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Robert G. Montgomery (Ohio)
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Robert G. Montgomery is a judge on the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Probate Division. He was elected to this office on November 2, 2010.[1] Montgomery was re-elected to the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Probate Division in 2014, winning a new term that expires on February 8, 2021.[2]
Elections
2014
See also: Ohio judicial elections, 2014
Montgomery ran for re-election to the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Probate Division.
General: He was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.
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2010
Montgomery was elected to the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Probate Division. He defeated incumbent Alan Acker in the general election, winning 59.18% of the vote.[4]
Education
Montgomery received his undergraduate degree from Bowling Green State University in 1989 and his J.D. from Capital University Law School in 1996.[1]
Career
Immediately prior to joining the Probate Court, Montgomery served as the recorder for Franklin County from 2000 until 2010. Before that, he was a partner at a firm specializing in estate planning, real estate, and business law. Montgomery has also served as assistant prosecutors for the Village of Hartford and the City of Newark, and worked as a licensed title agent.[1][5]
Columbus Bar Association Judicial Performance Poll
In even numbered years, attorneys in Franklin County evaluate the performance of sitting judges in four categories and overall. Below are Judge Montgomery's ratings from 2012:
- Objectivity: 3.7
- Judicial temperament: 3.9
- Legal knowledge: 3.0
- Timeliness: 3.5
- Overall: 3.5[6]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Franklin County Probate Court, "Robert G. Montgomery Judge Profile"
- ↑ Judicial selection in Ohio
- ↑ Franklin County Board of Elections, "Certified Candidate List May 6, 2014 Election," accessed February 28, 2014
- ↑ Franklin County Board of Elections, "Unofficial General Election Results"
- ↑ The Columbus Dispatch, "County's GOP backs current leadership," May 27, 2010
- ↑ Columbus Bar Association, "2012 Judicial Performance Poll"
