Governor DeWine appoints Dickey to 7th District Court of Appeals

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Friday announced the appointment of Katelyn Dickey to the 7th District Court of Appeals. 

Dickey, of Lisbon, will assume office April 10, 2024, and will be taking the seat formerly held by Judge David D'Apolito, who resigned at the beginning of the year. She will serve the remainder of the unfinished term and will need to run for election in November of 2024 to retain the seat. 

Most recently, Dickey served as a Columbiana County municipal court judge. She has spent most of her law career working in Columbiana County, where she was a staff attorney for the court of common pleas, a court of common pleas magistrate and an assistant county prosecutor. After graduating from law school, she began teaching business law at the Salem Campus of Kent State University. 

In 2008, Dickey received a bachelor's degree from Gannon University. She received her juris doctor from the University of Akron in 2012. 

She is a member of The Federalist Society; the Columbiana County, Mahoning County, and Ohio State Bar Associations; Columbiana County Farm Bureau; Columbiana County Township Association; Columbiana County Business Professional Women; Crestview Local PTO; and the Ohio Judicial Conference. 

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