{"id":46619,"date":"2019-09-24T15:04:38","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T15:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/?p=46619"},"modified":"2019-09-27T14:31:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T14:31:34","slug":"james-piergies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/james-piergies\/","title":{"rendered":"James Piergies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Office:<\/strong>  montgomery county municipal court <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong>&nbsp;67<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Residence:<\/strong> brookeville, OH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong>  jpiergies@yahoo.com <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Website:  keep judge james piergies@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Family:<\/strong>  married 30 years with 2 children<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Occupation:<\/strong>  judge montgomery county municipal court<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong>  jd dayton school of law  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Work Experience:<\/strong>  attorney since 1980, judge 24 years  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Affiliations:<\/strong>  bar associations, masons, non-denominational  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Endorsements:<\/strong>  county sheriff rob streck (republican), state rep. phil plummer (republican), Dayton Miami Valley Afl-Cio, afscme counci, Nontgomery county dem0cratic party,etc <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(1) List your judicial experience (courts and years):<\/strong><br \/>5 years acting\/visiting judge Miamisburg muni court, Urbana Muni court, Miami County muni Court, Dayton muni Court, Xenia Muni Court: Judge Montgomery County muni Court 24 years since 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(2) What about your non-judicial legal experience qualifies you to be a judge?<\/strong><br \/> <br \/>I have a degree I psychology that is useful in my Court every day. Honorably discharged Veteran where I was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for my work as a behavioral science specialist. My 25 years in private practice prepared me to deal with the everyday problems of people in crisis. I have worked with several local elected officials to enact legislation to convert the Montgomery County Court from a part-time Court to full-time Court. Have successfully worked with local law enforcement, County Commissioners, and administrative officers from Montgomery County to keep the County Muni court in the communities they service. I have always been a hard worker and as a judge I have shown up for work every day except when I have been ill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(3) Why are you running for this particular court seat?<\/strong><br \/> <br \/>I have worked for 24 years as the &#8220;&#8216;go to&#8217; judge in this Court. I understand the needs of the Court and I am presently in the middle of planning for building a brand new courthouse in Trotwood, Ohio and renovating the Huber Heights Courthouse. The citizens I have served for over 20 years deserve a Judge who, as a resident of the County for 40 years, understands their needs. <br \/><\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Office: montgomery county municipal court Age:&nbsp;67 Residence: brookeville, OH Email: jpiergies@yahoo.com Website: keep judge james piergies@gmail.com Family: married 30 years with 2 children Occupation: judge montgomery county municipal court Education: jd dayton school of law Work Experience: attorney since 1980, judge 24 years Affiliations: bar associations, masons, non-denominational Endorsements: county sheriff rob streck (republican), state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4007,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4007"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46619"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46775,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46619\/revisions\/46775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}