BRANDIE L. SWICKRATH was appointed February 11, 2019 as a Judicial Law Clerk/Staff Attorney for the Honorable William R. Zimmerman working at the Ohio Third District Court of Appeals. Prior to this appointment, Brandie practiced law in multiple counties in Northwest Ohio after graduating from Ohio Northern University Petit College of Law in 2004. She operated her practice until she was appointed as a Magistrate for Allen County Common Pleas Court, Juvenile Division, from March 21, 2011 to February 8, 2019.
Brandie is a currently member of the Allen County Bar Association, Lima Exchange Club, the Ohio State Bar Association, and an ex-officio member of the Ohio Judicial Conference’s Court Technology Committee.
Brandie is honored to be a wife to her husband, Gregory Swickrath, and mother to her five children (which includes two sets of twin daughters and a son).