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Hon. W. Kelsey Reeve

Cuyahoga County (OH), Ohio

Hon. W. Kelsey Reeve has presided over 2 cases in our database. View their complete ruling history and outcome statistics below.

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Toledo_Bar_Association_questionnaire_results"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Toledo Bar Association questionnaire results</span></a></li>
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</p><p><b>Reeve W. Kelsey</b> is a judge on the <a href="/Wood_County_Court_of_Common_Pleas,_Ohio" title="Wood County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio">Wood County Court of Common Pleas</a> General and Domestic Relations Divisions in Bowling Green, <a href="/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>. He joined the court in December 1998 and was re-elected in November 2012 to another six-year term, which ended on <a href="/C2019#January" class="mw-redirect" title="C2019">January 1, 2019</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h2>
<p>Kelsey received his undergraduate degree from Washington and Lee University in 1970 and his <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> from Duke University School of Law.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup>
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<p>After graduating from law school Kelsey worked as an attorney in private practice for nineteen years. He was then appointed as an assistant attorney general and managing attorney for the Attorney General's Office in Toledo for four years.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup>
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<p>Kelsey was re-elected after running unopposed in the general election on November 6, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup>
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<dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Ohio_judicial_elections,_2012_-_Courts_of_Common_Pleas" title="Ohio judicial elections, 2012 - Courts of Common Pleas">Ohio judicial elections, 2012 - Courts of Common Pleas</a></i></dd></dl>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Toledo_Bar_Association_questionnaire_results">Toledo Bar Association questionnaire results</span></h3>
<p>Members of the Toledo Bar Association were asked to rate judicial candidates in one of three categories: Highly Recommended, Recommended or Not Recommended.
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<ul><li>Highly Recommended: 40.2% (98 votes)</li>
<li>Recommended: 54.5% (133 votes)</li>
<li>Not Recommended: 5.3% (13 votes)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/Wood_County,_Ohio_(Judicial)" title="Wood County, Ohio (Judicial)">Wood County, Ohio</a></li>
<li><a href="/Ohio_Courts_of_Common_Pleas" title="Ohio Courts of Common Pleas">Ohio Courts of Common Pleas</a></li>
<li><a href="/Judicial_selection_in_Ohio" title="Judicial selection in Ohio">Judicial selection in Ohio</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://www.co.wood.oh.us/electdesc.htm#ccp">Wood County Court of Common Pleas, Website</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.co.wood.oh.us/drcourt/">Wood County Court of Common Pleas: Domestic Relations Division, Website</a></li></ul>
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