Draft:Annette Garner Butler
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Annette Garner Butler, a civil rights attorney and civic leader, born on June 23, 1944, in Cleveland to Rudolph and Minnie (Evans) Garner. She died on December 31, 2018.
Early Life and family[edit]
In 1962, she was ranked fourth in her class at East High School. In 1966, she earned her diploma from Flora Stone Mather Collegeof Case Western Reserve University, In 1968, she wed Daniel L. Butler; the couple separated in 1977. Christopher Daniel Butler and Kimberley Annette Butler are the names of Butler's two children.
Career[edit]
She started working as a civil rights specialist for the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1970 after graduating from Cleveland-Marshall Law School. In 1974, she joined the Guren and Merritt law company. The Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Cleveland was co-founded by Butler. Her work for the association is well known for her accusing the Cleveland Municipal Court and its 13 judges of discriminating against women and people of color in hiring practices in 1974. The court agreed to abide by fair employment standards and paid Butler's legal fees in 1975. In December 1978, Butler made headlines when she was chosen to serve as the City Club of Cleveland's first female president. She was appointed as the Northern District's assistant U.S. Attorney for the civil division in 1982, and she served in that power for 24 years. In September 2008, Butler made a return to the City Club Forum to take on Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason in a futile attempt to defeat him. She accused his government of making racial differences in criminal sentencing decisions.Butler was assigned to the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas by Ohio Governor John Kasichin November 2011; however, she was not re-elected in November 2012. The city of Cleveland hired her as an associate law director at that point. Her other memberships include the American Arbitration Associations' Mediation Panel (2013) and the Cuyahoga County Board of Revision (2011). Butler received awards from the Cuyahoga County Bar Association, the Cleveland Jaycees, and the Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs of Cleveland for her community involvement.