Dale Stalf
Dale Stalf (Republican Party) ran for election for judge of the Ohio First District Court of Appeals. Stalf lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Although Ohio held partisan judicial primaries, general judicial elections were officially nonpartisan.
Biography
Stalf earned his B.S.B.A. in accounting from Xavier University in 1978 and his J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1983. He also graduated from the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's School in 1983. Stalf served in the U.S. Army from 1978 to 1988. While in the U.S. Army, Stalf served as a military prosecutor for the 1st Armored Division in the Federal Republic of Germany from 1984 to 1985, as an officer-in-charge for the 1st Armored Division in the Federal Republic of Germany from 1985 to 1987, and as the attorney-advisor in the office of the general counsel to the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon from 1987 to 1988.[1]
Stalf's career experience includes includes working as a partner and chair of the litigation practice group at Wood + Lamping. He previously served as the partner-in-charge of the Cincinnati office/vice chair of litigation practice group, Buckley King, LPA from 2002 to 2009, as a partner at Lindhorst & Dreidame Co., LPA from 1992 to 2002, and as an associate at Lindhorst & Dreidame Co., LPA from 1988 to 1991.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Ohio First District Court of Appeals
Incumbent Marilyn Zayas defeated Dale Stalf in the general election for Ohio First District Court of Appeals on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Marilyn Zayas (D) | 60.4 | 175,094 |
 | Dale Stalf (R) | 39.6 | 114,704 | |
| Total votes: 289,798 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Ohio First District Court of Appeals
Incumbent Marilyn Zayas advanced from the Democratic primary for Ohio First District Court of Appeals on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marilyn Zayas | 100.0 | 32,570 |
| Total votes: 32,570 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Ohio First District Court of Appeals
Dale Stalf advanced from the Republican primary for Ohio First District Court of Appeals on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dale Stalf | 100.0 | 27,934 |
| Total votes: 27,934 | |||
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Selection method
The judges of the Ohio District Courts of Appeals are selected through partisan primary elections followed by nonpartisan general elections.[2] Courts of appeals candidates are chosen in their respective appellate districts.[2] In the event of a midterm vacancy, the governor appoints a replacement. The appointee serves until the next general election taking place 40 or more days after the vacancy occurred. If re-elected, the judge serves the remainder of his or her predecessor's unexpired term.[2] In 2007, Governor Ted Strickland issued an executive order creating a judicial appointment recommendation panel to assist in making new appointments. The panel evaluates applicants and advises the governor, but the governor is not bound to the panel's recommendations.[2]
Qualifications
To serve on the court, a judge must be:
- a district resident;
- at least six years in the practice of law; and
- under the age of 70.[2]
Selection of the chief judge
The chief judge of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal is chosen by peer vote and serves for one year.[2]
Campaign themes
2018
Stalf submitted the following campaign themes through Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form:
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I am a conservative and strongly believe that, under our federal and state constitutions, judges are required to exercise judicial restraint: policy decisions are within the peculiar province of our legislators and executives, not our courts. The courts’ job is to interpret, not to make, the law, and to ensure that all laws and regulations, when properly promulgated, are construed and applied according to the original intent of the promulgating body. The same principle applies to the interpretation and implementation of constitutional provisions. I believe that a judge must be objectively fair and impartial to all participants in the judicial process, which includes both the perpetrators and the victims of crimes, civil plaintiffs and defendants, witnesses and jurors. Rules of criminal, civil and appellate procedure and rules of evidence are there for a reason and deserve to be reasonably and consistently enforced. When parties or their attorneys violate these rules without some legitimate reason or explanation, there should be appropriate repercussions. Civil litigants have a right to a “speedy trial” just as criminal defendants do, and the maxim “justice delayed, justice denied” should apply with the same force. All cases should proceed to and through trial, appeals and final disposition in an orderly and predictable fashion, and case schedules, once established, must be strictly adhered to unless good cause for modification is shown. I have reached the point in my life and in my legal career where I strongly desire to have a more direct and lasting impact on the quality of life in the community which has been so good to me and where my four children live and work and my six (soon to be eight) grandchildren will be growing up. As a trial lawyer heavily involved in complex commercial litigation, I, and every other lawyer and business executive I know, truly appreciated the Commercial Docket that was managed so effectively in Hamilton County for many years by Judges Beth Myers and Steven Martin. The quality and timeliness of their written decisions have greatly contributed to Ohio’s jurisprudence and they have also promoted a healthy appreciation and respect for our judicial system and the notion that Ohio, and Hamilton County in particular, is a good place to set up and operate a business. I believe that I can bring that same level of competence and diligence to the Court of Appeals. As a trial lawyer who also regularly represents both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of non-commercial cases, I believe that all civil litigants are entitled to fair trials before a tribunal that is not biased against one side or the other merely because of their status as a "plaintiff" or a "defendant", an injured party or a tortfeasor. I believe that I have the judicial temperament and discipline to hear both sides of every case and to render a fair and just opinion based on the law as the judicial oath of office requires. Finally, as a former Army prosecutor and former advocate for the Hamilton County Public Defender's Office, I want to make sure that criminal defendants in Hamilton County also get fair trials and that, if convicted, they receive fair and appropriate sentences for their crimes. I believe that while one of the purposes served by a criminal sentence is to mete out an appropriate punishment for the offender, a fair sentence must also take into account any relevant mitigating or extenuating circumstances that might justify a sentence other than a long period of incarceration. As a veteran I strongly support the Veterans Treatment Court, and I also view the Hamilton County Drug Court, as important courts devoted to promoting the fair administration of justice in Ohio through alternative sentencing dispositions.[3] |
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| —Dale Stalf[1] | ||
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Information submitted on Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form on March 20, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Ohio," archived October 3, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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Federal courts:
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Ohio, Southern District of Ohio • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Ohio, Southern District of Ohio
State courts:
Ohio Supreme Court • Ohio District Courts of Appeal • Ohio Courts of Common Pleas • Ohio County Courts • Ohio Municipal Courts • Ohio Court of Claims
State resources:
Courts in Ohio • Ohio judicial elections • Judicial selection in Ohio
