervisor (Case Management Clerks Unit)
aneal@cuyahogacounty.us