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# Elinore Marsh Stormer

Summit Co. Probate Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Summit Co. Probate Court
- State: Ohio
- Role: 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

- Judge (elected 2012) — created the Mediation Program, Help Desk, Senior Visitor Program, Volunteer Guardian Program, and New Day Court, the first in Ohio to help individuals under civil commitment avoid hospitalization by offering recovery pathways
- Summit County Court of Common Pleas General Division Judge (2004–2012) — initiated the first Reentry Court in Ohio to assist formerly incarcerated individuals
- Akron Municipal Court Judge (1991–2005) — launched Ohio’s first Municipal Drug Court and first Mental Health Specialty Court
- Began her legal career in private practice, then served as General Counsel to the Summit County Executive — 1989–1991
- Her programs have become national models for treatment‐focused justice

### Education

- B.A. in medieval studies from Davidson College
- University of Akron School of Law — J.D.

### Additional information

- 2022 Thomas J. Moyer Award for Judicial Excellence
- She was re‐elected in 2014 and served until 2021
- Stormer has been Administrative Judge for the General Division (2007–2009) and is a member of the Ohio Judicial Conference Probate Section
- Harold Stubbs Award for Law (Akron Bar Association, 2008)
- She serves on the national Board of Directors of the Treatment Advocacy Center and has chaired multiple community boards, including Akron Children’s Hospital and the Salvation Army
- Hero’s Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Urban Light Award for Public Service (University of Akron)
- Judge Stormer is recognized as a trailblazer in therapeutic jurisprudence, transforming how Ohio handles drug offenders, mentally ill individuals, and reentry populations