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Pat DeWine
Justice, Ohio Supreme Court
Background: DeWine was previously a judge on the Ohio First District Court of Appeals. Before joining the appellate court, DeWine practiced law with the firm of Keating, Muething & Klekamp in Cincinnati, Ohio, for 13 years.
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, 2017
- Current term ends
- January 2, 2029
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 8, 2022
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Republican
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Strong Republican (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: Miami University, 1990
- Law: University of Michigan Law School, 1994
- Prior offices
- Ohio First District Court of Appeals (2013 - 2017)
- 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 Pat DeWine’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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