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COMMON PLEAS COURT JUDGE TERM COMM 01/01/2025

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    Kathryn Michael
    (Dem)

Biographical Information

1. List your judicial experience (courts and years)

2. What non-judicial legal experience qualifies you to be a judge?

3. Why are you running for this particular court seat?

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Campaign Email address votejudgemichael@gmail.com
Education University of Akron, B.A. University of Akron School of Law, J.D.
Training/Experience 18 years of judicial experience; and 19 years of trial attorney experience
1. Akron Municipal Court Judge, 2006-2018; Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge, 2018 – present. I currently preside over the Summit County Domestic Violence Intervention Court, a certified domestic violence specialized docket. It is one of only two courts in Ohio that have a certified specialized docket for felony domestic violence cases.

I also have served as Administrative Judge for both the Summit County Common Pleas Court ,and the Akron Municipal Court.
2. magistrate for over 7 years before I was first elected as judge.
3. am running this year for re-election to the judicial seat that I won in 2018.
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