Patrick F. Fischer
Patrick F. Fischer | |
|---|---|
| Appellate Judge of the Ohio First District Court of Appeals | |
| In office 2010–2019 | |
Patrick F. Fischer is an Appellate Judge of the Ohio First District Court of Appeals, first elected in 2010 and again in 2012; His current term expires in 2019.[1]
Education and legal career
Fischer received his undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard College.[2]
Fischer's legal career began as a clerk for U.S. District Court Judge William Bertelsman after which 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.[3]
Fischer served as the president of the Cincinnati Bar Association from 2006-2007 and 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. Then Judge Fischer served as president of the Ohio State Bar Association for the 2012-2013 term.[1][4]
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 and also served on the Ohio Supreme Court's Commission on Professionalism. He is serving on the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission as vice-chair of the commission's committee on the judicial branch.[1]
Fischer is a seeking nomination as a Republican candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court.[5]
References
- ^ a b c http://www.hamilton-co.org/appealscourt/judges.asp?id=9
- ^ "Pat Fischer". ballotpedia.org.
- ^ "Patrick F. Fischer". ohio.gov.
- ^ "Bar President Next GOP Candidate". CityBeat Blogs.
- ^ "Ohio Supreme Court candidate makes early stop in Defiance, Ohio". The Crescent News.