{"id":39647,"date":"2018-09-19T13:05:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T13:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/?page_id=39647"},"modified":"2018-09-19T13:05:04","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T13:05:04","slug":"laura-smith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/laura-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Office<\/strong>: Fairfield County \u2013 Fairfield County Common Pleas Court,<br \/>\nDomestic Relations Division<\/p>\n<p><strong>Age<\/strong>: 49<\/p>\n<p><strong>Residence<\/strong>: Bremen, OH<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email<\/strong>: N\/A<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website<\/strong>: N\/A<\/p>\n<p><strong>Occupation<\/strong>: Judge<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong>: J.D. from The Ohio State University Mortitz College of Law<\/p>\n<p><strong>Work Experience<\/strong>: Fairfield County Domestic Relations Court Judge<br \/>\nsince 2011<\/p>\n<p><strong>Family<\/strong>: Married with 2 children<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affiliations<\/strong>: N\/A<\/p>\n<p><strong>Endorsements<\/strong>: N\/A<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bar Association Ratings<\/strong>: N\/A<\/p>\n<p><strong>(1) List your judicial experience (courts and years):<\/strong><br \/>\nFairfield County Domestic Relations Court Judge for 6.5 years (August<br \/>\n2011-present) Fairfield County Domestic Relations Court Magistrate<br \/>\nfor 14 years (April 1997-August 2011) Hocking County Juvenile Court<br \/>\nMagistrate for 2 years (August 1996-December 1997) Hocking County<br \/>\nCommon Pleas Court Magistrate for 1 year (January 1997-December<br \/>\n1997)<\/p>\n<p><strong>(2) What about your non-judicial legal experience qualifies you to be a<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>judge?<\/strong><br \/>\nPrior to becoming a magistrate and then a judge, I worked as an<br \/>\nattorney representing individuals primarily in family law cases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(3) Why are you running for this particular court seat?<\/strong><br \/>\nI have served as Judge in the Fairfield County Domestic Relations<br \/>\nCourt for the past 6 1\/2 years, and I am seeking re-election. Prior to<br \/>\nbecoming the Judge, I worked as a Magistrate in this Court for 14 years.<br \/>\nI have presided over and decided complicated divorce and custody<br \/>\ncases, contempt and child support matters, as well as cases involving<br \/>\ndomestic violence civil protection orders. I am qualified and prepared<br \/>\nto capably address the legal matters which come within the jurisdiction<br \/>\nof the Court.<br \/>\nDuring my years on the bench, I have established a solid record of<br \/>\njudicial integrity, fairness, and attentiveness. Our system of<br \/>\ngovernment requires a fair and impartial judiciary. Judges have the<br \/>\nresponsibility to make predictable decisions based on the evidence, the<br \/>\nlaw, and the proper procedure. I have the experience, knowledge,<br \/>\nintegrity and even temperament necessary to serve as a fair, effective<br \/>\nand good Judge for the people of Fairfield County. I am committed to<br \/>\nmaking my courtroom a place where all people are treated with respect<br \/>\nand dignity. For these reasons, I seek re-election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Office: Fairfield County \u2013 Fairfield County Common Pleas Court, Domestic Relations Division Age: 49 Residence: Bremen, OH Email: N\/A Website: N\/A Occupation: Judge Education: J.D. from The Ohio State University Mortitz College of Law Work Experience: Fairfield County Domestic Relations Court Judge since 2011 Family: Married with 2 children Affiliations: N\/A Endorsements: N\/A Bar Association [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3619,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-39647","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3619"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39651,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39647\/revisions\/39651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}