David Land was appointed the Magistrate in the Hancock County Probate and Juvenile Court on January 5, 2015. Prior to that, he was employed as a Prosecutor in Defiance County for approximately twenty-four (24) years. He graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Arts in 1985 and received his Juris Doctor from the Ohio Northern University in 1989. He is one of the founding members of the Domestic Violence Task Force in Defiance, Ohio. David is married to his wife Cindy and they have three children.