MAY 30, 2025
Summit County Honors Judge Jones’ Valor Court Legacy
In recognition of National Treatment Court Month, Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Susan Baker Ross revealed a portrait of her predecessor, former Judge Amy Corrigall Jones, honoring her lasting impact on Valor Court.
MAY 28, 2025
Case Statistics Annual Report for 2024 Details Operational Innovation and Efficiency
The Supreme Court of Ohio has released the 2024 Case Statistics Annual Report. The report provides a detailed analysis of the Supreme Court’s caseload and operational efficiency.
MAY 27, 2025
Judicial Assignment Annual Report for 2024 Highlights Innovation, Improvement, and Accountability
The Supreme Court of Ohio has released the 2024 Judicial Assignment Program Annual Report. The program ensures the availability of a judge when an elected or appointed judge is unavailable to hear a case, advancing the timely administration of justice and resolution of cases.
Conduct Board Announces June Disciplinary Hearings
The following is the schedule of disciplinary cases set for hearing before the Ohio Board of Professional Conduct in June.
MAY 22, 2025
Court’s 2024 Annual Report Highlights Dynamic Innovation and Continuous Improvement
The 2024 Annual Report of the Supreme Court of Ohio has been released. This year’s theme, “Dynamic Innovation in the Administration of Justice: Perpetual Change Requires Continuous Quality Improvement,” reflects the Supreme Court’s mission to adapt and evolve in safeguarding rights and upholding justice while remaining steadfast in its commitment to serving the people of Ohio.
Seats of Justice: Ashland County
Our next stop on the tour of Ohio’s county courthouses takes you to the historic Ashland County!
MAY 20, 2025
Newly Sworn Attorneys Encouraged To Be Lifelong Learners
Nearly 140 new attorneys took their oaths of office administered by Supreme Court of Ohio Chief Justice Sharon L. Kennedy.
MAY 28, 2025
Supreme Court: Property Taxes Due From Natural Gas Pipeline Owner Disputed
The company Rover Pipeline was created about 10 years ago to build an interstate pipeline to expand capacity for transporting natural gas from Marcellus and Utica Shale regions, which include parts of Ohio.
Supreme Court Finds Trial Court Should Not Conduct Hearing Neither Party Requested
The Supreme Court of Ohio today vacated an appeals court decision requiring a trial court to hold a hearing that neither party in the case requested.
MAY 22, 2025
Former Prosecutor Suspended for Inappropriate Conduct Toward Employees
The Supreme Court of Ohio today suspended former Hocking County Prosecutor Ryan Black for two years, with six months stayed, for engaging in a pattern of sexual misconduct with two of his office employees.
MAY 21, 2025
Prison Term Mandatory When Conviction Includes Additional Time for Gun Possession
Because a firearm specification enhances a prison sentence, an offender must receive a prison sentence for the felony involving a gun in addition to the mandatory prison time for the firearm specification, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today.
MAY 7, 2025
Supreme Court: Drug Dealer Contests Trial in Neighboring County Based on Another Dealer’s Sales
Kenneth Brown is an admitted drug dealer and a “Tecumseh Street Gangster.” Police observed him in 2019 busily going in and out of houses on the 800 block of Tecumseh Street in Toledo and selling cocaine to buyers in cars pulling up to the curb.
Court Rejects Additional Benefits for Widow of Worker Who Died At Steel Plant
The Supreme Court of Ohio today upheld a state agency’s denial of additional death benefits to the widow of a security guard who died of asphyxiation seconds after entering a room accidentally filled with nitrogen gas.
MAY 1, 2025
School Administrators Not Entitled to Reinstatement After District Reorganization
The Supreme Court of Ohio today declined to reinstate four Monroe County school administrators whose positions were eliminated.
APRIL 30, 2025
Court Approves Permits for Licking County Solar Farm
The Supreme Court of Ohio today held that the Ohio Power Siting Board properly authorized the construction of a large-scale solar farm in Licking County.
JUNE 4, 2025
New Judge Appointed to Cuyahoga County Common Pleas
An attorney from Solon will soon fill a vacant seat on the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court.
MAY 29, 2025
Curtin Appointed to Stow Municipal Court
A new judge will soon take the bench of Stow Municipal Court.
MAY 14, 2025
Appellate Judge Soars From Trauma to Triumph
Judge Michael John Ryan of the Eighth District Court of Appeals has been preparing all his professional life for the opportunity to sit on the Supreme Court of Ohio. Many who grew up like Judge Ryan might find themselves seated on the other side of the bench, yet his unrivaled work ethic allowed him to beat the odds.
MAY 9, 2025
Akron Specialized Docket Focuses on Participants with Multiple OVI Convictions
Akron Municipal Court has a new judge presiding over its OVI Court, formerly known as Active Recovery Creates Hope (ARCH) Court.
APRIL 29, 2025
Incredible Honor, Extraordinary Experience: Judge Zayas Serves on Supreme Court of Ohio
Judge Marilyn Zayas of the First District Court of Appeals described her assignment at the Supreme Court of Ohio as both an incredible honor and an extraordinary experience.
MARCH 27, 2025
Sixth District Judge Grateful for Supreme Court Assignment
Judge Thomas Osowik of the Sixth District Court of Appeals expressed both gratitude, and a deep sense of responsibility as he prepared for his third assignment at the Ohio Supreme Court.
MARCH 24, 2025
Appellate Judge Follows Father’s Every Footstep
Judge Robert Hendrickson’s path to the judiciary was paved by his own father, retired Judge William Hendrickson.
JUNE 9, 2025
Vandalia man sentenced to at least 3 years for child porn: Dayton Daily News
A Vandalia man will spend at least three years in prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges last month.
Lisbon man sentenced, designated sex offender for child sex images: WFMJ
A Lisbon man has been sentenced to 10 to 11 years in prison for possessing sexually explicit images of children.