Kathleen L. Giesler - Judge
kgiesler@co.ottawa.oh.us

Judge Giesler's bio is available by clicking here.

Lori Clune - Court Administrator
lclune@co.ottawa.oh.us

Lori is a graduate of Oak Harbor High School class of 1988. She received her BA in Psychology from Michigan State University in 1993 and MA in Rehabilitation Counseling from Bowling Green State University in 1999.

Lori's previous work experience includes a wide variety of interactions with youth and their families including working in adolescent psychiatric, residential treatment, and group home settings. She was a children's mental health case manager, taught parenting classes, supervised parent/child visitations and exchanges. Lori was the Director of Ottawa County Family & Children First and administered state program for families and children at the local level as well as developed programs in the county to address other unmet needs.

Lori became Court Administrator for the court in June of 2003. Her primary duties include: Program development, grant writing and program evaluation; human resource management and supervision of court employees; bailiff for support, custody, visitation, and abuse, neglect, and dependency cases; and serve as liaison for the court with partner agencies in the community.

Lori is married to Jason, together they have a daughter and son and live in Port Clinton.

Linda Chapman - Deputy Clerk
lchapman@co.ottawa.oh.us

In April of 1987 Linda came to work as a Deputy Clerk for the Ottawa County Probate Court.
Linda attended St. Joseph's Catholic School in Marblehead, Ohio through the eighth grade and graduated from Danbury High School in 1964. Upon graduation from high school she spent 22 years in the banking industry working as a bank teller.
Her duties as a deputy clerk involve processing all filings, setting hearings, issuing marriage licenses, balancing the cash book, assisting in genealogy and all duties required in the operation of the court.
Linda is the mother of two wonderful sons and the grandmother of four beautiful grandsons.

Susan Jenkins - Deputy Clerk Probate/Juvenile smjenkins@co.ottawa.oh.us

Susan has worked for Ottawa County Probate Court since May 1998 as a deputy clerk.
Her duties include accepting filings from attorney's for admission to probate, and completing the necessary follow-up paper work, as well as issuing marriage licenses and preparing the abstract information to the State of Ohio, Department of Vital Statistics. Since 2001, she also serves the court as a court investigator for guardianship filings. Presently, Susan is being trained to fill in as a back up Deputy Clerk in Ottawa County Juvenile Court.
Prior for working in the Ottawa County Courthouse, she was employed for eight years as a part time library clerk at Oak Harbor Public Library.
Susan is a graduate of Woodward High School in Toledo, and also the University of Toledo. She been a resident of Ottawa County for 27 years, and resides in Oak Harbor with husband Mark and their three children.

Jennifer Simpson – Probate Deputy Clerk
jsimpson@co.ottawa.oh.us

In October of 2006 Jennifer came to work as a Deputy Clerk for the Ottawa County Probate Court.  Prior to working in the Ottawa County Courthouse she stayed at home with her 2 young children for three years.  Before that she was employed at U. S. Gypsum Company for 9 years.  Seven of those years she was a Quality Control Supervisor.  Jennifer graduated from Port Clinton High School in 1990.  She attended the Academy of Court Reporting form 1990 to 1991.  Jennifer received her associates Degree from Firelands/BGSU.Her duties as a Probate Deputy Clerk include; issuing marriage licenses, accepting filings for admission to probate, prepares daily entries and other filings, setting hearings, microfilming, and all duties required in the operation of the court. Jennifer resides in Port Clinton with her husband Dow and their two children.  Her hobbies include reading, walking, her children’s activities and golf.