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 / Served to 2012

Rachel Hutzel

Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals

Rachel Hutzel was a Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 2011. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 2011–2012 · 1 yr

Judicial service

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

Judicial Record

In our data, Hutzel authored 3 published opinions for the court (2011). Most cited: Henry v. Richardson (18 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. 3 of these were attributed to Hutzel 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
2011	Henry v. Richardson†	193 Ohio App. 3d 375	18
2011	In re D.M.†	196 Ohio App. 3d 50	8
2011	State v. Clay†	196 Ohio App. 3d 305	4

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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 was Rachel Hutzel on?: Rachel Hutzel was a Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals.

Sources

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1 year 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).