How do judges of the Ohio Court of Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is partisan election.

Ohio Court of Appeals / Joined 2011 / Active

Kathleen Ann Keough

Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals

Kathleen Ann Keough is a Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals, serving since 2011. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2011 · 15 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2011	Ohio Court of Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Keough authored 807 published opinions for the court (2011–2026), plus 3 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: State v. Pawlak (92 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 5 of these were attributed to Keough by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2014	State v. Pawlak	2014 Ohio 2175	92
2013	State v. Hill	2013 Ohio 578	74
2012	In re C.V.M.	2012 Ohio 5514	73
2013	State v. Wells	2013 Ohio 3722	60
2011	State v. Roseberry	2011 Ohio 5921	50
2011	State v. Banks	2011 Ohio 5671	44
2021	State v. Wilburn	168 N.E.3d 873	43
2011	Revilo Tyluka, L.L.C. v. Simon Roofing & Sheet Metal Corp.	2011 Ohio 1922	43
2021	State v. Davidson-Dixon	170 N.E.3d 557	42
2014	State v. Priest	2014 Ohio 1735	39
2017	State v. Price	2017 Ohio 533	38
2016	Telecom Acquisition Corp. I, Inc. v. Lucic Ents., Inc.	2016 Ohio 1466	38
2012	State v. Kamleh	2012 Ohio 2061	35
2020	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Lundeen	2020 Ohio 28	33
2012	State v. Milczewski	2012 Ohio 1743	33

Showing the 15 most-cited of 811 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Ohio Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is partisan election.
Which court is Kathleen Ann Keough on?: Kathleen Ann Keough is a Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals.

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15 years on the Ohio Court of Appeals. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).