Mayor Joel McGuire

Joel F. McGuire was sworn in to a four-year term as Mayor of Harrison on January 2, 2008. Before being elected Mayor as an Independent candidate, Mayor McGuire served on Harrison City Council for four years.

Mayor McGuire is a fourth generation member of the Harrison community. He is a graduate of William Henry Harrison High School, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ohio University with honors, and earned a Juris Doctor degree from Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois. He is also a graduate of the Municipal Leadership Training Academy of the Ohio Municipal League.

Mayor McGuire is a military veteran, having served as a U.S. Army officer and Airborne Ranger leading soldiers overseas in Kuwait and Bosnia.

Mayor McGuire is an attorney and partner in the Cincinnati law firm Wood & Lamping LLP, and has earned the professional litigation certification of “Master Advocate” by the National Institute For Trial Advocacy (NITA). Law & Politics magazine has repeatedly named Mayor McGuire an Ohio Super Lawyer Rising Star. Further, the Cincinnati Business Courier named Mayor McGuire one of the top forty business professionals in the Greater Cincinnati area under the age of forty.

Mayor McGuire’s mission statement is to ensure that the City properly manages community growth, operates efficiently, provides effective services, plans for the future, and keeps Harrison a great place to live, work, and have fun. Mayor McGuire’s priorities in his first term are to establish the City’s Economic Development program, conduct a complete review and revision of the City’s planning and zoning procedures and laws, institute more efficient procedures in City departments, and allow creative uses of City property to provide more recreation options for our citizens, youth, and visitors.