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# Kim Brown

Franklin Co. Common Pleas Court · Common Pleas Judge

## Profile

- Court: Franklin Co. Common Pleas Court
- State: Ohio
- Role: Common Pleas 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

- Texas Judge Kim Brown: 254th District Court, Dallas County, assumed office 2021, currently running for re-election, oversees family and civil court matters.
- Judge Brown has held the role of Administrative Judge for 2024, chaired the Technology and Veterans’ Services Committees, and participated in multiple professional and community organizations, including the American Legion and Women Lawyers of Franklin County.
- Before becoming a judge, she practiced law at Bricker & Eckler, LLP, becoming a partner in 2003
- In Texas, Kim Brown (Democratic Party) serves as a judge of the 254th District Court in Dallas County

### Education

- Bachelor of Arts in Political Science/Pre-Law from Otterbein College and graduated second in her class from Capital University Law School in 1995.

### Additional information

- Running for re-election in the general election on November 3, 2026, having advanced from the Democratic primary on March 3, 2026.
- First elected to the Franklin County Common Pleas Court, General Division in 2012 and began her judicial service in January 2013.
- focusing on construction litigation, eminent domain, annexation, and medical malpractice.
- She presides over family and civil matters in her district, and court procedures include submission deadlines, pre-trial orders, and coordination with attorneys for exhibits and witness lists