Office: Ottawa County Municipal Court
Age: 64
Residence: Port Clinton , OH
Email: lpwargo3@gmail.com
Website:http://www.wargoforjudge.com
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Occupation: Ottawa County Municipal Court Magistrate
Education: B.A. from Cornell University; J.D. from University of Toledo; 220+ hours of Judicial College training and education
Work Experience: Private practice commencing 1981; assistant Ottawa County Prosecuting Attorney, 7 years; prosecuting attorney for Ottawa County villages, 20 years; associate attorney and partner, Meyer, Kocher, Loeffler & Wargo; partner, Loeffler & Wargo; Acting Judge, Ottawa County Municipal Court, 4 years; Magistrate, Ottawa County Municipal Court, 16 years.
Family: Two children, one granddaughter.
Affiliations: Parishioner, Immaculate Conception Church, Port Clinton; Ohio State Bar Association; Ottawa County Bar Association; Ottawa County Law Library Board; Port Clinton Elks; Knights of Columbus; Oak Harbor Conservation Club; Keeper of Port Clinton Lighthouse; Port Clinton Yacht Club.
(1) List your judicial experience (courts and years):
Acting Judge, Ottawa County Municipal Court, 2000-2003; Magistrate, Ottawa County Municipal Court, 2003-present.
(2) What about your non-judicial legal experience qualifies you to be a judge?
Private practice of law beginning in 1982, representing the families and citizens of Ottawa County as a solo practitioner, as well as both an associate and partner in the law firms of Meyer, Kocher, Loeffler & Wargo and Loeffler & Wargo. Assistant Ottawa County Prosecuting Attorney for 7 years, prosecuting misdemeanor cases as well as serious felony cases, such as rape, burglary, felonious assault, attempted murder, and drug trafficking. Prosecuting Attorney for the villages of Ottawa County for over 20 years, prosecuting village ordinance cases.
(3) Why are you running for this particular court seat?
I have spent my entire legal career representing and helping the families and citizens of Ottawa County as an attorney in private practice; upholding the law as a Prosecuting Attorney; and presiding over thousands of cases as both an Acting Judge and Magistrate. Election to this position will allow me to continue my career-long passion and commitment to justice for the citizens of Ottawa County. My roots are in Ottawa County; I’ve lived here for over thirty seven years, raised my children here, and now have a three year old granddaughter beginning her education in the same school as her father and aunt attended.