Meet Judge Janik
Judge Frank Janik has been serving as Judge of the Lorain County Domestic Relations Court since 2012. With a robust legal background spanning over two decades, Judge Janik practiced criminal and civil law for 23 years before taking the bench. He has previously worked with John Nemeth and Associates in Columbus on insurance defense and civil litigation and Kenneth Rothgery and Associates in Elyria on personal injury and malpractice law. Additionally, he was a sole practitioner in Amherst where he practiced criminal defense and personal injury law, and he also acted as an Assistant Prosecutor for Lorain County where he prosecuted major felony cases.
Throughout his judicial career, Judge Janik has overseen all three specialized courts within the Lorain County Juvenile Court system: the Juvenile Drug Court, the Family Drug Court, and the Mental Health Court. He has also served as Administrative Judge. His leadership extends to roles such as Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President, and Board Director of the Ohio Association of Juvenile Court Judges, and as a representative of the Second District. Additionally, the Chief Justice appointed him to the Ohio Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on Children and Families, and he currently sits on the Ohio Judicial College Executive Committee.
Judge Janik’s dedication to public service is evident through his roles beyond the courtroom. He has been a councilman at large in Amherst, an adjunct professor at Lorain County Community College where he taught criminal law and procedure, an Arbitrator in Lorain and Franklin County courts, and Acting Judge in the Oberlin Municipal Court. He has also contributed to the legal community as a member of the Executive Board of the Lorain County Bar Association and as Chair of its Criminal Law section.
Educationally, Judge Janik graduated magna cum laude from Kent State University with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Political Science and went on to receive his law degree with honors from Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.
