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CANTON ‒ Stark County Family Court Judge Rosemarie Hall is retiring effective Oct. 1, according to the Stark County Republican Party.
The party is accepting letters of intent and resumes from individuals who wish to fill the vacancy. Attorneys living in Stark County may make an application by 5 p.m. June 19. The letters should be sent to Stark County GOP, 2729 Fulton Drive NW, Canton, OH, 44718 or to director@starkgop.org.
The Stark County Republican Executive Committee will meet on June 24 to recommend up to three qualified individuals to Gov. Mike DeWine, who will appoint Hall’s replacement. Applicants will be permitted to address the Executive Committee.
Hall is one of three Family Court judges who handle juvenile crime offenders, domestic relations case and other matters. The others are Michelle Cordova and Matthew Kreitzer.
Hall has been a judge in Stark County Common Pleas Court’s Family Court Division since 2011. She served as a magistrate in the court from 2004 to 2011.
As a magistrate, she developed and presented Working Together for Kids, a parent education and mediation program for never married parents.
She was a national presenter of this program at the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Conference in March 2010. The Working Together for Kids Program was awarded the State of Ohio Child Support Best Practices Award in 2009 and the Ohio State Bar Association’s Innovative Court Practices Award in 2012. Sbe recently developed and presents “Think Before you Post” a program presented to teens addressing sexting and cyber bullying: and a companion program for parents “Cyber bullying, Sexting and Flaming: Kids, Technology and the Law.”
A message seeking comment was left for her on June 8.
Prior to joining the court in 2004, Hall was a partner in the Hall Law Firm, specializing in juvenile and domestic relations law. She graduated from Walsh College with a degree in accounting. She worked for Republic Steel and GE Capital before attending law school at the University of Akron, graduating in 1991.
Hall is a member of the Walsh University Human Development Advocacy Board, Ohio Association of Domestic Relations Judges, Ohio Association of Juvenile Court Judges, Stark County Safe Communities Coalition and a Players Guild board member. She is married to Charles Hall and has two adult daughters.
(This breaking news story will be updated as more information becomes available.)
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