The Municipal Court Judges
Judge Carol White Millhoan
Judge Millhoan, the first woman elected judge in Wayne County, has served the community as a Wayne County Municipal Court Judge since January 2006.
Judge Millhoan graduated from Triway High School in Wayne County, and received a Bachelors of Arts degree from Colorado State University. She taught high school English and drama at Aztec High School in the four corners area of New Mexico to Navajo students who studied a college preparatory curriculum. She also taught in inner city schools in El Paso, Texas while earning a Master of Arts in Teaching degree from New Mexico State University.
Judge Millhoan earned her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Akron while teaching composition classes at Wayne College, Kent State University, and serving as the Director of the Reading and Writing Center at the College of Wooster.
She practiced law in Wooster for 12 years concentrating in a general civil practice with the firm of Barrington and White, and Kauffman, Eberhart, Cicconetti and Rehm, and as a sole practitioner.
She was elected Clerk of Courts for the Wayne County Courts and served in that capacity for nine years. During her tenure as Clerk, she represented the Ohio Clerk of Courts Association on the Supreme Court of Ohio Court Technology Committee, and served as President of the state-wide association. Also, she was honored to participate in the National Center for State Courts training for court administration.
Since joining the bench, Judge Millhoan initiated Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) programs in the Municipal Court. The program targets repeat criminal offenders. For those who complete the program, the rate of recidivism is drastically reduced. The MRT program helps people improve their lives which in turn improves the community.
Judge Millhoan was also instrumental in developing the specialized mental health docket, the HOPE Court. This program was a joint initiative of the Court and the Counseling Center. It is an intensive program which addresses needs of offenders with mental health issues in an attempt to stabilize the offenders within the community as opposed to housing them in jail.
She resides with her husband on a small farm in Wayne County. Their blended family consists of six adult children and four grandchildren. Judge Millhoan is dedicated to excellence in her profession and is committed to making her community a better place for all to live.
Judge William G. Rickett (Retired, Effective 02/01/12)
Judge William G. Rickett was appointed by Governor Ted Strickland to fill an unexpired term as Wayne County Municipal Court Judge in June 2008. He began serving a full six year term on January 1, 2010.
Judge Rickett and his wife, both Ohio State graduates, moved to Wayne County in 1975 when he began teaching social studies at Wooster High School. While teaching full time, Judge Rickett attended law school and received his Juris Doctorate cum laude from The University of Akron School of Law in 1986.
Judge Rickett practiced law for 11 years with the Wooster law firm of Kennedy, Cicconetti, and Rickett and then returned to The University of Akron School of Law in 1997 where he served as a clinical professor and assistant dean. He served the community as a Wooster City Councilman and a Wayne Township Trustee before becoming a judge.
Judge Rickett and his wife Kris, an environmental specialist with the Ohio Department of Transportation, live in Wayne Township. They have two adult children, Kelly Stewart, a stay-at-home mom and former Apple Creek Elementary School teacher and Mike Rickett, an assistant Wayne County Prosecutor. They have five grandchildren.
Judge Rickett has a deep commitment to the court's specialized programs and to assuring that the legal system protects all of Wayne County's citizens.
The Judges' Staff
Open Position
Magistrate
Phone: 330-287-5673/5663
Fax: 330-287-5700
Doug Johnson
Court Administrator
Phone: 330-287-5670
Fax: 330-345-3625
Judy Vincent
Judges' Secretary
Phone: 330-287-5673
Fax: 330-287-5700
Machelle Maxwell
Judges' Secretary
Phone: 330-287-5663
Fax: 330-287-5700
Dana Jackson
Baliff
Phone: 330-287-5666
Robert Rote
Baliff
Phone: 330-287-5666
Bill Wepler
Assignment Commissioner
Phone: 330-287-5662
Al Hartzler
Computer Systems Administrator
Phone: 330-264-8992