Judge Foellger

Judge D. Michael (Mickey) Foellger was selected in December of 2002 by Chief Justice Joseph Lambert to be the first Family Court Judge in the 17th Judicial Circuit serving Campbell County.

The Judge has been on the bench for 15 years, longer than any Judge in Campbell County. Judge Foellger served as a District Judge in Campbell County for 12 years, and was the Chief Regional District Judge for Northern Kentucky, which covers 20 counties. He has had over 20 years experience in Juvenile Court, serving first as a Guardian Ad Litem representing children and then as the Chief Juvenile Prosecutor from 1985 until 1990, when he took a position as Assistant Commonwealth Attorney specializing in child abuse cases.

He attended the National Judicial College for the course entitled "Children in the Court" in 1992 and helped establish the community pediatric clinic in 1987 as a member of the Campbell County Child Abuse Advisory Board. He was President of the Northern Kentucky Bar Association in 1991 and was President of the District Judges Association of Kentucky in 2000. He received a B.S. from Xavier University in 1969, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1972.

Judge Foellger has taught dependency, neglect and abuse statutory review at the Kids are Worth It! Conference presented by Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky, and has taught juvenile law to Kentucky's District and Circuit Judges, other court personnel in the Court Improvement Project, at the KBA's Regional Updates, at the Kentucky State Police Academy, at the Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University and many other forums. He also established the second Juvenile Drug Court in Kentucky in 1999 over which he still presides, and he recently started three Truancy Courts in Campbell County.