Governor DeWine appoints Payne to Vinton County Court of Common Pleas

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Tuesday announced the appointment of James Payne to the Vinton County Court of Pleas, General and Domestic Relations Division.

Payne, of McArthur, will assume office July 31 and will be taking the seat formerly held by James Salyer, who resigned the seat, effective June 4. Payne will serve the remainder of the unfinished term and will need to run for election in November 2024 to retain the seat for a subsequent term..

Payne began his career in law in 1994 as a judicial attorney in Lawrence County. In November of 2020, Payne was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Vinton County. 

Before receiving his law degree from Capital University Law School in 1994, Payne earned a bachelor of business administration degree in systems analysis from Harding University in 1984.