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Local judge president of state judge association
Press release from the Supreme Court of Ohio:
Common Pleas Judges Elect 2010 Officers
Butler County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael J. Sage will serve as president of the Ohio Common Pleas Judges Association this year. He was among a slate of nine officers elected for leadership positions at the group’s annual winter conference.
Judge Sage, who has served on the Butler County bench since 1991, was named chair of the Supreme Court’s new Advisory Committee on Specialized Dockets in October. For the past 10 years, he has administered a Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Docket that addresses felony-level offenders with a primary diagnosis of both a severe mental health disorder and drug dependency. From 1982 to 1987, Judge Sage served as an assistant prosecutor in Butler County. He received his law degree from the University of Dayton.
“It is a great honor to serve as the president of the Ohio Common Pleas Judges’ Association,” said Judge Sage. “In this time of difficult budgets and expanding case loads, I look forward to being a voice for all trial judges in Ohio. Ohio has had a long tradition of dedicated and respected judges who work hard to preserve the integrity of the third branch of government. As the president of the OCPJA, it is my job to nourish that tradition and keep it alive.”
The other judges elected to leadership positions in the association include:
- Summit County Judge Patricia A. Cosgrove, president-elect
- Montgomery County Judge Michael T. Hall, first vice president
- Hancock County Judge Reginald J. Routson, second vice president
- Trumbull County Judge Peter J. Kontos, third vice president
- Scioto County Judge Howard H. Harcha III, fourth vice president
- Wayne County Judge Mark K. Wiest, secretary
- Champaign County Judge Roger B. Wilson, treasurer
- Warren County Judge James L. Flannery, past president
The common pleas judges association’s membership includes all general division judges of the state’s common pleas courts, and its mission is “to improve the law, the legal system and the effective administration of justice.”
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By Don
January 26, 2010 12:31 PM | Link to this
While Sage is off playing with his new position the back log of cases here will only get worse. Next thing we’ll here is we need another Common Pleas Judge.