General Information
The Summit County Domestic Relations Court is open 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. All visitors must pass through a metal detector upon entering the building. Firearms and other weapons may not be brought into the courthouse.
Due to the COVID-19 health emergency, some hearings may be conducted by Zoom. Please call (330) 643-2365 and remain on the line if you do not know if your hearing is in person or video.
In-person hearings with magistrates are held on the third floor of the courthouse. Judicial trials are held on the fourth floor. There are security desks on both floors; please check-in with the attendant upon arrival.
This court is closed on all state-observed Holidays.
Court Administration
- Court Administrator | Thomas McLaughlin | (330) 643-2082 | tmclaughlin@drcourt.org
- Deputy Court Administrator | Laurie Lombardi | (330) 643-2086 | llombardi@drcourt.org
- Public Information Officer | Cierra Lynch | (330) 643-2367 | clynch@drcourt.org
- Scheduling | Brigitte Boyd | (330) 643-2085 | bboyd@drcourt.org
- Scheduling | LaNettra Tomlinson | (330) 643-7958 | ltomlinson@drcourt.org
Scheduling Line: (330) 643-2365
Family Court Services
- Secretary | Jeanne Alexander | (330) 643-2355 | jalexander@drcourt.org
- Secretary | Latonya Lewis-Becton | (330) 643-2355 | llewis-becton@drcourt.org
- Evaluator | Traci Hagen | thagen@drcourt.org
- Evaluator | Alissa Endicott | aendicott@drcourt.org
- Evaluator | Candace Derry | cderry@drcourt.org
- Evaluator | Cortney Crew| ccrew@drcourt.org
- Family Court Services Director | Randy Flick | rflick@drcourt.org
- Mediator | Diane Dougherty
Judges
- Administrative Judge | Hon. Katarina Cook | (330) 643-2357
- Judicial Attorney | Jessica Wright | jwright@drcourt.org
- Bailiff | Brittany Durieux | (330) 643-2357 |bdurieux@drcourt.org
- Vacant Judicial Seat | Visiting Judges
- Judicial Attorney | Erin Dazey | edazey@drcourt.org
Transcripts and Audio Requests
- Court Reporter | Tami Vega | (330) 643-2081 | tvega@drcourt.org
- Court Reporter | Michelle Schilling | (330) 643-2361 | mcschilling@drcourt.org
- Public Information Officer| Cierra Lynch | (330) 643-2367| clynch@drcourt.org
Audio Recording Requests can be sent to audio@drcourt.org or cdrequests@drcourt.org.
Magistrates
Contact information for magistrates is not published to prevent ex parte (one-sided) communications. Please call (330) 643-2365 for assistance.