Joyce Kimbler for Judge Video Clip for Fall Campaign

Kimbler Campaign Distributes Literature this Weekend

The Joyce Kimbler for Judge Committee conducted literature "drops" in Seville, Westfield Center, Brunswick, and Wadsworth this weekend. Literature drops are when volunteers leave the literature at the house as opposed to knocking on doors and talking to residents if they are home. We are always looking for more volunteers to do these drops. It takes about five hours or so to cover a precinct with one person, and they can be done over a period of time. The Kimbler campaign provides the list, a map of the area, and campaign literature. If you are interested in helping Joyce out by doing your precinct, click here to fill our a form.

Friday Night Lights: Joyce at the Medina-Wadsworth Game on September 12, 2014

Joyce spent her birthday at various campaign events including the Medina-Wadsworth High School Football game. Joyce greeted the crowd, along with other candidates running this fall.

What Confusion?

People supporting Joyce's opponent like to say that Joyce is trying to "confuse" the voters and trick them into thinking that she is actually her husband, Judge James L. Kimbler. This is a very interesting line of attack since the implication is that Joyce, by the very act of running, is "confusing" the voters and therefore they shouldn't vote for her.

While this attack may have superficial appeal to certain people, a moment's reflection shows that it is spurious. In virtually all of her campaign advertising Joyce displays either her name or a photo and in most cases both. This is true of her website, her Facebook page, and this blog. All three of those have her name and photo. Now it is hard to imagine that voters are going to confuse her with her husband, but if they do, there's nothing more that Joyce can do to point out to them that she, and not her husband, is the candidate. In other words any confusion in the minds of voters is not because of any actions by Joyce or her husband. 

This attack is also sexist. This attack seems to assume that professional women have no separate existence of their own, with their own careers, their own accomplishments, and their own success. That of course is not true. Joyce brings over 29 years of litigation experience to this campaign. She has been a trial lawyer in courts all across Ohio. She has represented thousands of clients like you, your family, your friends, and your neighbors. Long before she became Joyce V. Kimbler she was known as an accomplished and experienced litigator.

Indeed, based on responses to a open records request sent to all 88 Clerks of Courts in Ohio, Joyce has been an attorney of record in over 10 times as many cases as her opponent in Ohio's Common Pleas Courts. She has been an attorney of record in over 6 times as many cases in the Medina County Common Pleas Court as her opponent. As of August 4, 2014, her opponent had last filed a case in the Medina County Common Pleas Court in 2009. 

What this attack is really about is the hope of supporters of her opponent that voters won't take the time to compare the legal experience of both candidates in the race. That they won't take the time to analyze which candidate has the experience and the temperament to make a good judge for the Medina County Common Pleas Court. 

Joyce's campaign believes that the voters of Medina County are better than that and that they are willing to think before they vote. If they do we are confident that they will vote for Joyce Kimbler for Medina County Common Pleas Court.  

Not a Number, My Mother

by Brianna Laybourn

My mother is a factual and objective woman.  Ask her how many cases she’s litigated and where , and she’ll have an answer.  I will not be surprised when this number is phenomenal.  The fact I want to deal with is that Joyce Kimbler (nee Laybourn) is my mother.

She raised my brother and I as single mother starting when I was six and up until she remarried when I was nineteen.  By the time she marries James Kimbler she had been working as a litigator for 11 years full time.  She had tried many cases in actual court rooms.  But she did this, as many single mothers do, with endurance and fortitude.  When my father left us he cleaned out the bank account and took all the furniture.  My mother literally has had to start from scratch.  This has made her a fair and compassionate advocate of the clients put in her charge.  She would work second job teaching paralegals each year so my brother and I could have a Florida vacation.  Christmas always came after the new year when everything was put on clearance.

My mother told us always to be objective even if the reality was harsh.  So I can say objectively Joyce Laybourn Kimbler has the qualifications to make an excellent judge.  I am so very proud to be her daughter.

Why Me, Why Now?

Click on the article below to read a bigger version of the "Why Me, Why Now?" by Joyce that ran in the September 6, 2014 Trading Post. 

Swiss Steak Dinner at the Litchfield Assemblies of God on September 6, 2014

Earlier this summer Joyce and her husband attended a dinner at the Assemblies of God Church in Litchfield. The church is located on Norwalk Road, (State Route 18) just east of the Litchfield Circle. At that time the people at the church told Joyce that she should be sure to come back for the church's Swiss Steak Dinner in September. Joyce promised she would be back.

On Friday, September 5, 2014, Joyce kept her promise. She and her husband, Judge James L. Kimbler, stopped in for dinner before going to the Highland-Buckeye Football game. They enjoyed the Swiss steak and Jim enjoyed the pumpkin pie. The parishioners who recommended that Joyce come back for the Swiss steak certainly knew what they were talking about.

Friday Night Lights: Joyce at the Highland-Buckeye Game on September 5, 2014

Joyce was at the Highland Hornets game with the Buckeye Bucks on Friday, September 5. She met people, passed out literature and candy, and enjoyed the atmosphere of Friday night high school football in Medina County.

Medina County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting on September 4, 2014

Joyce and her husband, Judge James L. Kimbler attended the 2014 annual Medina County Farm Bureau Meeting held at the Chatham Township VFW on Thursday, September 4. The annual meeting is open to all Farm Bureau members and includes election of officers and reports on Farm Bureau activities during the preceding year. The members also discuss what positions they want their county, state, and national Farm Bureau organizations to take on certain issues. This meeting is also open to county office holders and candidates running for office in 2014. The Medina County Farm Bureau has a Facebook Page that can be seen by clicking here.

Taste of Wadsworth on September 3, 2014

Joyce was at A Taste of Wadsworth on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. The event was sponsored by Downtown Wadsworth. Downtown Wadsworth is a non-profit organization which promotes commercial development in downtown Wadsworth and sponsors events designed to bring people to the downtown area of Wadsworth. The event went from 5 to 8 pm and featured food offered by Wadsworth businesses and non-profit organizations as well as food trucks. Over the course of the event it was estimated that several thousand people would come through to purchase food and listen to music. Below are some pictures from the event.

People enjoying A Taste of Wadsworth 

Joyce at Ann's Pastry Shop, a downtown Wadsworth landmark and one of the exhibitors at A Taste of Wadsworth

Joyce with Wadsworth resident Julie Batey. Julie is on the Wadsworth Board of Education and is also active in the WHS Alumni organization