In re Disqualification of Hoover

{¶ 1} Attorney Paul D. Harmon — counsel for a daughter of the ward listed in the caption above — has filed an affidavit with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2101.39 and 2701.03, seeking the disqualification of Judge Robert Hoover from acting on any further proceedings in case No. 2006-0367 in the Court of Common Pleas of Licking County, Probate Division. Harmon’s sister, Susan Winkfield, has filed an affidavit as well.

{¶ 2} Harmon explains that he ran unsuccessfully for judicial office against Judge Hoover in 1996, and he indicates that the campaign grew heated at times. Harmon was also…