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# Nick A. Selvaggio

Champaign Co. Common Pleas Court · Common Pleas Judge

## Profile

- Court: Champaign 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

- Judge on the General Division of the Champaign County Court of Common Pleas in Urbana, Ohio, elected in 2012, with a background in public service, law practice, and judicial leadership

### Education


### Additional information

- In December 2025, Judge Selvaggio was elected President of the Ohio Common Pleas Judges Association (OCPJA) for 2026
- Assisted by Magistrate Scott D. Schockling
- Judge Selvaggio presides over the General Division of the Champaign County Common Pleas Court, which handles adult felony cases and a wide range of civil matters such as foreclosures, civil stalking orders, garnishments, tax liens, negligence actions, administrative agency appeals, contract and labor disputes, declaratory judgments, and injunctive relief
- He also serves on the Ohio Jury Instruction Board of Editors, the Ohio Sentencing Commission, and three Ohio Judicial Conference Committees Under his leadership, the Champaign County Common Pleas Court received the Ohio State Bar Association’s “Innovative Court Programs and Practices Award” for managing jail population and overages