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Megan E. Shanahan (born 1972 or 1973) [1] is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court since 2025. She served as a judge of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas from 2015 to 2024.
Melissa Powers is an attorney and retired judge currently serving as prosecuting attorney for Hamilton County, Ohio. [1] She has served in this position since January 2023, [2] and was appointed after incumbent Joseph Deters left the job for a position on the Ohio Supreme Court. [3] Powers is a member of the Republican Party. [4]
Mayor's courts are state courts in Ohio created by some municipalities. Mayor's courts hear traffic cases, violations of city ordinances and other misdemeanors. The presiding officer is a magistrate (not a judge) appointed by the mayor, or even being the mayor, and paid by the city or village.
In the United States, a district attorney (DA), county attorney, county prosecutor, state's attorney, prosecuting attorney, commonwealth's attorney, or solicitor is the chief prosecutor or chief law enforcement officer representing a U.S. state in a local government area, typically a county or a group of counties. The exact scope of the office ...
The last time the prosecutor's office was led by a Democrat was 1932, Robert N. Gorman's final year as prosecutor. Gorman ran as part of the Citizens' ticket, but candidates were endorsed by the ...
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Deters began his career in public service in 1982 as an Assistant Hamilton County Prosecutor. In 1988, after six years as an Assistant Prosecutor, Deters was elected the Hamilton County Clerk of Courts. In 1992, Deters returned to the Hamilton County Prosecutor's office when he was appointed and later elected Prosecuting Attorney.
It's been 91 years since Hamilton County has had a Democratic prosecutor, but the county is more blue every year. Ohio Supreme Court Justice Robert Gorman, a Democrat, was prosecutor from 1930 to ...