Office: Montgomery County Common Pleas Court
Age: 45
Residence: Oakwood, OH
Email: info@marymontgomeryforjudge.com
Website: www.marymontgomeryforjudge.com; Facebook – Mary
Montgomery for Judge; Twitter – @marymontgomeryforjudge
Occupation: Chief of the Civil Division of the Montgomery County
Prosecutor’s Office
Education: J.D. from the University of Dayton School of Law
Work Experience: Assistant Prosecuting Attorney since 1998
Family: Married with three children
Affiliations: Team Manager – Oakwood United Soccer Club, Girl Scout
Troop Leader, Dayton Bar Association, Dayton Lawyer’s Club, Catholic,
Former Dayton Art Institute Associate Board Member
Endorsements: Montgomery County Democratic Party
Bar Association Ratings: N/A
(1) List your judicial experience (courts and years):
N/A
(2) What about your non-judicial legal experience qualifies you to be a
judge?
I have been an attorney for nearly 20 years in public service working for
the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office. During that time, I have
held a variety of positions within the Criminal Division including
Supervising Attorney of the Child Abuse Bureau, where I solely
prosecuted child physical and sexual abuse cases. From there, I was
promoted to Supervising Attorney of the Intake Division, where I
oversaw attorneys handling Preliminary Hearings, as well as Grand
Jury Hearings. I was then promoted to Trial Supervisor, where I
supervised numerous attorneys assigned to criminal dockets. This
position included training new attorneys, managing criminal dockets
and handling numerous jury trials.
From there, I was promoted to my current position of Chief of the Civil
Division, supervising a staff of over fifteen employees. This position
includes representing all County Elected Officials, County
Departments and Agencies, personnel matters for thousands of
employees, contract review, negotiation and drafting, as well as
defending all civil litigation cases brought against Montgomery County
in both state and federal courts. The Civil Division of the Prosecutor’s
Office is the law firm for Montgomery County, handling all legal related
matters that face the County. I have handled every kind of criminal case
imaginable from felony five possession of drugs to child abuse, rape,
felonious assault, aggravated burglary, murder and capital murder.
Further, in my role as Chief of the Civil Division, I have overseen the
defense of the County against numerous lawsuits, including defending
the Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff’s Office employees in State and Federal
Court, some of which involve Section 1983 claims. Just this year, I
successfully defended the County in a Federal Jury trial, wherein the
jury found that the plaintiff’s constitutional rights had not been
violated. I have also negotiated complex contracts, handled real estate
matters, as well as a wide-variety of environmental issues, to name just
a few. The breadth of the civil litigation and other civil related matters I
have handled provides me a wealth of experience. Suffice it to say, the
variety of civil issues that face a county the size of Montgomery
County, are challenging, complex and varied on a daily basis. The
experience I gained over the last 20 years involves precisely the kind of
criminal and civil matters that the Common Pleas Court regularly
handles, thereby making me uniquely well-qualified for this position.
(3) Why are you running for this particular court seat?
I am running for this Judicial seat because the vast majority of my
experience has been in the Common Pleas Court. As a result, I have
gained great respect for this position and feel that my extensive
criminal and civil experience makes me especially qualified for this seat.
Over the years, I have had the opportunity to be involved in numerous
bench and jury trials in front of many different Common Pleas Court
Judges and therefore have first-hand experience in various judicial
styles. I will take the best qualities of these judges, combined with my
own unique qualifications and experiences, and my ×rm ability to be
fair, professional and respectful, to the bench and apply the same for
betterment of the judiciary and the community.