Magistrate Jamie L. Allen joined the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations Division, in September 2017.   Prior to joining the Court, Magistrate Allen practiced predominately family law for 15 years.   In addition to being a family law practitioner, Magistrate Allen was an adjunct professor at Columbus State Community College teaching a variety of law and legal studies courses in the paralegal program.

Magistrate Allen hails from Wapakoneta, Ohio, a largely agricultural community in Northwest Ohio.  Magistrate Allen attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Arts with minors in History, English and Political Science.  She then obtained her Juris Doctorate degree from Ohio Northern University before joining a small family law practice in Wapakoneta, Ohio, as a general practitioner.  Magistrate Allen moved to Columbus, Ohio, in 2004 and has focused her practice on family law since that time.

Magistrate Allen is a member of the Delaware County Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association.

Magistrate Clinger has been practicing law for over thirty years and has served on the bench for over twenty-one years.  She graduated from Ohio Northern University Law School in 1986.  As well as earning her Juris Doctorate degree from Ohio Northern University, Magistrate Clinger has earned an Associate’s degree from Victor Valley College and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Dayton.

Magistrate Clinger began the practice of law in Morrow County, where she was born.  As a sole practitioner, Magistrate Clinger primarily represented clients in domestic and criminal cases. In 1991 she began serving as a magistrate for Judge Thomas Louden in the Delaware County Juvenile Court, where she heard delinquency, unruly, abuse, and neglect cases as well as custody, paternity, and child support matters.  In 1991, she returned to the private practice of law with an office in Delaware, Ohio.

In 2008, she returned to the bench as magistrate and staff attorney for Judge W. Duncan Whitney. During this time, she was primarily responsible for civil cases until 2014, when she began to also hear domestic cases. Since that time, Magistrate Clinger has continued to hear domestic cases for Judge David Gormley and now for Judge Randall Fuller.

In addition to the practice of law and serving on the bench as magistrate, Magistrate Clinger has served as an Acting Judge in the Morrow County Municipal Court, served as a board member on the Delaware Morrow County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board, served on the Ohio State Bar Association’s Board of Governors and taught a criminal law course at Marion Technical College.  Before earning her license to practice law, she worked within the court system as a probation officer, bailiff, and deputy clerk. She also worked in a half-way house for criminal offenders while attending college.

Magistrate Sandra Eicher joined the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations Division, in May 2017.  She has served Delaware County since 2009 as Staff Attorney for the Delaware County Child Support Enforcement Agency. Magistrate Eicher previously maintained a private practice limited to juvenile law, family law, and guardian ad litem work.   She has additionally served as Staff Attorney for the Franklin County Child Support Enforcement Agency; the Coshocton County Department of Human Services, Child Support Division; and Franklin County Children Services. 

Magistrate Eicher is a graduate of Strongsville High School in northern Ohio.  She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Akron with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science/Criminal Justice and received her Juris Doctor degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (currently known as Cleveland State University College of Law).

Magistrate Eicher was commissioned through ROTC as a U.S. Army officer in 1987, initially serving in the Adjutant General’s Corps.  She was later reappointed in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps.  In 2012, after over 24 years of service, she retired from the U.S. Army Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel.

Magistrate Eicher is a member of the Ohio Association of Magistrates, Delaware County Bar Association, and the Ohio State Bar Association.

Magistrate Heather R. Gall joined the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations Division in September of 2017 after having practiced domestic relations law for 18 years.  She practiced domestic relations law at Friedman & Mirman, LPA for 13 years, where she was the Senior Associate, and for 5 years at Thomas Law Group where she also practiced general civil litigation, probate, estate planning, and bankruptcy.  She is also experienced in appellate work, arguing cases in several Ohio districts.  In addition to her litigation and appellate work, Magistrate Gall was as an Adjunct Legal Writing Professor at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law for three years, teaching students in the Appellate Advocacy program.

Born in Wheeling, West Virginia, Magistrate Gall grew up in Martins Ferry, Ohio – an eastern Ohio town located on the banks of the Ohio River in Belmont County.  She relocated to Columbus to attend The Ohio State University and graduated summa cum laude in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology.  In 1999, she earned her Juris Doctorate with honors from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where she also served as Executive Director of the Appellate Advocacy Council during her third year.

Prior to joining the Court, Magistrate Gall was an OSBA Certified Specialist in Family Relations law and also served on the OSBA Family Relations Law Specialty Certification Board.  She was also named an Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star by Law & Politics magazine on multiple occasions as well as a Top Lawyer by Columbus CEO magazine.  She is currently a member of the Ohio Association of Magistrates, Delaware County Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.

Magistrate Amanda Sims is a magistrate for the domestic relations division of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas. She joined the Court in 2022 after practicing family law for nearly 12 years.

Magistrate Sims is a 2003 graduate of DuPont Manual High School in Louisville, KY. She graduated with honors in 2006 from the University of Kentucky in Business Administration and graduated with honors and obtained her juris doctorate from Capital University Law School in Columbus, OH.

Prior to joining the Court, Magistrate Sims was an OSBA Certified Specialist in Family Relations law.  She was also named an Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star by Law & Politics magazine from 2016 thru 2022 .  She is currently a member of the Ohio Association of Magistrates, Delaware County Bar Association and Ohio State Bar Association.

Magistrate Nicholas W. Yaeger began his role in November 2023 as a magistrate for the Domestic Relations Division of the Delaware County Common Pleas Court, appointed by Judge Randall D. Fuller. Magistrate Yaeger was in private practice focusing on family law for 20 years prior to his appointment.

Hailing from New Albany, Ohio, Magistrate Yaeger pursued his undergraduate studies at Franklin University in Columbus graduating with honors, Summa Cum Laude.  He attended Capital University Law School earning his Juris Doctor degree, graduating in the top 10% of his class, Magna Cum Laude. He was inducted to the “Order of the Curia”, a legal fraternity for academic excellence.

In his professional capacity while in private practice, Magistrate Yaeger has been consistently rated by his peers as an “A.V. Preeminent®” attorney for having high ethical standards and legal abilities.  He has consistently been voted as an “Ohio Super Lawyer” and included in “Best Lawyers in America”.  He has also been included in C.E.O. Magazine as one of Columbus’ “Best Lawyers”.  Magistrate Yaeger is a Columbus Bar Foundation Fellow, a trustee member of the Capital University Law School Alumni Association Board, and a member of the Ohio Bar Association, Delaware County Bar Association, Columbus Bar Association, and the Ohio Association of Magistrates.