Judge E. Gerald Parker, Jr.

Judge Gerald Parker was elected to the Common Pleas Court Bench, General Division, in November of 2018, taking office in early January of 2019. He serves on the Offender Supervision and Security Committee. Judge Parker received his B.A. from Georgetown College (KY.) in 2004 and his J.D. from Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University in 2007.

From 2007 to 2011, Judge Parker was an Assistant Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney spending a majority of his time on felony dockets. In 2012, Judge Parker joined the civil litigation team with the Dayton firm of Dyer, Garofalo Mann and Schultz. He would then be appointed as juvenile magistrate for Montgomery County Juvenile Court in 2016.

Judge Parker is a member of the Dayton and Ohio State Bar Association, the Ohio Common Pleas Judges Association and the Ohio Black Judges Association. He serves as Board President for Building Bridges, Inc., and on the board for the Salvation Army.

He is a member of numerous community organizations and received both Dayton’s Top 10 African-American Male Award and WHIO Channel 7’s Making a Difference Award.  Judge Parker became Montgomery County’s first African-American male elected to serve on the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Bench.  Judge Parker often volunteers at various churches, schools and community organizations.