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# Alyse Rettich

Miamisburg Municipal Court · Municipal Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Miamisburg Municipal Court
- State: Ohio
- Role: Municipal Court Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### remote hearing exhibits

Scope: statewide

Ohio's statewide virtual-court guidance tells courts to include instructions for submitting exhibits or notifying the court of witnesses when remote-hearing information is sent to participants.

Evidence excerpt: Instructions for submitting exhibits or notifying the court of witnesses.

[Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### remote hearing ground rules

Scope: statewide

Ohio's statewide virtual-court guidance recommends advance ground rules for documents, exhibits, screen sharing, and pre-marking exhibits for remote hearings.

Evidence excerpt: Documents: Share any documents/exhibits that will be reviewed in advance. Use the share screen function while documents are being discussed during the hearing. Request that the documents are pre-marked for exhibit purposes.

[Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### remote recording

Scope: statewide

Ohio's statewide virtual-court guidance states that litigants, attorneys, and the public should be instructed not to record the hearing.

Evidence excerpt: The court should instruct the litigants, attorneys, and the public to not record the hearing.

[Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.ohiojudges.org/directory/ojc-directory/)
- [Official roster](https://www.ohiojudges.org/directory/ojc-directory/)
- [Ohio Judicial Conference Directory official judicial roster](https://www.ohiojudges.org/directory/ojc-directory/)
- [Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- The elected administrative judge of Miamisburg Municipal Court in Ohio, serving since December 2022, with a background in felony prosecution, trial law, and community-focused judicial work
- Earlier, she was an attorney at Freund, Freeze & Arnold (2021–2022)
- Before becoming judge, Rettich was an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office (2016–2021), prosecuting felony cases including murder and sex abuse, and serving as first and second chair in trials.

### Education



### Additional information

- As the court’s single administrative judge, she manages all cases — criminal, civil, and traffic — and oversees court staff, including magistrates, clerks, and bailiffs.
- She also handled juvenile cases, grand jury work, and child protection matters.
- She also played women’s soccer for four years at Indiana Institute of Technology
- Known for advocating rehabilitation over incarceration when appropriate, promoting substance abuse and mental health treatment, and encouraging public education about the law.
- Judge Rettich presides over the Miamisburg Municipal Court, which serves about 80,000 citizens in Miamisburg, Germantown, West Carrollton, Miami, and German Township.