Richard M. Rogers
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Richard M. Rogers is a judge on the Ohio Third District Court of Appeals. In 2004, he won the primary election for the Third District Court of Appeals. Subsequently, because the seat was vacant and there was no opposition in the fall general election, Governor Bob Taft appointed him to the Court effective May 3, 2004. He was elected to a 6-year term on November 2, 2004.[1][2] He is up for re-election in 2010, when his term ends.
Biography
Judge Rogers graduated from Ohio Northern University in 1966 with a B.A. degree in History. He then served in the Unites States Army in 1968 and 1969. After this, he returned to Ohio Northern and received his Juris Doctor Degree in 1972.[1]
Legal career
Judge Rogers was engaged in private civil practice in Marion, Ohio from 1972 until 1981. He also worked as the Assistant Law Director for the city of Marion, as the prosecutor in Marion Municipal Court, and was responsible for prosecuting all misdemeanors in Marion County for two years. He served in the City Public Defender’s office (which he helped establish) for a few months before joining the County Prosecutor’s office. He served as an assistant county prosecutor for six years.
Judge Rogers became a Marion County Municipal Court Judge in 1981 and was reelected in 1987. He was then elected to the Marion County Common Pleas Court in 1988, and was reelected in 1994 and 2000. He was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 2004.[1]
Civic and professional activities
Past associations
- Board of Directors and President of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Marion County
- Judge for the National Bicentennial Competition on the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and numerous mock trial competitions
- Advisory committees for Marion technical College and Ohio State University, Marion Campus
- School boards of St. Mary Elementary School and Marion Catholic College Preparatory High School and President of the high school board.
- Supreme Court Traffic Rules Advisory Committee
Present associations
- Member and vice-president of the Marion Catholic High School Endowment Board since 1988.
- Ohio State Bar Association, Chairman of the OSBA Jury Instruction Committees
- Ohio Judicial Conference, Editorial Board of The Ohio Jury Instructions
- Board of Trustees of the Ohio State Bar Foundation.
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