Patrick F. Fischer

Patrick F. Fischer (born December 30, 1957)[1] is a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. He was first elected in 2016 and subsequently re-elected in 2022.

Pat Fischer
Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
Assumed office
January 1, 2017
Preceded byJudith Ann Lanzinger
Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals for the 1st district
In office
2011–2016
Preceded byWilliam Mallory
Succeeded byCharles Miller
Personal details
Born (1957-12-30) December 30, 1957
Covington, Kentucky, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationHarvard University (BA, JD)

Early life and education

Fischer was born in 1957.[2] He is a 1976 graduate of St. Xavier High School[3] and received his undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard College.[4]

Fischer's legal career began as a clerk for U.S. District Court Judge William Bertelsman. Afterwards he joined the law firm of Keating Muething & Klekamp, where he became a partner after four years and continued to work until becoming a judge.[5]

Fischer served as the president of the Cincinnati Bar Association for 2006 and 2007, and also made an unsuccessful bid for Cincinnati City Council in 2007. In 2010 he joined the Ohio First District Court of Appeals and was reelected in 2012. He then served as president of the Ohio State Bar Association for the 2012–2013 term.[6][7]

Fischer was appointed by the late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, Thomas Moyer, to serve as co-chair of a task force seeking to improve Ohio's judicial system. He was also on the Ohio Supreme Court's Commission on Professionalism. He has also served on the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission as vice-chair of the commission's committee on the judicial branch.[6]

Ohio Supreme Court

Fischer sought nomination as a Republican candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court.[8] He won election in November 2016, and was re-elected in November 2022. His current term runs from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2028.[9] In April 2018, he voted in favor of rejecting a challenge to the state's death penalty law,[10] upholding that judges, not just juries, can impose death sentences.[11] In October 2018, he spoke at the Ohio Supreme Court's Student to Lawyer Symposium in Columbus.[12]

Personal life

Fischer and his wife, Jane, live with their dog in Cincinnati. His daughter is also an attorney in Ohio.[3] Fischer is a member of St. Francis Xavier Church[9] in Cincinnati, where he is a lector. He is also a Eucharistic minister.[13]

References
  1. "Lawyer Central profile". Archived from the original on 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2017-08-13.
  2. Hatcher, Angela (2016-10-20). "Primer: Pat Fischer vs. John O'Donnell for Ohio Supreme Court". cincinnati.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  3. Reilly, Will (January 2017). "St. Xavier High School Alumni Newsletter January 2017". St. Xavier High School Alumni Newsletter (Mailing list). St. Xavier High School. Archived from the original on June 27, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  4. "Pat Fischer". ballotpedia.org. Archived from the original on 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2015-06-11.
  5. "Patrick F. Fischer". ohio.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2015-06-11.
  6. "Hamilton County Court of Appeals Judges". www.hamilton-co.org. Archived from the original on 2011-05-18.
  7. "Bar President Next GOP Candidate". CityBeat Blogs. February 2007. Archived from the original on 2015-07-14. Retrieved 2015-06-11.
  8. "Ohio Supreme Court candidate makes early stop in Defiance, Ohio". The Crescent News. Archived from the original on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2015-06-11.
  9. "Justice Patrick F. Fischer". The Supreme Court of Ohio & The Ohio Judicial System. Archived from the original on 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  10. "Ohio Supreme Court rejects challenge to state's death penalty law". WCPO. 18 April 2018. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  11. "Ohio Supreme Court upholds death penalty constitutionality". AP. 18 April 2018. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  12. "Justice Fischer Preaches Professionalism, Mentorship at Student to Lawyer Symposium". Archived from the original on August 22, 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  13. "Patrick F. Fischer". The Supreme Court of Ohio. Archived from the original on August 22, 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
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