{"id":16769,"date":"2017-03-04T12:30:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T17:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=16769"},"modified":"2017-03-03T10:47:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T15:47:37","slug":"wehrkamp-takes-office-as-paulding-county-probatejuvenile-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wehrkamp-takes-office-as-paulding-county-probatejuvenile-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"WEHRKAMP TAKES OFFICE AS PAULDING COUNTY PROBATE\/JUVENILE JUDGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16770\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Wehrkamp-Swearing-In-Photo-copy.jpg?resize=666%2C421\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"421\" \/>Focused on Offering Quality Service at the Court, Strengthening County\u2019s Future<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Michael A. Wehrkamp has assumed office as Judge of the Paulding County Probate\/Juvenile Court. Close friends and family joined Judge Wehrkamp for a swearing-in ceremony at the Paulding County Courthouse in January. Judge Vernon L. Preston of Ohio\u2019s Third District Court of Appeals, who Wehrkamp considers a professional mentor and friend, administered the oath of office. Judge Wehrkamp\u2019s term officially commenced on February 9, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored and humbled to serve the citizens of Paulding County as judge. I am focused on putting the rule of the law first and offering quality service to those who come in contact with the court, while also serving as a partner in efforts to strengthen our county\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to taking office, Judge Wehrkamp served Paulding County and the surrounding area as a judicial attorney at the Third District Court of Appeals, where he handled probate and juvenile cases and developed a unique perspective into the most pressing challenges facing our community. Before his employment at the Court of Appeals, Judge Wehrkamp was a litigation attorney in private practice.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Wehrkamp is a Paulding High School graduate who went on to earn his bachelor\u2019s degree from The Ohio State University (Columbus) and Juris Doctor degree from the University of Toledo College of Law.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Wehrkamp and his wife, Laura, live in Paulding with their son, Andrew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Focused on Offering Quality Service at the Court, Strengthening County\u2019s Future Michael A. Wehrkamp has assumed office as Judge of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11],"tags":[417,191,258,59,5858,1501],"class_list":["post-16769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-government-legal","tag-county","tag-judge","tag-michael","tag-paulding","tag-probate","tag-wehrkamp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-4mt","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 16:56:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}