Justice Pat DeWine was reelected to a second term on the Supreme Court of Ohio in November 2022. He has served at all levels of the Ohio judiciary. Prior to his election to the Supreme Court, Justice DeWine served for four years on the First District Court of Appeals, and prior to that, for four years on the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court.

Justice DeWine has a strong commitment to furthering the rule of law through education. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law and the Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law. Justice DeWine’s article on Ohio Constitutional Interpretation will be published this year in the Ohio State Law Journal and his article on state administrative law will be published in the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform.

Justice DeWine graduated from the University of Michigan Law School with Order of the Coif honors. He received his undergraduate education at Miami University, where he earned summa cum laude honors. He was also a member of the Varsity Track and Cross Country teams. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable David A. Nelson on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Justice DeWine later practiced law for 13 years in Cincinnati with KMK Law. Prior to becoming a judge, Justice DeWine served as a Hamilton County Commissioner and a member of Cincinnati City Council.