Magistrate

Magistrate Michael R. Moran, Esq. has presided over Sunbury Mayor’s Court since 2006, serving under two mayors.  His previous judicial and quasi-judicial experience includes serving as Magistrate for the Village of Lithopolis Mayor’s Court, Special Master Commissioner for the Franklin County Probate Court, Attorney Hearing Examiner for the Ohio Board of Nursing, Attorney Hearing Examiner for the Coshocton County Board of Health, and Chairman of the City of Gahanna Board of Building & Zoning Appeals.  Magistrate Moran earned a Juris Doctor degree from Capital University Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marietta College.  He was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1994 and subsequently to the bars of the District of Columbia, U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Courts of Appeal for the D.C. and Federal Circuits, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals, the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals, and the U.S. Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals.  Magistrate Moran has over 25 years of criminal, civil and administrative trial and appellate experience statewide as a defense attorney, prosecutor and judicial officer.  He retired as a Colonel from the Ohio Military Reserve, where he served as a judge advocate officer.  Magistrate Moran has been a co-author of West’s annual Ohio Administrative Law Handbook & Agency Directory for over 20 editions.