John R. Willamowski is currently serving as a Judge in the Ohio Court of Appeals Division 3. He was first elected in 2006 and is serving his 3rd term. He has been chosen to serve as the presiding judge of the Ohio Third District Court of Appeals in 2024. John also served 5 terms in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1997-2006, where he was the chair of the Judiciary Committee, Civil and Commercial Law Committee, Municipal Government and Urban Revitalization Committee, and Correctional Institution Inspection Committee.

Prior to becoming a judge, John worked in private practice law.

John is from South Bend, Indiana. He has a bachelors degree in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame and a law degree from Ohio Northern University. John and his wife Mona have four children.