3 seeking appointment to Columbiana County Municipal Court seat

LISBON — Gov. John Kasich is expected to select a replacement for a Columbiana County Municipal Court judge almost right after the position is officially vacant.

The last day on the job for Judge Carol Ann Robb of New Waterford is Sunday. She is leaving to join the Youngstown-based 7th District Court of Appeals, effective Feb. 9. She won a six-year term in the November general election for a seat on that court.

Judge Robb’s ceremonial swearing-in will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the court of appeals building, 131 W. Federal St. in Youngstown. Justice Sharon L. Kennedy of the Ohio Supreme Court will administer the oath.

The Columbiana County Republican Party forwarded the names of the three people who applied to fill the vacancy to Kasich, a Republican, who, as governor, fills all judicial vacancies.

The candidates are: Megan Forsythe of Hanover Township, an assistant county prosecutor; J. Bradley Allison of East Palestine, a county common pleas court domestic relations magistrate; and Chris Amato of Wellsville, who’s in private practice.

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