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# William L. Mallory, Jr.

Hamilton Co. Municipal Court · Municipal Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Hamilton Co. Municipal Court
- State: Ohio
- Role: Municipal Court Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- The nonpartisan District 3 judge of the Hamilton County Municipal Court in Cincinnati, Ohio, serving until January 2, 2030, and is the first African‐American judge on the Hamilton County First District Court of Appeals
- Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals, 2009-2011
- Judicial Service: Elected Hamilton County Municipal Court judge (1993–2006) Elected Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas (2006–2009) Hamilton County Courts Appointed first African‐American judge on the Hamilton County First District Court of Appeals (2009) Re‐elected to Municipal Court in 2011

### Education


### Additional information

- Judge, 2008-2008
- Mallory has served on the Board of Trustees of the Association of Municipal/County Judges of Ohio, as president of the Chase Law School Alumni Association, and on the Dan Beard Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
- He has also held the role of a moot court judge and on award selection panels

## 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/)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8114/william-l-mallory-jr/)
- [Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8114/william-l-mallory-jr/)

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