Laura Nesbitt
Laura Nesbitt (Republican Party) ran for election for judge of the Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Nesbitt completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Laura Nesbitt was born in Ohio. Nesbitt earned a bachelor's degree from Xavier University in 2004 and a J.D. from Capital University Law School in 2007. Her career experience includes working as an attorney and a judge. Nesbitt has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- Ohio State Bar Association
- Columbus Bar Association
- Women Lawyers of Franklin County
- Consumer Education Coalition
- National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
- Dublin Area Chamber of Commerce
- St. Brendan the Navigator Catholic Church
Elections
2022
See also: Ohio intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
General election
General election for Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals
Kristin Boggs defeated Laura Nesbitt in the general election for Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kristin Boggs (D) | 63.0 | 262,128 |
 | Laura Nesbitt (R)  | 37.0 | 154,138 | |
| Total votes: 416,266 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals
Kristin Boggs advanced from the Democratic primary for Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kristin Boggs | 100.0 | 65,329 |
| Total votes: 65,329 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals
Laura Nesbitt advanced from the Republican primary for Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Laura Nesbitt | 100.0 | 56,296 |
| Total votes: 56,296 | |||
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Campaign finance
2021
See also: Municipal elections in Franklin County, Ohio (2021)
General election
General election for Franklin County Municipal Court
Mary Kay Fenlon defeated Laura Nesbitt in the general election for Franklin County Municipal Court on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mary Kay Fenlon (Nonpartisan) | 53.5 | 92,472 | |
| Laura Nesbitt (Nonpartisan) | 46.5 | 80,408 | |
| Total votes: 172,880 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Tyack (Nonpartisan)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Laura Nesbitt completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Nesbitt's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My desire to serve clients in an impactful and direct way lead me to open my own law firm in 2013. Since that time, I have met with and assisted thousands of individuals, families, and small businesses in civil litigation and bankruptcy. I see the positive difference I make in the lives of my clients daily. This feeling of positive impact has led me to seek to serve the community of Franklin County as judge. With our justice system currently under attack by political forces, I feel that I can help to restore the integrity of our courts by ensuring that the residents of Franklin County know they have an experienced, impartial, unbiased judge on the bench, not a politician with an agenda.
- I have tried cases in Ohio's courts for the past 14 years. I understand the integral workings of the municipal, common pleas, and appellate courts. My career began by litigating cases as a legal intern in 2006. After becoming licensed in 2007, I took court appointment work for indigent defendants, sat to observe trials, and learned the systems used by the clerks, bailiffs and judges. I have experience in criminal defense, civil litigation, family law, estates and trusts, and bankruptcy law. Overall, my work in in both criminal and civil litigation in the courts of Franklin County demonstrates my well-rounded experience, an important attribute for a candidate seeking a position as judge in the Court of Appeals.
- Partisan politics seems to have grown in every aspect of government. As an officer of the court, sworn to uphold our state and federal constitutions, I believe it is the job of every judge to ensure that the law and statutes of our state decide the outcome of a case, not party politics. The residents and businesses in Franklin County deserve to be confident that the cases and controversies brought before the court will be fairly, impartially, and correctly decided under the law. This will be my number one priority upon election the bench.
- There are over 850,000 voters registered in Franklin County. Last year, a non-presidential year, only 23.54% of voters turned out to cast their ballot. Compare this to the 2020 presidential election year when there was 72.06% voter turnout. That is over 50% of registered voters who chose to vote in 2020 but not in 2021 for local elections. However, voting in your local election is directly impactful to all citizens of Franklin County. Laws matter, rights matter, and this election matters. Please vote Laura Nesbitt for Judge on November 8th to ensure we create a strong and fair local judiciary.
1) Many of the attorneys that a candidate practices with or knows are "conflicted out" of participating in the screening for ratings. That leaves a candidate sometimes with a room full of lawyers who have never practiced with the attorney whom they are rating, have never seen the candidate's work product, and are essentially judging a candidate based on a 10-15 minute conversation.
2) Often, it is intimidating for screening committees and members to rate a sitting judge low. Therefore, sitting judges often enjoy higher ratings for that reason alone: the lawyers screening the judge candidate do not want to be associated with rating that judge low and then showing up in the judge's courtroom the following week.
3) Judicial screening committees can be partisan and sometimes the loudest advocate in the room gets his way, even if others on the committee did not agree.
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2021
Laura Nesbitt did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 12, 2022
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
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