David A. Casement is seeking re-election on the Republican ticket to the position of District Magistrate Judge, Chautauqua County, Fourteenth Judicial District. Casement has held the position, which requires service in both Chautauqua and Montgomery counties, from 1987 until 1997 and from 2001 to the present.

Magistrate judges hear a wide variety of cases including criminal, civil, small claims, probate, adoption, juvenile, traffic and care and treatment. He has qualified to hold the position by passing the test administered by the Office of Judicial Administration and by completing several courses of study at the National Judicial College.

Casement was born in Chautauqua county and has lived and worked here all his life. He is currently on the board of directors of Chautauqua County Rural Water District #3 and Chautauqua County Farm Bureau. His wife, Leota, is involved in volunteer organizations such as S.A.E.D.C., Chautauqua County Fair Board and Chautauqua County Farm Bureau, and works part time as Sedan Court Clerk and at Mel’s General Store.

Their daughter, Jennifer Monday, works at the First National Bank, and her husband, Brad, operates Monday Home Improvement. Their son, Jeremy, is a fourth grader in Sedan Elementary School.

Their son, Jerod, works on the River Basin Ranch south of Bartlesville.

Their other son, Daniel, is in graduate school at Washburn University in Topeka.

Casement’s mother, Betty White, resides in Sedan with her husband, Paul.

“I take very seriously the responsibility and authority entrusted to me by the citizens of Chautauqua county. I try every day to fulfill that responsibility and to use that authority wisely and fairly. I try: to settle civil disputes in as fair and reasonable a manner as the facts and the law allow; to punish law-breakers in a way that will modify their future behavior and will give them an opportunity to become better citizens and to protect children who are thrown into the legal system by neglectful or abusive parents,” said Casement.

Casement continued, “I have been told by attorneys and litigants that my patience and sense of fairness are perhaps my greatest attributes. I hope that is good. I really try to make everyone feel that they had the opportunity to tell their side of the story and that they got a fair shake, win or lose, when court is over. I try to do my job in a way that makes life easier for the court clerks, the other judges and law enforcement and I am grateful for the support that I have from the many people who work in and around the court system in both counties.”

Casement concluded, “I am asking for your support and your vote on August 5. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to call me.”

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