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# Jay W. Nixon

Knox Co. Probate/Juvenile Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Knox 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

- Jay W. Nixon is the Probate and Juvenile Division judge for the Knox County Court of Common Pleas in Ohio, appointed in 2018 and re‐elected in 2020, serving a term through 2027
- He then worked as an associate attorney at Zelkowitz, Barry & Cullers, specializing in business law, criminal defense, landlord/tenant matters, wills and trusts, and appeals
- His legal career began as a law clerk at Bieser, Greer & Landis

### Education


### Additional information

- Judge Nixon’s tenure runs from February 9, 2021, to February 9, 2027, with the next election scheduled for November 3, 2026
- He was re‐elected in the November 3, 2020 general election
- Appointed by former Governor John Kasich on November 19, 2018, filling a vacancy after the retirement of Judge Jennifer L. Springer.
- Before his judicial appointment, Nixon held the role of a magistrate for the Knox County Court of Common Pleas from 2015 to 2018.
- Judge Nixon presides over probate and juvenile cases in Knox County, Ohio, at the Knox County Court of Common Pleas.
- His office is located at 111 East High Street, Mount Vernon, OH 43050, and can be reached at (740) 393‐6798.
- Judge Nixon is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Knox County Bar Association.
- He has also held the role of president of the Knox County Community Health Center, the Knox County Public Health Partnership, and the Knox County Law Library