Sharon L. Kennedy
Sharon L. Kennedy is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, serving since 2012. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1962 · age 64
- Tenure
- Since 2012 · 13 yrs
Judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Supreme Court of Ohio | – | – |
Judicial Record
In our data, Kennedy authored 250 published opinions for the court (2013–2026), plus 49 dissents and 34 concurrences. Most cited: State v. Harper (Slip Opinion) (319 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. 175 of these were attributed to Kennedy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | State v. Harper (Slip Opinion) | 159 N.E.3d 248 | 319 |
| 2023 | State v. Gwynne | 2023 Ohio 3851 | 232 |
| 2016 | State v. Williams (Slip Opinion)· Dissent† | 2016 Ohio 7658 | 230 |
| 2014 | State v. Morris (Slip Opinion)· Dissent† | 2014 Ohio 5052 | 212 |
| 2014 | State v. Neyland (Slip Opinion) | 2014 Ohio 1914 | 181 |
| 2018 | State v. Bishop (Slip Opinion)· Dissent† | 2018 Ohio 5132 | 173 |
| 2016 | State v. Sergent (Slip Opinion)† | 2016 Ohio 2696 | 162 |
| 2016 | State v. Belton (Slip Opinion) | 2016 Ohio 1581 | 156 |
| 2014 | State v. Osie (Slip Opinion) | 2014 Ohio 2966 | 155 |
| 2017 | State v. Aalim (Slip Opinion) | 2017 Ohio 2956 | 154 |
| 2015 | State v. Harris (Slip Opinion) | 2015 Ohio 166 | 151 |
| 2016 | Jacobson v. Kaforey (Slip Opinion)· Concurrence† | 2016 Ohio 8434 | 141 |
| 2015 | State v. Castagnola† | 145 Ohio St. 3d 1 | 136 |
| 2015 | State v. Anderson† | 143 Ohio St. 3d 173 | 128 |
| 2016 | Argabrite v. Neer· Concurrence† | 149 Ohio St. 3d 349 | 125 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 333 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 Supreme Court of Ohio reach the bench?
- The court's current selection method is partisan election.
- Which court is Sharon L. Kennedy on?
- Sharon L. Kennedy is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio.
Sources
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- CourtListener / Free Law Project
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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13 years on the Supreme Court of Ohio. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).