Judge Marianne T. Hemmeter was appointed by Governor Mike DeWine to a seat on the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, General Division in December 2024, and she took office in February 2025.

She earlier served for 10 years as judge on the Delaware Municipal Court after being appointed by Governor John Kasich in February 2015.

Before her appointment to the bench, she served as a special prosecutor and the Deputy Director of the Economic Crime Unit for Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. While at the Ohio Attorney General’s Office she prosecuted criminal cases in twenty-three different counties throughout Ohio, including the much-covered Steubenville rape trial. Judge Hemmeter also served on the Ohio Attorney General’s Statewide Sexual Assault Response Team and was recognized as a Domestic Violence Subject Matter Expert for the Ohio Peace Officer’s Training Commission.

From 1999 through 2011, Judge Hemmeter served as an assistant prosecutor for the Delaware County Prosecutor’s Office. At that office, Judge Hemmeter handled every kind of felony case, including the county’s only death penalty case. She prosecuted over sixty criminal trials with a ninety-percent conviction rate. Before that she was a prosecutor for the Delaware City Prosecutor’s Office.

Judge Hemmeter has trained law enforcement officers and judges nationwide in the areas of domestic violence, strangulation, and sexual assault cases. She has received awards for her work, including a Special Achievement Award in 2013 from the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Assault. Judge Hemmeter served on the Ohio Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on Domestic Violence from 2008 through 2011. She has appeared on 20/20, American Justice, and E! Investigates.

Judge Hemmeter holds a bachelor’s degree from Trinity College and a law degree from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. She is married and has two children.

Judge James P. Schuck was elected to a seat on the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas in November 2018 and took office on January 1, 2019. He was reelected to another term in November 2024.

Prior to taking the bench, Judge Schuck practiced for 17 years with the law firm of Bricker & Eckler LLP (now Bricker Graydon). His practice consisted primarily of complex and general commercial litigation, election litigation, class actions, and ERISA litigation.

Immediately after law school, Judge Schuck served as a law clerk to the Honorable George C. Smith of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Judge Schuck has served on the boards of Rebuilding Together Central Ohio (now Modcon Living), the Capital University Law School Alumni Association, and the Delaware County Law Library Resources Board. From 2014-2018, he also served as Chairman of the Delaware County Republican Party.

Judge Schuck is a member of the Ohio Judicial Conference, the Ohio Common Pleas Judges Association, and the Delaware County Bar Association.  He served as Presiding Judge of the Common Pleas Court in 2021 and 2025 and Administrative Judge of the General Division in 2020, 2021, 2024, and 2025.

Judge Schuck holds a bachelor’s degree from Bowling Green State University and his law degree from Capital University Law School, where he graduated magna cum laude and was a member of the Executive Board of the Capital University Law Review.