Delaware County Common Pleas Court

Judge David Gormley was elected to a seat on the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas in November 2014, and he took office in February 2015.

He earlier served for seven years – from January 2008 until February 2015 – as a judge on the Delaware Municipal Court. From 2004 until 2007, Judge Gormley served as the Director of Legal Resources at the Supreme Court of Ohio, where he supervised that Court’s staff attorneys and provided legal counsel to the Court on a variety of issues.

From 1997 until 2003, Judge Gormley worked in the Ohio Attorney General’s office during the administration of Betty Montgomery. Gormley served from 2000 until 2003 as the State Solicitor of Ohio. In that position, he oversaw major civil and criminal appeals for the State of Ohio in both state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. He also served as an assistant attorney general and as an associate solicitor in the Attorney General’s office, representing various state agencies and officials.

From 1993 until 1997, and then again in 2003, Judge Gormley served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Delaware County. He earlier spent two years practicing commercial litigation at the Jenner & Block law firm in Chicago, and he served as a law clerk for Judge Albert Engel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit for one year after law school.

Judge Gormley holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a law degree from Harvard University.

David A. Hejmanowski has served as the Judge of the Probate/Juvenile Division of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas since February of 2015 and was previously a Magistrate at that Court from January of 2003 to February of 2015 and Juvenile Court Administrator from 2008-15.  Prior to this, he served as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Delaware County.

He graduated as a Public Service Fellow from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 1999 where he also received the Joseph M. Harter Memorial Award for Trial Advocacy.  He received his B.S. in political science from Hiram College in 1996. He is currently chair of the Supreme Court of Ohio’s Advisory Committee on Interpreter Services and a member of the Supreme Court’s Commission on the Rule of Superintendence.  Judge Hejmanowski is a past chair of the Ohio State Bar Association Juvenile Justice Committee and served twice as chair of the Ohio State Bar Association’s Content Advisory Committee.  From 2008 to 2011 he served a three year term on the Ohio State Bar Association Board of Governors.  He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Foundation’s Board of Trustees and President of the Delaware County Bar Foundation.  He serves as co-chair of the Ohio Judicial Conference’s Publications Committee. He is a member of the Governor’s Council on Juvenile Justice.

An advocate for continuing legal education, Judge Hejmanowski is a member of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges’ Curriculum Committee, chair of the Delaware County Bar Association CLE committee, and chair of the Judicial College’s Juvenile Curriculum review committee. He is a frequent presenter for the Ohio Judicial College and the Ohio State Bar Association. He and his wife Ashley and their two children, Catherine and Nicholas, reside in Delaware.

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.

Prior to taking the bench, Judge Schuck practiced for 17 years with the law firm of Bricker & Eckler LLP. His practice consisted primarily of complex and general commercial 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, 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 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.