2024 New Judges

This page tracks judges who take the bench during 2024. The new judges are arranged alphabetically by court name.
 

Avon Lake Municipal Court

  • Allison L. Manning, elected to a full term beginning January 1, 2024. Judge Manning replaces Judge Darrel A. Bilancini who retired.  1/1/24
Bedford Municipal Court

  • Nicholas A.Papa, elected to a full term beginning January 1, 2024. Judge Papa replaces Judge Brian J. Melling who retired.  1/1/24
 Bellevue Municipal Court

  • Daniel J. Claus, elected to a full term beginning January 1, 2024. Judge Claus replaces Judge Thomas L. Aigler who retired.  1/1/24
Bellefontaine Municipal Court

  • Jacob Estes, elected to a full term beginning January 1, 2024. Judge Estes replaces Judge Ann E. Beck who retired.  1/1/24
Berea Municipal Court

  • Sean M. Kilbane, elected to a full term beginning January 2, 2024. Judge Kilbane replaces Judge Mark A. Comstock who retired.  1/2/24
Brown Co. Municipal Court

  • Courtney A. Worley, elected to a full term beginning January 3, 2024. Judge Worley replaces Judge Joseph M. Worley who retired.  1/1/24
Cambridge Municipal Court

  • Stephanie L. Williams, elected to a full term beginning January 1, 2024. Judge Williams replaces Judge John M. Nicholson who retired.  1/1/24
Campbell Municipal Court

  • Mark J. Kolmacic, elected to a full term beginning January 1, 2024. Judge Kolmacic replaces Judge Patrick P. Cunning who retired.  1/1/24
Canton Municipal Court

  • Kristen Donohue Guardado, elected to a full term beginning January 1, 2024. Judge Guardado replaces Judge John Poulos who retired.  1/1/24
Clermont Co. Municipal Court

  • Nathan M. Little, appointed to an unexpired term ending December 31, 2029. Judge Little replaces Judge Jesse Kramig who retired. 11/11/24
Cleveland Municipal Court

  • Jeffrey D. Johnson, elected to a full term beginning January 5, 2024. Judge Johnson replaces Judge Michael L. Nelson, Sr. who retired.  1/5/24

  • Bridget M. O'Brien, elected to a full term beginning January 3, 2024. Judge O'Brien replaces Judge Mark Majer who was defeated.  1/3/24

  • Sydney Strickland Saffold, elected to a full term beginning January 1, 2024. Judge Saffold replaces Judge Joseph J. Zone who retired.  1/1/24
Columbiana Co. Municipal Court

  • Kelly S. Linger, appointed to an unexpired term ending December 31, 2025. Judge Linger replaces Katelyn Dickey who was appointed to the Seventh District Court of Appeals. 7/23/24
Cuyahoga Co. Common Pleas Court

  • Timothy W. Clary, appointed to an unexpired term ending December 31, 2026. Judge Clary replaces Judge Michael J. Russo who passed away. 1/2/24
Dayton Municipal Court
  • Frank W. Gehres, elected to a full term beginning January 1, 2024. Judge Frank Gehres replaces Judge Daniel G. Gehres who retired. 1/1/24
Defiance Municipal Court
  • Troy A. Essex, elected to a full term beginning January 1, 2024. Judge Essex replaces Judge John T. Rohrs, III who retired. 1/1/24
Fairborn Municipal Court
  • Andrew J. Hunt, elected to a full term beginning January 1, 2024. This is a new seat. 1/1/24
Franklin Co. Municipal Court
  • Zachary S. Gwin, elected to a full term beginning January 2, 2024. Judge Gwin replaces Judge Cynthia Morehart who retired. 1/2/24
Hamilton Co. Municipal Court
  • Samantha Silverstein, elected to a full term beginning January 3, 2024. Judge Silverstein replaces Judge Curtis Kissinger who was defeated. 1/3/24
Lima Municipal Court

  • John R. Payne, elected to a full term beginning January 1, 2024. Judge Payne replaces Judge David A. Rodabaugh who retired.  1/1/24
Mansfield Municipal Court

  • David C. Badnell, elected to a full term beginning January 2, 2024. Judge Badnell replaces Judge Frank Ardis who passed away.  1/2/24

  • Michael J. Kemerer, elected to a full term beginning January 1, 2024. Judge Kemerer replaces Judge Jerry Ault who retired.  1/1/24
Marietta Municipal Court

  • Randall Jedlink, elected to a full term beginning January 1, 2024. Judge Jedlink replaces Judge Janet Dyar Welch who retired.  1/1/24
 Miami Co. Municipal Court

  • Anthony E. Kendell, appointed to an unexpired term ending December 31, 2027. Judge Kendell replaces Judge Gary Nasal who retired.  7/22/24
Montgomery Co. Domestic Relations Court

  • Jennifer Petrella, appointed to an unexpired term ending January 1, 2025. Judge Petrella replaces Judge Denise Cross who retired midterm.  6/3/24
Muskingum Co. Common Pleas Court

  • Gerald Anderson, II, appointed to an unexpired term ending December 31, 2026. Judge Anderson replaces Judge Mark C. Fleegle who retired midterm.  10/21/24
Parma Municipal Court

  • Timothy G. Dobeck, elected to a full term beginning January 5, 2024. Judge Dobeck replaces Judge Kenneth R. Spanagel who retired.  1/5/24
Rocky River Municipal Court

  • Joseph T. Burke, elected to a full term beginning January 1, 2024. Judge Burke replaces Judge Donna Congeni Fitzsimmons who retired.  1/1/24
Struthers Municipal Court

  • James Melone, elected to a full term beginning January 1, 2024. Judge Melone replaces Judge Jennifer Ciccone who was defeated.  1/1/24
Scioto Co. Probate/Juvenile Court

  • Rebecca Lynn Bennett, appointed to an unexpired term ending February 8, 2027. Judge Bennett replaces Judge R. Alan Lemons who retired.  7/22/24
Toledo Municipal Court

  • James C. Anderson, appointed to an unexpired term ending January 1, 2026. Judge Anderson replaces Judge Amy Berling who retired midterm.  1/2/24
Wadsworth Municipal Court

  • Susana B. Lewis, elected to a full term beginning January 1, 2024. Judge Lewis replaces Judge Stephen McIlvaine who retired.  1/1/24
Warren Municipal Court

  • Natasha K. Natale, appointed to an unexpired term ending December 31, 2024. Judge Natale replaces Judge Thomas Gysegem who retired.  5/10/24

  • Patricia Leopardi Knepp, elected to a full term beginning January 1, 2024. Judge Knepp replaces Judge Terry Ivanchak who retired.  1/1/24
Washington CH Municipal Court

  • Susan R. Wollscheid, elected to a full term beginning January 1, 2024. Judge Wollscheid replaces Judge Victor D. Pontious, Jr. who retired.  1/1/24