Timothy G. Dobeck
Parma Municipal Court
Full Term Commencing Jan. 1, 2024
*Top Vote-Getter in General Election
Candidate Details
- Residence
Parma - Email
tdobeck@dobeck-law.com - Website
dobeckforjudge.com - Social Media
m.facebook.com/dobeckforjudge - Age
62 - Occupation
Law Director/Chief Prosecutor, City of Parma, Ohio/Private Practitioner - Education
Cleveland State University, 1983, B.A. (Political Science)
Cleveland State Law School fka Cleveland Marshall College of Law, J.D. 1986
- Work Experience
1986-1998-Cassidy & Mottl (Parma Heights, Ohio) Associate Attorney-Private Practice of Law
1987-1998-Cuyahoga County Proseccutor's Office, Assistant Prosecutor-Major Trial Division
1998-1999-City of Parma Prosecutor's Office, Assistant Prosecutor
1998-2017-Boyko & Dobeck (Parma, Ohio) Partner-Private Practice of Law
1999-Present-City of Parma Law Department, Elected Law Director/Chief Prosecutor
2017-Present-Dobeck Law (Parma, Ohio) Private Practice of Law
- Family
Married with two (2) adult children - Affiliations
Ohio State Bar Association
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
Parma Bar Association
Northeast Ohio Law Director's Association (Past President)
International Municipal Lawyers Association
Parma-Andrew Boyko Memorial Scholarship Foundation (Trustee)
Parma Area Chamber of Commerce (Past Member)
Padua Franciscan High School (Past Trustee)
Holy Family Parish (Parma, Ohio) (Past member of Parish Council, Member, Knights of Columbus
- Endorsements
Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 15, Northern Ohio Firefighters Association, The Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, North Shore AFL-CIO Federation of Labor, Pipefitters Local Union 120, Heat & Frost Insulators Local 3, Painters & Allied Trades District Council No. 6, CWA (Communications Workers of America) Local 4340, and CWA (Communications Workers of America) Local 4340.
- Bar Association Ratings
As I was unopposed, I was not invited to participate in the Bar Association endorsement process.
Timothy G. Dobeck
Question 1
List your judicial experience (courts and years)
My 37 year legal career has been as a practitioner, and as such, I do not have judicial experience.
Abbreviated Candidate AnswersMy 37 year legal career has been as a practitioner, and as such, I do not have judicial experience.
Question 2
What non-judicial legal experience qualifies you to be a judge?
I am running for an open seat on the Parma Municipal Court. For the past 25 years, I have actively practiced in that Court and have been the legal representative for both the Court and the Clerk of Courts. I am intimately aware of the daily functioning of the Court. Additionally, I have worked with the Judges of the Court to create innovative programs at the Court, including a Witness/Victim Advocate, a First-time Offender Diversion Program, and a Traffic Intervention Program to help traffic offenders become compliant with Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicle requirements.
In addition to being the elected Law Director and Chief Prosecutor for the City of Parma, I have engaged in the private practice of law for 37 years where I have represented clients in a variety of legal matters including, without limitation, estate planning matters, real estate matters, criminal defense, and probate cases.
I am running for an open seat on the Parma Municipal Court. For the past 25 years, I have actively practiced in that Court and have been the legal representative for both the Court and the Clerk of Courts. I am intimately aware of the daily functioning of the Court. Additionally, I have worked with the Judges of the Court to create innovative programs at the Court, including a Witness/Victim Advocate, a First-time Offender Diversion Program, and a Traffic Intervention Program to help traffic offenders become compliant with Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicle requirements.
In addition to being the elected Law Director and Chief Prosecutor for the City of Parma, I have engaged in the private practice of law for 37 years where I have represented clients in a variety of legal matters including, without limitation, estate planning matters, real estate matters, criminal defense, and probate cases.
Question 3
Why are you running for this particular court seat?
I believe that public service is a high calling. I have devoted my entire professional career to public service. Prior to becoming an attorney, and while I was in law school, I served my community as a two-term councilman in Parma. After becoming an attorney in 1986, I served nearly eleven years as an Assistant County Prosecutor in Cuyahoga County where I prosecuted, murder and rape cases in the Major Trial Division. After that service, I have served six terms and am in my twenty-fifth year as the Law Director/Chief Prosecutor for the City of Parma, the largest city in the Parma Municipal Court District.
I believe that all my prior public service has uniquely prepared me to serve as Judge in the Parma Municipal Court District.
I look forward to the challenges of working in the judiciary and continuing my public service to my community.
Thank you.
Abbreviated Candidate AnswersI believe that public service is a high calling. I have devoted my entire professional career to public service. Prior to becoming an attorney, and while I was in law school, I served my community as a two-term councilman in Parma. After becoming an attorney in 1986, I served nearly eleven years as an Assistant County Prosecutor in Cuyahoga County where I prosecuted, murder and rape cases in the Major Trial Division. After that service, I have served six terms and am in my twenty-fifth year as the Law Director/Chief Prosecutor for the City of Parma, the largest city in the Parma Municipal Court District.
I believe that all my prior public service has uniquely prepared me to serve as Judge in the Parma Municipal Court District.
I look forward to the challenges of working in the judiciary and continuing my public service to my community.
Thank you.