Hamilton County Municipal Judge Elisa Murphy

Hamilton County Municipal Judge Elisa Murphy

Gov. Mike DeWine recently appointed Elisa Murphy to serve as a judge on the Hamilton County Municipal Court. She is replacing Judge Fanon A. Rucker, who resigned.

She assumes office today and must run in the November 2019 election for the remainder of the term ending in January 2024.

Prior to the appointment, she served as a magistrate for the Hamilton County Juvenile Court and an adjunct professor teaching business ethics at Indiana Wesleyan University. She also has worked as an attorney with the Hamilton County Public Defender’s Office and in private practice, focusing on criminal, family, and civil law.

Judge Murphy is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the Cincinnati Bar Association, the Ohio Association of Magistrates, and the Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati.

Judge Murphy received her bachelor’s degree from Purdue University and law degree from the University of Akron School of Law.