{"id":19972,"date":"2026-07-02T20:20:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=19972"},"modified":"2026-07-02T20:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:20:45","slug":"divine-nine-meet-and-greet-hosted-at-tolhouse-in-support-of-judge-duharts-re-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/divine-nine-meet-and-greet-hosted-at-tolhouse-in-support-of-judge-duharts-re-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Divine Nine Meet and Greet Hosted at TolHouse in Support of Judge Duhart\u2019s Re-Election"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Judge Duhart with members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Dawn Scotland<\/em>
\nThe Truth Reporter<\/em><\/p>\n

The Committee to Re-elect Judge Duhart to the Court of Appeals hosted a meet and greet for the Divine Nine Greek organizations at TolHouse on Saturday, June 20.\u00a0 The evening\u00a0 served as a night of fellowship in support of Judge Duhart, current Sixth District Court of Appeals Judge, and first African American to hold the position, since his election in 2020. This year, Judge Duhart, as the incumbent, is seeking reelection against one Republican candidate.<\/p>\n

Members of the Divine Nine, including Judge Duhart\u2019s fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., showed overwhelming support for the candidate who is also the endorsed nominee of the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n

There are 12 Court of Appeals in the state of Ohio. The Sixth District Court of Appeals is comprised of eight counties including \u00a0Erie, Fulton, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Williams and Wood counties with Lucas County as its primary seat. The court hears appeals from cases arising in the Courts of Common Pleas, County District Courts, and Municipal Courts within the district.<\/p>\n

Duhart stressed the importance of the appellate courts in judicial decision making as he addressed his supporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ohio Supreme Court only takes a limited number of cases,\u201d he stated, \u201cthe Ohio Supreme Court only takes one in 10 appeals. So guess where the vast majority of the appeals get resolved? Right here in the Sixth District Court of Appeals.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Judge Myron and wife Nicole Duhart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cSo, in many respects, I am operating, myself and the other four judges on the court, as the Ohio Supreme Court,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n

Duhart highlighted the many issues that are facing America currently in which the courts are crucial, from EdChoice, to civil rights, police policies and immigration.<\/p>\n

\u201cJudges, historically, have served as a check and balance on power. And what you are seeing right now at the federal level, as well as at the state level, is unchecked power. And so it matters who the judges are. And in particular, it matters who the judges are, who might be standing in the gap\u2026as well as everyone in this room in your own individual capacity, it is important that you do everything you can.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCertainly, we have been doing everything we can, and we’re going to continue because that’s just the way I’m built, and it’s the way we all were built. We’ve never been given anything easy. There’s nothing that ever has been a given. And so that’s just what we’re going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

He concluded, \u201cThe one thing you do know and should know is I will never, ever take for granted who I am, where I came from, and what my experiences are. That is the point of all of this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speakers for the evening included Pastor Brehon Hall, senior pastor of Greater New Psalmist Church; Calvin Burney, PhD, president of the Alpha Xi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and Nicole Duhart.<\/p>\n

Judge is a native of Toledo, Ohio. He is the proud father of three and has been married to wife Nicole for 29 years. His father served this country in the Vietnam War and his mother was a teacher for Toledo Public Schools for many years.<\/p>\n

Duhart grew up in the central city. He graduated from St. Francis De Sales High School and after graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was later commissioned as a lieutenant in the Army Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG). His career service in the Army included Operation Desert Shield and duty assignments in Missouri, Virginia and the Republic of Panama.<\/p>\n

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Judge Duhart with members of the Divine Nine sororities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While serving his country he earned a B.A. in Political Science from Wright State University\u00a0 and went on to receive his J.D. from the University of Toledo College of Law. Judge Duhart received a L.L.M. in judicial studies from Duke University School of Law and he attended the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.<\/p>\n

Prior to judicial service, Judge Duhart clerked for the Honorable Robert W. Penn and was in private practice for many years in the areas of business litigation, criminal law and personal injury. Throughout his legal career, he litigated a number of high-profile criminal cases all over northwest Ohio and was one of a select cadre of attorneys certified by the State of Ohio to handle death penalty cases.<\/p>\n

In January 2011, Judge Duhart was appointed by former Governor Ted Strickland to replace Judge Charles Doneghy as one of 10 judges who serve on the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas bench. In addition to hearing serious felony criminal cases and large civil cases, Judge Duhart has served as a commercial docket judge hearing cases dealing with business-related disputes. In 2020, Judge Duhart was elected to the Court of Appeals where he serves as presiding judge.<\/p>\n

Judge Duhart is the past president of the Toledo Bar Association, University of Toledo College of Law Board of Governors, Thurgood Marshall Law Association, and is a member of the Lucas County Bar Association, and the Ohio State Bar Association where he serves on the Ohio Bar Council of Delegates for District 4 (Lucas, Ottawa and Sandusky counties).<\/p>\n

For many years Judge Duhart has been actively involved in the community in various capacities. He is a past board member of the Northwest Ohio Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation, the Salvation Army, and Mercy Health System Board of Directors. He presently serves on the UT Paralegal Studies Advisory Board, Old News Boys Ray T. Kest Scholarship Committee and the University of Toledo Foundation Board of Directors.<\/p>\n

Among numerous community awards, Judge Duhart was recognized by the United Auto Workers (UAW) Civil and Human Rights Action Committee. In 2022, Judge Duhart was recognized as a \u201cDistinguished Alum\u201d for the University of Toledo College of Law. In 2023, he was recognized by both ABLE and LAWO for his distinguished service in the fight for equal justice. Recently, Bishop Daniel Thomas and the Catholic Diocese of Toledo awarded him the Martin Luther King \u2013 Drum Major Award given to those who exemplify the life and works of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King.<\/p>\n

As an Army veteran, Judge Duhart served this country with distinction. As an attorney he worked tirelessly to protect the rights afforded to citizens both rich and poor. As a volunteer, he has unselfishly devoted his time and talent to a wide variety of causes. As a judge on the 6th District Court of Appeals he will continue to act with fairness and integrity.<\/p>\n

To learn more about Judge Duhart or to support his campaign visit judgeduhart.com<\/p>\n

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By Dawn Scotland The Truth Reporter The Committee to Re-elect Judge Duhart to the Court of Appeals hosted a meet and greet for the Divine Nine Greek organizations at TolHouse on Saturday, June 20.\u00a0 The evening\u00a0 served as a night of fellowship in support of Judge Duhart, current Sixth District Court of Appeals Judge, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[250,17],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[354],"class_list":["post-19972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19976,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19972\/revisions\/19976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19972"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=19972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}