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Jacqueline Gaines
Adjunct Professor of Law
Adjunct
School of Law
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Jacqueline V. Gaines is a magistrate in the Montgomery County Domestic Relations Court, located in Dayton, Ohio. Magistrate Gaines presides over evidentiary hearings, and provides written recommendations to the court for pre-divorce decree and post-divorce decree motions related to child support, spousal support, custody, parenting time, contempt, and domestic violence. She also hears and provides recommendations to the court regarding Civil Rule 60 motions; motions related to temporary orders; and motions concerning foreign decrees and support matters. In addition, by order of reference, she hears and decides contested and non-contested divorces; legal separations; and annulments. She also serves as a mediator in the Court’s Mediation Department.
Prior to becoming a magistrate, Jacqueline focused her private practice on commercial litigation, employment law, and workers’ compensation law.
Degrees
B.A., DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, 2001
J.D., Indiana University, Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, IN, 2004
Bar Admissions
State of Ohio, 2004
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
State of Missouri, 2008 (Inactive)
U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
Professional Associations
American Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
Ohio Association of Magistrates
Dayton Bar Association
Thurgood Marshall Law Society
Stanley Z. Greenberg Family Law Forum
Honors and Awards
Ohio Rising Star Super Lawyer Recognition, 2007
Ohio Rising Star Super Lawyer Recognition, 2009
Order of Barristers
Pi Sigma Alpha, Political Science Honor Society
Mortar Board, National College Senior Honor Society