Richard Patrick DeWine is an American jurist who has served as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court since 2017. He served as a justice of the 1st district of the Ohio District Courts of Appeals from 2013 to 2017 and as a politician in Hamilton County, Ohio. He is the son of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine.
Pat DeWine | |
|---|---|
| Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court | |
| Assumed office January 2, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Pfeifer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richard Patrick DeWine |
| Party | Republican |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Mike DeWine (father) |
| Education | Miami University (BA) University of Michigan (JD) |
Early life and education
editDeWine is the eldest of eight children born to Mike DeWine and Frances (née Struewing), and grew up in the Mount Lookout neighborhood of Cincinnati. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from Miami University, he graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School in 1994 and was inducted into the Order of the Coif.[1][2]
Career
editDeWine served as a member of the Cincinnati City Council and the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners.[2] He was first elected to city council in 1999, and was re-elected in 2001 and in 2003. He resigned from city council in order to take his seat on the Hamilton County Commission.[3]
DeWine was a unsuccessful candidate in the 2005 Republican primary for Ohio's 2nd congressional district special election after Rob Portman resigned to become U.S. Trade Representative. His campaign for Congress suffered after allegations of infidelity surfaced against him.[4]
State judicial career
editDeWine sought and won election to the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas in 2008, defeating Norma Holt Davis in the general election. He subsequently won a seat on the 1st District Ohio District Courts of Appeals in 2012, defeating Bruce Whitman.[5]
DeWine took his seat on the Appellate bench in January 2013. He won an uncontested Republican primary election in March 2016 for a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court, and defeated his Democratic opponent for the seat in November of that year.[6] He was reelected to the Ohio Supreme Court in November 2022 for a second six-year term. Prior to his election as a justice, he was an associate for 13 years with the firm of Keating Muething & Klekamp.[citation needed]
In August 2021, DeWine withdrew from the contest to be nominated as Ohio Supreme Court chief justice in succession to Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor.[7]
Involvement in legislative redistricting cases
editPersonal life
editReferences
edit- ↑ "About Judge Pat DeWine". Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- 1 2 "Justice R. Patrick DeWine". The Supreme Court of Ohio & the Ohio Judicial System. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
- 1 2 O'Neill, Tom (June 2004). "The Long-Distance Runner". Cincinnati Magazine. p. 120. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
- 1 2 Rudin, Ken (June 16, 2005). "Days of DeWine and Losses". NPR. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
- ↑ Lopez, German (March 7, 2012). "Election Results 2012 Democrats, progressives make gains all around nation Ohio". Cincinnati CityBeat. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ↑ "Election Results 2016". Ohio Secretary of State.
- ↑ "Pat DeWine drops out of race for Ohio Supreme Court chief justice, will run for reelection". Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ↑ "Ohio Supreme Court Justice Pat DeWine's refusal to recuse from lawsuit involving father may be unprecedented". October 17, 2021.
- ↑ "Ohio Supreme Court tosses GOP-leaning congressional map". January 14, 2022.
- ↑ Wilkinson, Howard (June 1, 2005). "DeWine's name helps - and hurts". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
- ↑ Balmert, Jessie; Borchardt, Jackie (August 23, 2019). "Ohio Supreme Court Justice Pat DeWine's wife files for divorce, cites adultery; DeWine laments 'political gossip.'". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved August 24, 2019.