APPELLATE LITIGATION
All Criminal and Civil law in Ohio and Federal Courts

DESCRIPTION OF PRACTICE

Trial and Appellate Litigation

1501 First Avenue, Middletown, OH 45044

June 1985
​August 1989
​December 1992

Repper-Pagan Law, Ltd.

Diploma  Bay Village High School
B.A.  Miami University
​J.D.  University of Cincinnati College of Law

​  office:  513.424.1823   fax:  513.424.3135

Christopher J Pagan

EDUCATION


LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Repper-Pagan Law, Ltd. | July 1997–present

Assistant Municipal Court Prosecutor | May 1994–June 1997

TRIAL LITIGATION

All Criminal law, including death-penalty cases;

Civil litigation in the areas of:

  • Federal Habeas Corpus,
  • State Post-Conviction claims,
  • Personal Injury/Torts, Contract, 
  • § 1983 Civil Rights/Liberties, and
    Municipal/political subdivision claims
LAW—RELATED HONORS

American Jurisprudence Award in Torts

Henry A. Morrill Prize in Constitutional Law

100th percentile on Ohio Bar Exam Multistate Torts section

​Past President, Butler County Bar Association

Shanks Advocacy Award, Butler County Bar Association



PERSONAL/CIVIC INVOLVEMENT

​​Born September 8, 1967, and raised in Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio.  Married to Dr. Carol Choi, an OB/GYN in private practice; two children.


I enjoy politics, The Cincinnati Reds, The UC Bearcats, backpacking, skiing, and fishing.


Bar Counsel, Butler County Bar Association

Corporation Counsel, Peden Power Scholarship

Board Member, Wyoming Athletic Boosters

Statistician, Wyoming Lacrosse Club

Member, Wyoming Environmental Stewardship Commission


REPRESENTATIVE CASES

criminal

State ex rel. Ramirez-Ortiz v. Twelfth Dist. Court of App., 151 Ohio St.3d 46 (2017)


federal habeas

Cowherd v. Million, 380 F.3d 909 (6th Cir. 2004)(en banc)
Barton v. Warden, 786 F.3d 450 (6th Cir. 2015)


civil rights

Washington v. Dep’t of Rehab. & Corr., 166 Ohio App.3d 797 (2006)
Baker v. City of Hamilton, 471 F.3d 601 (6th Cir. 2006)