Fairfield County Municipal Court Patriot (Veterans’) Court
The Municipal Court's Patriot (Veterans') Court, certified by the Supreme Court of Ohio as a Substance Use - Veterans Treatment docket, is one of four specialty dockets presided over by Judge James A. Fields; the court publishes no eligibility rules, so referral runs through the court at 740-687-6621.
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The Fairfield County Municipal Court in Lancaster runs a Patriot (Veterans') Court specialized docket, certified by the Supreme Court of Ohio as a Substance Use - Veterans Treatment docket. Judge James A. Fields, the presiding and administrative judge since September 2015, "presides over four specialty dockets: Drug Court; Mental Health Court; Patriot (Veterans') Court; and Special Abilities Court, the latter in cooperation with the Fairfield County Board of Developmental Disabilities." Judge Fields was appointed to the bench by Governor John Kasich on April 30, 2015 and elected in 2018 and 2024.
Referral. The court publishes no eligibility rules, handbook or coordinator contact for the docket - its judges' page is the only page that names it - so a veteran asks the judge, a lawyer or the public defender, or the court at 136 West Main Street, Lancaster (740-687-6621), weekdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Clerk of Court Valeda A. Slone's office holds the case.
The county's other courts. The Common Pleas Court, General Division, under Judges Richard E. Berens and David A. Trimmer, certifies no veterans docket; the county's other certified dockets are the Municipal Court's substance use and mental health dockets, also under Judge Fields, and Judge Terre L. Vandervoort's family dependency treatment docket in the Probate and Juvenile Court.
Thresholds
Thresholds for Fairfield County Municipal Court Patriot (Veterans’) Court
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Rule
Veteran with a pending charge and a treatment need
A veteran with an eligible pending charge in the Fairfield County Municipal Court is referred through the judge, counsel or the court. No rating is needed.
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Disclaimer
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