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State of Ohio Supreme Court Justices. Seated from left: Justice Patrick F. Fischer, Chief Justice Sharon L. Kennedy, and Justice R. Patrick Dewine. Standing from left: Justice Jennifer Brunner, Justice Michael P. Donnelly, Justice Melody J. Stewart, and Justice Joseph T. Deters.
- Patrick Fischer
Justice Fischer began his first six-year term on the Supreme...
- Joseph Deters
Justice Joseph T. Deters is the 163rd justice of the Supreme...
- Sharon Kennedy
Sharon L. Kennedy was elected Chief Justice of the Supreme...
- Melody Stewart
Melody Stewart was elected in November 2018 to a full term...
- R. DeWine
Justice Pat DeWine was reelected to a second term on the...
- Michael Donnelly
Justice Michael P. Donnelly is the 160th justice of the...
- Jennifer Brunner
Justice Jennifer Brunner serves as one of seven justices of...
- Justices 1803 to Present
As a joint research project of the Supreme Court of Ohio and...
- Patrick Fischer
Seal of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Bold indicates chief judge or chief justice. The Ohio Supreme Court was created by the Ohio Constitution of 1802 with three judges, and had three or four through 1851. In 1851, the number of judges was increased to five.
NameBegan Active ServiceEnded Active ServicePolitical Affiliation2023present2021present2019present2019presentThe following chart indicates each Supreme Court term since the modern position of chief justice was created with the appointment of Chief Justice Hugh L. Nichols on Sept. 22, 1913. The names highlighted in bold represent the year the justice was sworn into office for a new, full six-year term.
Sep 5, 2024 · Gov. Mike DeWine appointed Deters to the Ohio Supreme Court in January 2023 and he is running for a full-term seat. Deters is the first Ohio Supreme Court justice in 30 years without any previous experience as a judge. The 66-year-old previously served as the longest-tenured prosecutor in Hamilton County from 1992 to 1999 and again from 2005 to ...
The Supreme Court of the State of Ohio is the highest court in the U.S. state of Ohio, with final authority over interpretations of Ohio law and the Ohio Constitution. The court has seven members, a chief justice and six associate justices, who are elected at large by the voters of Ohio for six-year terms. The court has a total of 1,550 other ...
Nov 1, 2024 · Justice Melody Stewart. Perhaps the highest profile race is the one between two justices. First term Democrat Melody Stewart is running for re-election, and Republican Joe Deters, who was ...
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As of January 2023, there were four Republican and three Democratic judges on the court. The Ohio Supreme Court meets in the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center in Columbus. The court hears oral arguments on a biweekly basis from September to June.