Judge Rebecca Doherty of Ravenna, OH; convicted belligerent drunk

The state of Ohio presented Rebecca L. Doherty with a law license in 1992 after she graduated from the University of Akron School of Law.

FYI: The University of Akron is ranked as the 147th best law school in the country out of 200 ABA (American Bar Association) accredited law schools.

The Disciplinary Counsel found Becky guilty of the following misconduct.

• February 2019 drover her car off I-76 into a ditch
• Rebecca consumed alcohol before the accident
• When Officer Rhodes opened the door to Rebecca’s car, he noticed vomit inside the car and a strong odor of alcohol
• When asked by Officer Rhodes “How long have you been drinking?”, Rebecca responded by saying “I’m Becky Doherty. I’m a judge.”
• After advising a witness to the accident that he was free to leave, Officer Rhodes noticed that Rebecca was standing in the snow alongside the driver’s side door of her car. When he asked her name again, she said, “Becky Doherty. I’m a common please judge in Portage County.”
• When Rhodes administered a field sobriety test by having Rebecca walk up the embankment to the side of the road, she was unsteady and almost fell multiple times
• While waiting for officer assistance, Rebecca told Rhodes she had to go to a funeral the following day “for one of her kids.” When queried about the funeral for one of her kids by Office Rhodes, Rebecca responded by saying, “I’m a judge, I’m a common pleas judge
• After Rebecca told Officer Rhodes she was ready to walk the side of the road, he advised her he was waiting for assistance to help her up the embankment, which caused her to state, “Do you know who I am?” Officer Rhodes replied, “Yeh, you’ve told me you’re a judge about four times.”
• When an officer excited the booking area, Rebecca followed him stating she wanted to go home. When the officer said she could not leave, Rebecca raised her voice, statin, “Oh my God, fucking take me home.”
• Pled guilty to driving under the influence (DUI), a first-degree misdemeanor
• Sentenced to three days in jail and fined $475, along with a one-year suspension of her driver’s license.

As a direct consequence of her misconduct, the cheerleaders for Judicial Misfits sitting on the Ohio Supreme Court punished Becky by gifting her with a complimentary reprimand.

As we speak (ca. (March 2020), Becky continues to sit as a Portage County Common Pleas Court Judge in Ravenna, Ohio.