Susan D. Solle

Professional career

• In 2025, an inmate, Joshua E. Wilson, filed a complaint for a writ of procedendo in the Supreme Court of Ohio, alleging that Judge Solle had not ruled on multiple motions he submitted between January and April 2025
• She also held the role of an adjunct professor at the University of Dayton School of Law from 2004 to 2022
• The Supreme Court will determine whether to compel Judge Solle to issue rulings on these pending motions
• Her early legal experience includes serving as a judicial staff attorney for Judge James A. Brogan in the Ohio Second District Court of Appeals and as a law clerk for Judge David G. Sunderland in the General Division

Education

Additional information

• Prior to her judgeship, she practiced law for 18 years, including working at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP from 2004 until taking the bench.
• Judge Solle presides in Courtroom 7, located on the fourth floor of the Montgomery County Courthouse, and it is the first courtroom on the right-hand side of the hallway
• She also acted as a judge in the Montgomery County Municipal Court before her election
• She has held leadership roles in several legal and community organizations, including serving as board member and president of the Dayton Bar Association, Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, and the Dayton Bar Foundation.
• Judge Solle earned her undergraduate degree with honors from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta and her law degree with honors from the University of Dayton School of Law.