{"id":49675,"date":"2020-02-07T21:53:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T21:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/?p=49675"},"modified":"2020-08-18T18:12:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T18:12:22","slug":"chris-b-epley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/chris-b-epley\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris B. Epley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Chris<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Office: <\/strong>For Judge of the Second District Court of Appeals
Term Beginning 2\/9\/2021<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Age: <\/strong>51<\/p>\n

Residence: <\/strong>Dayton<\/p>\n

Email: <\/strong> chris@chrisepleylaw.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Website: <\/strong>http:\/\/www.electepley.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Social Media: <\/strong> Facebook: Chris Epley for Court of Appeals<\/p>\n

Occupation: <\/strong>Attorney<\/p>\n

Education: <\/strong> JD from University of Dayton School of Law; BA Denison University<\/p>\n

Work Experience: <\/strong>Lawyer, Assistant Proscutor, Part-time Magistrate, Adjunct Professor at UD<\/p>\n

Family: <\/strong>Married to Eileen Epley. Two children – Jack Epley (16) and Lily Epley (14)<\/p>\n

Affiliations: <\/strong>Rotary club\/city council member\/Ohio and Dayton Bar Associations<\/p>\n

Endorsements: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Bar Association Ratings: <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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(1) List your judicial experience (courts and years)<\/strong>
Dayton Municipal Court Magistrate: 2009 – present (part-time)<\/p>\n

(2) What about your non-judicial legal experience qualifies you to be a judge?<\/strong>
Recognizing that a Judge is an impartial arbiter in cases that come before the Court, it is an important leadership position in the community.<\/p>\n

I have worked collaboratively, yet independently, as a former elected member of a local school board and current member of city council. I am committed to the legal profession by serving as a life fellow in both the Dayton and Ohio Bar Associations. I have held a leadership position with the Dayton Bar (Treasurer) and the Oakwood Rotary Club (Secretary).<\/p>\n

I graduated from the University of Dayton School of Law and remain active in that academic community. In the past I was involved UD’s volunteer income tax assistance program, an adjunct professor in family law, and a member of the law school alumni association. I currently teach at the school and I am involved in the moot court program. These commitments to the local community, legal community, and academic community have offered me important leadership opportunities.<\/p>\n

My general law practice has provided me immeasurable non-judicial legal experience. I have practiced in many courts throughout the Second District Court of Appeals jurisdiction. I have observed excellent jurists in the past twenty years of my practice. The Court of Appeals handles different types of cases and disputes. Having a varied and diverse legal experience is important to the role of Court of Appeals Judge. It is these non-judicial legal experiences and leadership positions that qualify me to be a judge.<\/p>\n

(3) Why are you running for this particular court seat?<\/strong>
I was born and raised in the Miami Valley and I am committed to the community. My wife, Eileen Epley, and I raise our two children here. Safety and opportunity are important to us as parents.<\/p>\n

In addition to serving as a part-time Magistrate in Dayton Municipal Court and the prosecutor’s office in Vandalia, I have practiced in all six counties that make up the Second District Court of Appeals. I have represented clients in civil, criminal, probate, and family law courts. I teach Appellate Practice and Procedure at the University of Dayton School of Law and I serve as the chief appellate prosecutor for the Vandalia prosecutor’s office. These practice areas have provided me with a unique and necessary perspective for the position of Court of Appeals Judge. I have a strong work ethic. I balanced academics and athletics at Denison University as a four year varsity soccer player.<\/p>\n

I am running for Court of Appeals Judge because of my past and present commitment to the communities the Court serves and the community where I live and raise my children. I believe it to be an important role and the reason I am running to be Court of Appeals Judge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Office: For Judge of the Second District Court of Appeals Term Beginning 2\/9\/2021 Age: 51 Residence: Dayton Email:  chris@chrisepleylaw.com Website: http:\/\/www.electepley.com Social Media:  Facebook: Chris Epley for Court of Appeals Occupation: Attorney Education:  JD from University of Dayton School of Law; BA Denison University Work Experience: Lawyer, Assistant Proscutor, Part-time Magistrate, Adjunct Professor at UD Family: Married to Eileen Epley. Two children […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2571,"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-49675","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\/49675","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\/2571"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49675"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58015,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49675\/revisions\/58015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/judicialvotescount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}