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# James A. Shriver

Clermont Co. Probate/Juvenile Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Clermont Co. Probate/Juvenile 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

- Before his appointment to the Common Pleas Court, Shriver was a Clermont County Municipal Court judge since 1995.
- The judge of the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas, Probate and Juvenile Division, appointed by former Ohio Governor John Kasich in 2013 and serving in Batavia, Ohio

### Education



### Additional information

- He was re‐elected in 2014 for a term ending February 8, 2021.
- Probate/Juvenile Division of the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas, a position he joined on April 11, 2013 by Governor John Kasich and assumed on July 1, 2013.
- Shriver has served on the Clermont County Task Force on Child Sexual Abuse, chaired the Clermont County Youth Services Advisory Board, and sat on the Abuse and Neglect Advisory Board and Foster Parent Advisory Committee.
- He has also been active in the Clermont County Special Olympics and Union Township Kiwanis, and is a member of Mt.
- Moriah United Methodist Church
- Shriver is known for his focus on rehabilitation, community correction, and public safety, with a career marked by both judicial leadership and civic engagement