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Mary Margaret Rowlands
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Mary Margaret Rowlands is a judge on the Summit County Court of Common Pleas General Division in Akron, Ohio. She was first elected to the court in November 2008 for a full six-year term.[1][2][3] Rowlands ran for re-election to the Summit County Court of Common Pleas General Division in 2014, winning a new term that expired on January 5, 2021.[4]
Elections
2014
See also: Ohio judicial elections, 2014
Rowlands ran for re-election to the Summit County Court of Common Pleas General Division.
General: She defeated Beth Whitmore in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 54.1 percent of the vote.
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Education
Rowlands received her undergraduate degree from Youngstown State University and her J.D. from the University of Akron School of Law.[1]
Career
Before joining the court, Rowlands was a partner at her law firm of Whitaker and Rowlands Co., LPA in Akron, Ohio, with a focus on civil and criminal law. She has also served as the chief legal counsel for the Summit County Fiscal Office in 2005.[1]
Awards and associations
- Member, Board of Trustees of the Akron Bar Association
- Member, Akron Bar Association
- Member, Ohio Bar Association
- Charter Member, Charles F. Scanlon Chapter of the American Inns of Court[1]
See also
External links
- Summit County Court of Common Pleas, "General Division"
- Summit County Court of Common Pleas, "The Honorable Mary Margaret Rowlands Biography"
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Summit County Court of Common Pleas, "The Honorable Mary Margaret Rowlands Biography"
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Official Website: Election Results, Court of Common Pleas," November 4, 2008
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Official Website: Judiciary Election Roster 2009-2010"
- ↑ Judicial selection in Ohio
- ↑ Summit County Board of Elections, "May 6, 2014 Primary Election Candidates," accessed March 6, 2014
- ↑ Summit County Board of Elections, "Unofficial 2014 Primary Election Results"
