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Judge Adkins takes the oath of office
DAYTON - Judge Dennis J. Adkins, the newest member of the Montgomery County Common Pleas general division, took the oath of office Thursday, one week after Governor John Kasich appointed him.
The ceremony was attended by dozens of people, including judges from the common pleas benches of Montgomery and Greene counties, the Ohio 2nd District Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Court for the Southern of Ohio and the municipal courts of Kettering, Oakwood, Fairborn and Xenia.
“You bring an amazing breadth of experience,” said Presiding and Administrative Judge Barbara Gorman. “You are a veritable renaissance man of the legal system.”
Adkins takes the seat vacated by Judge Michael T. Hall, who was elected to the Ohio 2nd District Court of Appeals in November 2010. Hall served as master of ceremonies and Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Mary Katherine Huffman gave Adkins the oath of office.
Adkins assumed the office on June 6. He must run for re-election in November 2012 to serve out the remainder of the unexpired term ending in 2015.
Adkins earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Dayton and his juris doctor from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University. He is admitted to practice law in Ohio, the U.S. District Court, and the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Since 1991, Adkins has been a practicing attorney at the law firm of Altick & Corwin Co., L.P.A. (Dayton). He has also served as an acting judge in the Kettering Municipal Court since 1993 and has 15 years combined experience as a special prosecutor in several cities.
Adkins is a member of the American Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, the Dayton Bar Association, the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, the American Trial Lawyers Association and the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He has served as a lecturer for Dayton-area public schools, the University of Dayton Law School, and the Dayton Bar Association.
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