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Joseph Deters
Justice, Ohio Supreme Court
Background: Deters served as the Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney from 1992 to 1999 and again beginning in 2005. Prior to this, Deters was clerk of courts for Hamilton County.
At a glance
- Court
- Ohio Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Elected
- Appointed by
- Not applicable (elected)
- Appointment date
- Not applicable (elected)
- Took office
- January 2, 2025
- Current term ends
- January 2, 2031
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 5, 2024
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Republican
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Not listed
- Education
- High school: St. Xavier High School
- Bachelor's: University of Cincinnati
- Law: University of Cincinnati College of Law
- Prior offices
- Hamilton County Prosecutor (Year left office: 2023)
- Ohio Supreme Court (2023 - 2024)
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Partisan electionVoters elect the justices; candidates' party labels appear on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on Joseph Deters’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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