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Supreme Court of Ohio

Columbus · A court of last resort in Ohio.

The Supreme Court of Ohio is the highest court in Ohio. Its justices are chosen by partisan election. This page lists every justice to serve on the court, current and former, with when they joined the bench and whom they succeeded.

Justices in history

Currently serving

Partisan

Selection

6-yr

Term

Current justices

Justice	Since
Paul E. Pfeifer	1993
Maureen O'Connor	2003
Terrance O'Donnell	2003
Judith Ann Lanzinger	2005
Sharon L. Kennedy	2012
William Michael O'Neill	2013

Former justices

Justice	Years
Yvette McGee Brown	2011–2012
Eric Brown	2010–2010
Robert R. Cupp	2007–2013
Evelyn Lundberg Stratton	1996–2012
Deborah L. Cook	1995–2003
Francis Edward Sweeney Sr.	1993–2004
Alice Robie Resnick	1989–2007
Herbert R. Brown	1987–1993
Thomas J. Moyer	1987–2010
Andrew Douglas	1985–2002
J. Craig Wright	1985–1996
James P. Celebrezze	1983–1985
Clifford F. Brown	1981–1987
Blanche Ethel Krupansky	1981–1983
David Dudley Dowd Jr.	1980–1981
Robert E. Holmes	1978–1992
Robert E. Leach	1978–1978
Ralph Sidney Locher	1977–1989
Asher William Sweeney	1977–1994
William B. Brown	1973–1984
Frank D. Celebrezze	1972–1986
Lloyd Odom Brown	1971–1973
Leonard J. Stern	1970–1977
James Joseph Patrick Corrigan	1969–1976
Robert Morton Duncan	1969–1971
Paul W. Brown	1964–1968
Louis J. Schneider Jr.	1964–1972
Rankin MacDougal Gibson	1963–1964
Lynn B. Griffith	1962–1964
C William O'Neill	1960–1978
John Weld Peck II	1959–1960
Thomas J. Herbert	1957–1980
James F. Bell	1955–1962
John M. Matthias	1954–1970
John H. Lamneck	1953–1954
Howard E. Fought	1950–1950
Henry A. Middleton	1950–1954
Kingsley A. Taft	1949–1970
James Garfield Stewart	1947–1959
Robert M. Sohngen	1946–1948
Edward Steele Bell	1942–1947
Gilbert Bettman	1941–1942
Gilbert C. Turner	1940–1950
William H. Day	1935–1940
Roy L. Hart	1934–1959
Arthur Hughes Williams	1934–1946
Carl V. Weygandt	1933–1962
Charles Ballard Zimmerman	1933–1969
Edward Shiloh Matthias	1915–1953

How a justice reaches this court. Justices of the Supreme Court of Ohio are chosen in partisan elections to 6-year terms. Candidates are nominated in partisan primaries, and a 2021 law added party labels to the general-election ballot, making the contest partisan. Selection methods vary by jurisdiction and have changed over time; this page reflects the court’s current method (source: National Center for State Courts). Open any justice to see their tenure and whom they succeeded.

Source: CourtListener / Free Law Project (bulk data); selection method from the National Center for State Courts. Data last verified 2026-06-30. Verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).