Carey to serve as next Clark County Municipal Court judge

Carey will replace incumbent Judge Thomas Trempe, a Democrat who was first elected in 2003.

Carey, who works as an attorney, won the primary election, edging out both Clark County Clerk of Courts Melissa Tuttle and candidate Robert Lancaster, Jr.

The candidate did not return a request for comment.

He is a hearing officer for the State of Ohio, and a member of the Clark County Bar Association, previously serving as the association’s vice-president.

Carey was previously terminated from a job as city prosecutor for the Bellefontaine Municipal Court in 2019, and he resigned from his job at the Clark County Prosecutor’s Office in 2017 following the discovery of his using county equipment to perform personal work on county time, according to a public records request submitted by the News-Sun to both offices.

He earned his J.D., with distinction, from Ohio Northern University. He and and his wife, Suzie, have raised three children in Clark County.

Herier, who formerly served as a Clark County Commissioner, works as a magistrate of the Clark County Municipal Court and the Clark County Common Pleas Court.

Herier also works as an attorney at Geyer Herier Bayless Co. and as a private practice LPA one day per week. Herier earned his J.D. from the University of Dayton School of Law. He also studied for his bachelor’s degree at Wright State University.

“We ran a good campaign, and I appreciate all the support we got along the way,” he said.