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Judge Browne has been a Judge of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations and Juvenile Division since January of 2002. She was recently elected the court's Lead Juvenile Judge and has served as the Co-Chair of the Franklin County Disproportionate Minority Contact Committee (with City Safety Director Mitchell Brown) since March 2009. Additionally, since January of 2001, Judge Browne has served as an Adjunct Professor for Ohio Dominican University (ODU). At ODU, she teaches the Legal Environment of Business, Human Resources Management and Business Law for the Master's, Bachelor's of Science and Associate degree programs.
Preceding her 2002 appointment to the bench, Judge Browne served as an Associate Attorney with the law firm of Maguire & Schneider, LLP. Immediately prior, Judge Browne served as the Director of Legal Operations for the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC). During her six-year tenure with BWC, she also served as the Bureau's Director of Employee and Labor Relations and as a State Workplace Mediator.
During her tenure on the bench, Judge Browne has created programs directed at educating and inspiring youth to meet and/or exceed their own ambitions, such as the Mini-Moot Court Competition for middle and high school-age children and the All Rize College Tour for at-risk youth. Judge Browne overseas the Judicial Extern program in collaboration with The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and Capital University College of Law as well as, Co-Chairs the Court's Bring Your Child to Work Day Program, and organizations dedicated to the development and advocacy of children and women are her passion. As such, Kim Browne has held various leadership and volunteer positions with ArtSafe, Lighthouse Project, Directions for Youth, Community Collaboration Board, WomenIN and Women-to-Women Business Networking/Mentoring Program. Previously, Judge Browne served on the Executive Committee of the Ohio Association of Domestic Relations Judges and as a member of the Ohio Supreme Court Rules Advisory Committee.
Judge Browne resides in the Gahanna/New Albany area with her husband Steven and their two daughters, Rachel and Regan. MSG Steven Browne recently returned from Kuwait; he now serves with the Ohio Army National Guard's 174th Air Defense Artillery. |
