Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.
Robert G. Montgomery (Ohio)
Do you have a photo that could go here? Click here to submit it for this profile!
2025 - Present
2031
0
Robert G. Montgomery (Republican Party) is a judge of the Ohio Fifth District Court of Appeals. He assumed office on February 9, 2025. His current term ends on February 8, 2031.
Montgomery (Republican Party) ran for election for judge of the Ohio Fifth District Court of Appeals. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Montgomery was elected to the office on November 2, 2010.[1] Montgomery was re-elected to the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Probate Division in 2014, winning a term that expired on February 8, 2021.[2]
Biography
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][3]
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[4]
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Franklin County, Ohio (2020)
General election
General election for Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Probate Division
Jeffrey Mackey defeated incumbent Robert G. Montgomery in the general election for Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Probate Division on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jeffrey Mackey (Nonpartisan) | 53.5 | 271,387 |
| Robert G. Montgomery (Nonpartisan) | 46.5 | 235,592 | ||
| Total votes: 506,979 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Zack Space (Nonpartisan)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Probate Division
Zack Space advanced from the Democratic primary for Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Probate Division on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Zack Space | 100.0 | 91,763 |
| Total votes: 91,763 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Probate Division
Incumbent Robert G. Montgomery advanced from the Republican primary for Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Probate Division on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Robert G. Montgomery | 100.0 | 29,036 | |
| Total votes: 29,036 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
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.
[5]
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.[6]
Campaign themes
2020
Robert G. Montgomery did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Franklin County Probate Court, "Robert G. Montgomery Judge Profile"
- ↑ Judicial selection in Ohio
- ↑ The Columbus Dispatch, "County's GOP backs current leadership," May 27, 2010
- ↑ Columbus Bar Association, "2012 Judicial Performance Poll"
- ↑ 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"
Federal courts:
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Ohio, Southern District of Ohio • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Ohio, Southern District of Ohio
State courts:
Ohio Supreme Court • Ohio District Courts of Appeal • Ohio Courts of Common Pleas • Ohio County Courts • Ohio Municipal Courts • Ohio Court of Claims
State resources:
Courts in Ohio • Ohio judicial elections • Judicial selection in Ohio
