About Ken Egbert Jr.
Ken Egbert, Jr. Checks All The Boxes
Candidate for Judge Ken Egbert, Jr. currently serves as an Assistant Ohio Attorney General and has 32 years of courtroom trial experience as a prosecutor, primarily handling felony criminal cases in common pleas courts. Admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1989, Mr. Egbert has previously served 19 years as a county prosecutor in Seneca County. Egbert was elected Seneca County Prosecuting Attorney by voters countywide in 2000 and 2004. Egbert successfully prosecuted murder, rape, robbery, drug trafficking, and other felony offenders in Seneca County Common Pleas Court. For the past 13 years with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Egbert has prosecuted criminal cases in 40 of Ohio’s 88 counties, mostly in common pleas courts
Egbert graduated cum laude from Tiffin Columbian High School in 1982, received his BA cum laude in History from The Ohio State University in 1986, and his JD from the University of Toledo College of Law in 1989. He is a 32-year member of the Ohio State Bar Association and is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. He is a past member of the Ohio Jury Management Association. Egbert has taught as an adjunct instructor to environmental crime investigators with the Regional Environmental Enforcement Association and to undergraduate students about fraud in business transactions with Tiffin University’s School of Business during the 2018-2020 spring semesters.
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Why Egbert Jr.
Candidate For Judge Ken Egbert, Jr. Checks All The Boxes To Earn Your Vote For Judge
- During his 32-year legal career as a prosecutor, Egbert has successfully brought to justice murder, rape, robbery, drug trafficking and other felony offenders in Seneca County Common Pleas Court and in 40 other counties.
- His trial work in Seneca County during 19 years as a prosecutor includes felonies committed in Seneca County. Egbert has tried numerous felony cases to juries of Seneca County residents with Judge Kelbley, Judge Spellerberg, and Judge Shuff presiding. Victims of crime always were treated with respect and dignity.
- In 40 other Ohio counties as an Assistant Ohio Attorney General for the past 13 years, he has handled the prosecutions and tried felony and misdemeanor cases, along with civil cases representing the State of Ohio, with dozens of different common pleas and municipal court judges presiding.
- As Seneca County Prosecutor, he provided legal counsel to all county officers and township officials.
Based on his broad legal and trial experience in Seneca County and in numerous other Ohio counties, Egbert will draw from this unique perspective in making decisions as common pleas judge. He knows what it takes to be a trial judge and wants to bring his 32 years of legal and trial experience to the bench to serve the citizens of Seneca County in our local justice system.
- Egbert will listen to all sides of a case with an open mind, treat the parties, victims, witnesses, jurors, and members of the community in the courtroom with respect, patience, understanding, and compassion.
- Each case presented for Egbert’s consideration will be decided fairly and impartially.
- Each case will be judged strictly on its merits, without improper considerations or outside influences. The court must be independent in its decision-making, upholding the rule of law and our constitutional rights. This means the court will apply the law as written to the evidence presented, and make a fair and impartial decision in each case.
Candidate for Judge Ken Egbert, Jr.’s temperament will be to uphold the rule of law and decide cases strictly on merit as a constitutional conservative.
- Electronic notification of scheduled jury duty to citizens like dentist or doctor appointment electronic notifications.
- Electronic filing of court documents viewable on-line to attorneys representing parties to a case.
- Daily and weekly court schedules viewable on the court website to persons interested in court hearings and the work of the common pleas court.
- Decisions of interest are posted on the court website in significant cases for the parties, counsel, law enforcement officers, victims of crime, or members of the community to understand the reasoning for the court’s decisions.
- Move pending cases toward adjudication timely and efficiently, and work with our local judges to enhance the PIVOT program to provide drug abuse offenders the best opportunities to be successful in their efforts to become drug free.
Candidate for Judge Ken Egbert, Jr.’s vision for court operations is to manage the case docket and programing efficiently and by seeking state funding, enhance the court’s electronic capabilities and connectivity with citizens serving jury duty, the parties and their counsel in cases, along with other participants in the justice system and the community.