Former Shelby County Judge to preside over Third District Court

SHELBY—The Honorable William Zimmerman, the former Common Pleas Court Judge of Shelby County, has been designated to preside over the Third District Court of Appeals (Lima) for the term of 2022.

Zimmerman was elected to the Court of Appeals in 2016.

The Third District is comprised of 17 counties: counties: Allen, Auglaize, Crawford, Defiance, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Logan, Marion, Mercer, Paulding, Putnam, Seneca, Shelby, Union, Van Wert, and Wyandot.  

The duties of the presiding judge include:

• Setting the schedule and presiding over oral arguments.
• Assigning the judges to hearing panels.
• Determining procedural motions.
• Administering the personnel policies of the Court.  

Judge Zimmerman is running for re-election to the Court. He is from Shelby County, where he served as a Shelby County Common Pleas Court Judge from 2009-2016. He resides in Sidney with his wife, Deb.