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The Akron Municipal Court
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The Court's six judges are attorneys and are required by Ohio law to have practiced law
at least six years prior to becoming a judge. The judges are elected on a nonpartisan
basis and serve six-year terms. Their role is to supervise the administration of justice
in their respective courts and insure that all trials, court hearings, and administrative
procedures are fair and just.
- Judge Lynne S. Callahan
- JUDGE LYNNE S. CALLAHAN is a graduate of the University of Akron and the University of
Akron School of Law. She has served as an Akron police officer, an Assistant
Director of Law and an Assistant Summit County Prosecutor. She was appointed Judge
in May 1997, and elected to the bench in November 1997.
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- Judge John E. Holcomb
- JUDGE JOHN E. HOLCOMB is a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College and the University of
Akron School of Law. In the past, Judge Holcomb served as Director of Law for the City of
Akron and also served as a member of the Ohio State Board of Education as well as the
Akron Board of Education.
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- Judge Alison McCarty
- JUDGE ALISON McCARTY graduated from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois in 1984 and
Wake Forest University School of Law in North Carolina in 1987. From 1987-89, Judge
McCarty was a staff attorney for the Ninth District Court of Appeals. From 1989-1999,
Judge McCarty served as an Assistant Summit County prosecutor handling felony criminal
cases. Judge McCarty was appointed to the Akron Municipal Court in May, 1999.
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- Judge Carla Moore
- JUDGE CARLA MOORE, an Akron native, earned her undergraduate degree from the University
of Akron and her law degree from the Ohio State University College of Law. She has served
as Municipal Court Judge since her appointment in June of 1989.
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- Judge Marvin A. Shapiro
- JUDGE MARVIN A. SHAPIRO, lifetime Akron resident, earned his Bachelor of Arts degree
from the University of Akron, 1960, and his Juris Doctorate degree at the University of
Akron in 1965. He has served the Akron Municipal Court since January of 1991.
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- Judge Elinore Marsh Stormer
- JUDGE ELINORE MARSH STORMER graduated from Davidson College with an undergraduate degree
in history. She earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of Akron graduating in the
top of her class. She was elected to the bench in 1991 and re-elected in 1993.
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