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NEW PHILADELPHIA Most of the cases Judge Linda A. Kate handled during her 24 years of presiding over Tuscarawas County Probate and Juvenile Court were conducted outside of public view.
For this reason, she has been part of a small circle of individuals to know what happens after children and parents falter. Mothers and fathers may lose custody, permanently, of children they neglect. Children and teens may come to court after being charged with shoplifting, drug possession and burglary.
Kate s term in office will end Feb. 8, a day after her 62nd birthday. She will be replaced by her magistrate, Adam Wilgus, who was elected in 2020. He and others have wished her well in retirement.
NEW PHILADELPHIA Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Judge Edward O’Farrell retired Jan. 1 from a 39-year judicial career that was inspired by a desire to bring more fairness into local courts.
Before he became a judge, he worked in the Ohio Attorney General s Office prosecuting air and water pollution cases. He worked for Southeastern Ohio Legal Services in New Philadelphia, which provides legal help for people who cannot afford a lawyer. He took three cases to the U.S. Supreme Court.
He saw injustice in the justice system. Justice demands consistency, he said. When I was aspiring to be a judge I saw so much inconsistency . in the way people of means wealthier people, people in prominent positions, doctors, lawyers, accountants, teachers, superintendents, people that have a higher visibility level in the community . many times were treated differently than men and women of a lower socio-economic strata.