Elizabeth Ellis ‘97 has been appointed to the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court by Ohio Governor Mike deWine.

Ellis holds bachelors of arts in communication and English from Denison, and a juris doctor from the University of Dayton.

Ellis previously served as an assistant prosecuting attorney for the Montgomery County, and in the Prosecutor’s Office in the Greene County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office as the civil division chief, chief appellate counsel and chief of the juvenile division.

She will assume office June 20 to take the seat formerly held by Judge Mary Kate Huffman who was elected to the Second District Court of Appeals.

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May 19, 2023