Mission Statement:
The Court's eight Magistrates are experienced attorneys who are employed by the Court on a full-time basis to perform a variety of civil and criminal judicial functions on behalf of the Court's sixteen Judges.

About the Court Magistrates:
Pursuant to Ohio Civil Rule 53 and Local Rule 99, the Magistrates preside over jury trials, jury-waived trials, motion hearings, discovery hearings, damages hearings, mediation conferences, pre-trial and status conferences, and a variety of proceedings in aid of execution of judgment. Pursuant to Ohio Criminal Rule 19, the Magistrates conduct felony arraignments and, in that process, set bond and appoint counsel to represent indigent defendants.

Relevant Local Rules:
Rule 71 - Criminal Assignments
Rule 77 - Indigent Defendant
Rule 99 - Court Referee/Magistrate
Rule 101 - Broadcasting, Television & Recording Court Proceedings
Rule 105 - Mandatory Mediation

Magistrates:
Michael W. Angel
Pamela Broer Browning
Timothy N. Harildstad
Christine B. Lippe
Timothy P. McCarthy
Michael C. McPhillips
Edwin L Skeens
Myron A. Thompson