Rettich defeats Liles, retains Miamisburg Municipal Court judge position

Current Miamisburg Municipal Court Judge Alyse Rettich won the Republican primary for the position Tuesday and will run unchallenged in the November election.

No Democrat ran for this judge seat, and Montgomery County Board of Elections officials confirmed Wednesday that no independent filed to run in November by the May 1 deadline.

Rettich bested attorney Josh Liles by 59.9% to 40.2%, according to unofficial final results from the county BOE.

Rettich was appointed to the seat in November and took office Dec. 5, filling the spot formerly held by her father, Robert Rettich III, who died in office in February 2022.

Rettich said her top three priorities as judge would be reducing recidivism, making sure all citizens within the court system are treated fairly and equally, and continuing to keep the court efficient and effective through a fiscally conservative approach.

“I’ve started to implement things while I’ve been on the bench to accomplish those goals and to continue forward to make sure all citizens are kept safe, treated fairly,” she said Tuesday night. “And I just hope to continue the work I’m already implementing and just further it.”

Municipal court judges handle misdemeanor and felony criminal arraignments, and conduct criminal and civil trials, along with the motions, conferences, hearings and settlements that go with them, according to the Ohio State Bar Association.

Miamisburg Municipal Court’s jurisdiction serves approximately 80,000 citizens and includes the cities of Miamisburg, West Carrollton and Germantown, plus Miami and German townships, according to the court.

“Everybody, myself included, worked really hard on the campaign to make it happen, and I’m grateful and I’m humbled,” she said.

Rettich was a law clerk with the Montgomery County Prosecutors Office in 2014 and a law clerk for Montgomery County Common Pleas Court and Casper & Casper law firm in 2015. She served from 2016 to 2021 as an assistant prosecuting attorney with the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s office.

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