Carl Aveni is running for Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge, General Division, in the Nov. 3 general election. The term begins Jan. 1.

Aveni, who is certified for the ballot, has served as a Common Pleas Court judge since 2021, according to BallotReady. The race is nonpartisan.

Franklin County Common Pleas Court is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction for the county. Its General Division judges hear civil and criminal cases filed in Franklin County, which includes Upper Arlington, Grandview Heights and Marble Cliff.

Candidate information

  • Residence: Columbus, Ohio
  • Family: Married with two children
  • Education: Bachelor's degree from American University (1991); juris doctor, cum laude, from Boston University (1996)
  • Community involvement: Member and chair of the Investment Committee at Maple Grove United Methodist Church, Columbus; former den leader (six years) for Cub Scout Pack 74, Simon Kenton Council
  • Professional memberships: International Association of Defense Counsel, where he has served as state membership chair and vice chair of programming for the Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee and the Business Litigation Committee

Experience and public service

Aveni practiced law for more than two decades before taking the bench. He worked as an associate at Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP from 1998 to 2006, according to the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council. He then joined Carlile, Patchen & Murphy LLP, where he served as partner from 2006 to 2021. At that firm he also held the roles of co-chair of the litigation department and in-house general counsel, according to the trades council.

During law school, Aveni served as an editor of the Boston University Law Review.

On the issues

No issue positions or policy responses from Aveni were available for this profile.

Endorsements

The following organizations have endorsed Aveni's candidacy. The Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council published its endorsement on its website. The AFL-CIO endorsement is listed in BallotReady's profile data.

  • Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council
  • AFL-CIO

This profile was compiled from publicly available candidate information, including the Judicial Votes Count questionnaire and BallotReady. No candidate questionnaire responses on policy issues were available at the time of publication.