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Governor names Connie Price to Montgomery County Common Pleas Court
DAYTON — Gov. Ted Strickland has appointed Connie S. Price to fill the vacant seat on the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court’s general division.
“I’m just pleased with the opportunity,” Price said Tuesday, Feb. 24. “It’s an honor.”
Price, 50, has served as a county District Court Judge since she was elected to that position in 1998, defeating a sitting judge. She was re-elected in 2004.
Price will take the seat vacated by Judge Jeffrey Froelich, who was elected to the 2nd District Court of Appeals in November. Froelich was sworn in on Jan. 26, then started in his new job on Feb. 9.
Price called Froelich a “wonderful jurist” and said he would be a “very tough act to follow.”
Price said she will start sometime in mid to late March.
Seven people applied for the appointment. The Ohio Judicial Appointments Recommendation Panel interviewed four candidates on Jan. 16, then winnowed that down to three: Price, her fellow county district Judge Adele M. Riley, and local attorney Jeff Swillinger.
Price, who lives in Brookville, is also a registered nurse. She graduated from the Kettering College of Medical Arts in 1978 with an associate’s degree in nursing, then received a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Columbia Union College in 1986. She graduated from the University of Dayton School of Law in 1990.
In addition to serving as a county district judge, Price has also had a private practice, concentrated mostly in family law.
Her application to the governor’s office included a letter of recommendation signed by all three Montgomery County Commissioners, as well as attorneys Dennis Lieberman, Neil Freund and David Williamson.
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