Ohio District Courts of Appeals explained

The Ohio District Courts of Appeals are the intermediate appellate courts of the U.S. state of Ohio. The Ohio Constitution provides for courts of appeals that have jurisdiction to review final appealable orders. There are twelve appellate districts, each consisting of at least one county, and the number of judges in each district varies from four to twelve. Each case is heard by a three-judge panel. There are currently 69 courts of appeals judges as provided by statute. A court of appeals judge is an elected position, with a term of six years. The Ohio Supreme Court has the discretion to review cases from the courts of appeals, but generally the appeals process in Ohio ends with the decision of the court of appeals.

Judicial districts

District	Number of judges	Counties in district (major urban centers, seat in bold^[1])	Number of counties
First district	6	Hamilton (Cincinnati)	1
Second district	5	Champaign, Clark (Springfield), Darke, Greene, Miami, and Montgomery (Dayton)	6
Third district	4	Allen (Lima), Auglaize, Crawford, Defiance, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Logan, Marion, Mercer, Paulding, Putnam, Seneca, Shelby, Union, Van Wert, and Wyandot	17
Fourth district	4	Adams, Athens, Gallia, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Pickaway, Pike, Ross (Chillicothe), Scioto, Vinton, and Washington	14
Fifth district	6	Ashland, Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Guernsey, Holmes, Knox, Licking, Morgan, Morrow, Muskingum, Perry, Richland (Mansfield), Stark (Canton), and Tuscarawas	15
Sixth district	5	Erie, Fulton, Huron, Lucas (Toledo), Ottawa, Sandusky, Williams, and Wood	8
	4	Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Mahoning (Youngstown), Monroe, and Noble	8
Eighth district	12	Cuyahoga (Cleveland)	1
Ninth district	5	Lorain (Lorain), Medina, Summit (Akron), and Wayne	4
Tenth district	8	Franklin (Columbus)	1
	5	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Portage, and Trumbull (Warren)	5
Twelfth district	5	Brown, Butler (Middletown), Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Preble, and Warren	8
TOTALS	69 judges		88 counties

Judges

First District Court of Appeals

Judge (party)	Joined court	Term ends
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(R)

Second District Court of Appeals

Judge (party)	Joined court	Term ends
(R)
(R)
(R)
(R)
(R)

Third District Court of Appeals

Judge (party)	Joined court	Term ends
(R)
(R)
(R)
(R)

Fourth District Court of Appeals

Judge (party)	Joined court	Term ends
(R)
(R)
(R)
(R)

Fifth District Court of Appeals

Judge (party)	Joined court	Term ends
(D)
(D)
(R)
(D)
(R)
(R)

Sixth District Court of Appeals

Judge (party)	Joined court	Term ends
(R)
(D)
(D)
(R)
(R)

Seventh District Court of Appeals

Judge (party)	Joined court	Term ends
(R)
(D)
(R)
(D)

Eighth District Court of Appeals

Judge (party)	Joined court	Term ends
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)

Ninth District Court of Appeals

Judge (party)	Joined court	Term ends
(R)
(R)
(D)
(R)
(R)

Tenth District Court of Appeals

Judge (party)	Joined court	Term ends
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(R)
(D)
(D)
(D)

Eleventh District Court of Appeals

Judge (party)	Joined court	Term ends
(R)
(R)
(R)
(D)
(R)

Twelfth District Court of Appeals

Judge (party)	Joined court	Term ends
(R)
(R)
(R)
(R)
(R)

See also

• List of Ohio politicians by state office

External links

• Homepage of the Ohio District Courts of Appeals

Notes and References

1. http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/JudSystem/districtCourts/default.asp Courts of Appeals website