Ross Smith for Judge

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• Experience. Matters. Especially in the courtroom. Having experience representing victims, defendants, and civil litigants provides a perspective that is essential when making fair and informed decisions from the bench. A judge should understand the courtroom from every side. Experience. Integrity. Fairness. Accountability. #RossSmithForJudge #ExperienceMatters #JudicialExperience #MahoningCounty #Election2026

  13 August 2026 · Ross Smith for Judge · $600 – $699 · 50K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

• Before you vote for a Common Pleas Trial Court Judge, compare the records. Not the last names. The records. Years practicing law. Jury trials. The level of violent felony cases. Criminal defense. Civil litigation. Time on the bench. And one more thing: under Ohio's rule for appointed defense counsel, OAC 120-1-10, is the candidate qualified to represent clients to defend an individual for a first or second or third degree felony? Ross T. Smith: more than 20 years. Prosecutor, Defense At

  1 October 2026 · Ross Smith for Judge · $200 – $299 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

• The contrast in this race is clear. Ross Smith brings decades of active courtroom experience and current judicial experience. His opponent has never had a trial in a Common Pleas courtroom and has not practiced law in the last three years. Ross' opponent thinks his last name will carry him, but judicial experience is not inherited. It is earned through years of preparation, responsibility, and service in the courtroom. For more than 20 years, Ross Smith has built that experience in Mahoning

  5 October 2026 · Ross Smith for Judge · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

• A question before you vote: Does experience matter to you? Ross T. Smith has more than twenty years of felony criminal trial experience and complex civil trial experience in Ohio and Pennsylvania courtrooms. In fact, he has presided over multiple jury trials as the Magistrate in the very court on your ballot. His opponent was a civil prosecutor representing county boards, then a township administrator. He has never sat on a bench, presided over a case, and has never conducted a trial. The Co

  22 September 2026 · Ross Smith for Judge · $100 – $199 · 15K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

• My opponent thinks he can fool you. He thinks you will see the name D'Apolito on a yard sign and remember a judge you respected. He thinks you will not ask which D'Apolito is actually on the ballot. So ask. Mark D'Apolito has never been a judge. He has never been a magistrate. He has never presided over a single case. He’s never faced a jury or had a trial. Then he became a township administrator, a position that doesn’t require a license to practice law. Mark told the Morning Journal (Jan. 202

  13 September 2026 · Ross Smith for Judge · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

• 👻 This Halloween, the scariest thing in Mahoning County isn’t ghosts or goblins. It’s the thought of electing someone to the bench who has never had a civil or criminal trial before and who has never been in front of a jury. ⚖️ Experience matters. Especially in a courtroom. Magistrate Ross Smith brings over 20 years of courtroom experience as a prosecutor, defense attorney, and now a sitting magistrate who presides over cases and trials. His opponent? No jury or bench trial experience, no

  26 October 2026 · Ross Smith for Judge · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library