Probate judge admits to allegations in complaint XENIA — Greene County Probate Court Judge Thomas O’Diam answered a complaint alleging misconduct in his courtroom. The complaint, filed March 29 with the Ohio Board of Professional Conduct of the Supreme Court, alleges that the judge violated rule 2.8(B) of the code, which states that “A judge shall be patient, dignified, and courteous to litigants, jurors, witnesses, lawyers, court staff, court officials, and others with whom the judge deals in an official capacity, and shall require similar conduct of lawyers, court staff, court officials, and others subject to the judge’s direction and control.”