Carl Aveni is running for Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge, General Division, in the Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, general election. The race is nonpartisan.

Aveni has served as a Franklin County Common Pleas Court judge since 2021, according to BallotReady election data. He is certified for the ballot.

Candidate information

  • Family: Married with two children
  • Education: Bachelor's degree from American University (1991); law degree, cum laude, from Boston University (1996)
  • Community involvement: Member and chair of the investment committee at Maple Grove United Methodist Church in Columbus; former den leader (six years) for Cub Scout Pack 74, Simon Kenton Council
  • Professional memberships: International Association of Defense Counsel, where he has served as state membership chair and vice chair of programming for the trial techniques and tactics committee and the business litigation committee

Experience and public service

Aveni practiced law before taking the bench. He worked as an associate at Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP from 1998 to 2006, according to the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council. He then joined Carlile, Patchen & Murphy LLP, where he served as partner from 2006 to 2021, according to BallotReady. At that firm he also held the roles of co-chair of the litigation department and in-house general counsel, according to the trades council endorsement.

During law school, Aveni served as an editor of the Boston University Law Review, according to his Judicial Votes Count profile.

He has served as a Franklin County Common Pleas Court judge since 2021, according to BallotReady.

On the issues

No issue positions or policy responses from Aveni were available for this profile.

Endorsements

Aveni has received endorsements from two labor organizations, each claimed by the endorsing body:

  • Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council
  • AFL-CIO

The Dublin Ledger compiled this profile from publicly available candidate information, election data and endorsement records. No candidate questionnaire responses were available at the time of publication.