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

Patrick F. Fischer

Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals

Patrick F. Fischer 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, Fischer authored 146 published opinions for the court (2011–2016). Most cited: R.K. v. Little Miami Golf Ctr. (30 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. 1 of these was attributed to Fischer 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
2013	R.K. v. Little Miami Golf Ctr.	2013 Ohio 4939	30
2012	State v. Ruff	2012 Ohio 1910	29
2013	State v. Stevens	2013 Ohio 5218	25
2015	State v. Rice	2015 Ohio 5481	19
2014	State v. Jones	2014 Ohio 3110	16
2011	Brown v. Village of Lincoln Heights	2011 Ohio 3551	16
2016	State v. Amos	2016 Ohio 1319	14
2014	State v. Jackson	2014 Ohio 5008	14
2013	State v. Adams	2013 Ohio 926	14
2012	State v. North	2012 Ohio 5200	14
2011	Tidewater Finance Co. v. Cowns	2011 Ohio 6720	14
2014	State v. Mitchem	2014 Ohio 2366	13
2013	State v. Lee	2013 Ohio 1811	13
2013	In re Raheem L.	2013 Ohio 2423	12
2014	In re Adoption of S.J.M.H.	2014 Ohio 3565	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 146 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 Patrick F. Fischer on?: Patrick F. Fischer 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).