Gov. DeWine appoints Linger to Columbiana court bench

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed Kelly Linger to serve on the Columbiana County Municipal Court.

Linger, of East Liverpool, will assume office July 23, taking over for Judge Katelyn Dickey, who resigned upon being appointed to the Ohio Seventh District Court of Appeals.

Linger will serve the remainder of the unfinished term and will need to run for election in November 2025 to retain the seat.

Linger has a lengthy history of public service in Columbiana County, working for Columbiana County Criminal Defense League, Inc. From 2014 to 2016, she served as assistant law director and prosecutor for the village of Wellsville. From 2018 to 2019, she served as acting judge of the East Liverpool Municipal Court before it was absorbed into the Columbiana County Municipal Court. Since 2021, She has served as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Columbiana County.

Linger earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2001 from Kent State University, and earned her juris doctor from Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 2006.

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