The United States district courts are the trial courts of the U.S. federal judiciary. There is one district court for each federal judicial district,which each cover one U.S. state or,in some cases,a portion of a state. Each district court has at least one courthouse,and many districts have more than one. District courts' decisions are appealed to the U.S. court of appeals for the circuit in which they reside,except for certain specialized cases that are appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit or directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Belmont County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 United States Census,the population was 66,497. Its county seat is St. Clairsville,while its largest city is Martins Ferry. The county was created on September 7,1801,and organized on November 7,1801. It takes its name from the French for "beautiful mountain".
St. Clairsville is a city in and the county seat of Belmont County,Ohio,United States. The population was 5,096 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area.
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio is one of two United States district courts in Ohio and includes forty-eight of the state's eighty-eight counties–everything from the Columbus area southward. Appeals from the court are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at Cincinnati.
Case Western Reserve University School of Law is one of eight schools at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland,Ohio. It was one of the first schools accredited by the American Bar Association. It is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). It was initially named for Franklin Thomas Backus,a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court,whose widow donated $50,000 to found the school in 1892.
William Creighton Jr. was the 1st Secretary of State of Ohio,a United States representative from Ohio and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Ohio.
Sargus Juvenile Detention Center is one of seven juvenile detention centers in the U.S. state of Ohio. Named after Judge Edmund A. Sargus,a former juvenile court judge of Belmont County,it is located just outside St. Clairsville,Ohio. The rated bed capacity is 17,but up to 24 youths are detained in the facility on any given day. It was established in 1973.
The Belmont County Courthouse is located at 101 West Main Street in St. Clairsville,Ohio,United States. It sits on the highest point in the St. Clairsville area and is thus visible from Interstate 70 and many other points in the Ohio Valley. It is a contributing property in the St. Clairsville Historic District,which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
Jennifer Lee Brunner is an American attorney,politician and judge. She is currently an associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court,a position to which she was elected after serving as a judge on Ohio's Tenth District Court of Appeals. On June 8,2021,Brunner announced her candidacy for Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court in the November 8,2022,general election. Brunner is a member of the Democratic Party who served as the Ohio Secretary of State;Brunner was the first woman to serve in this capacity. She took office after sixteen years of Republican control,which included two four-year terms by her predecessor J. Kenneth Blackwell,who oversaw the 2000 and 2004 United States elections. Brunner served only a single term as Secretary of State. When it came time for re-election in 2010,she instead made an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate. Prior to being elected Secretary of State,Brunner worked in the Ohio Secretary of State's Office and served as a County Judge in Franklin County,Ohio. She also owned her own private practice;during her private practice career,she focused on election law and campaign finance law. She represented a broad range of candidates,businesses,political parties and committees before the Ohio Elections Commission on quasi-criminal matters.
William Kennon Jr. was a lawyer,judge,and a U.S. Representative from Ohio. He served for one term from 1847 to 1849.
William Kennon Sr. was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio. He served in Congress from 1829 to 1833,then again from 1835 to 1837.
Edmund A. Sargus,Sr. was an Ohio senator.
Ransey Guy Cole Jr. is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Robert Morton Duncan was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Mell Gilbert Underwood was a United States representative from Ohio and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
John David Holschuh was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Benson Walker Hough was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Joseph Peter Kinneary was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The Joseph P. Kinneary U.S. Courthouse in Downtown Columbus is named for him.
William Kernahan Thomas was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Judith L. “Judi”French is an American jurist. She was appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court by Governor John Kasich,to replace Evelyn Lundberg Stratton,who resigned. A graduate of The Ohio State University,she previously served as a judge of the Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals. She lost re-election in 2020 to Democratic appeals court judge Jennifer Brunner.
