Ohio District Courts of Appeals

Judicial districts map

The Ohio District Courts of Appeals are the intermediate appellate courts of the state of Ohio. The Ohio Constitution provides for courts of appeals that have jurisdiction to review final appealable orders. There are twelve appellate districts in the U.S. state of Ohio. Each court of appeals consists 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 terms 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.

District	Number of Judges	Counties in District (major urban centers, seat in bold)	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
Seventh district	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
Eleventh district	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

References

Cincinnati (1st)

Dayton (2nd)

Lima (3rd)

Chillicothe (4th)

Canton (5th)

Toledo (6th)

Youngstown (7th)

Cleveland (8th)

Akron (9th)

Columbus (10th)

Warren (11th)

Middletown (12th)

Court locations

See also

• Ohio Supreme Court
• Ohio Seventh District Court of Appeals
• List of Ohio politicians (by state office)

External links

• Homepage of the Ohio District Courts of Appeals