Judge Ringland

Judge Robert P. Ringland of the Twelfth District Court of Appeals has been unanimously elected by his colleagues to serve as presiding judge in 2014. His duties will be to preside over all court sessions and meetings of the court en banc.

 

Judge Ringland, who lives in Batavia, has served on the Court of Appeals since January 2009. He was formerly the administrative judge of the court. Prior to serving on the Court of Appeals, he was a judge on the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas for 26 years. He is the past president of the Ohio Common Pleas Judges Association.

Judge Ringland currently serves as a member of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Supreme Court of Ohio. He has also served by assignment on the Ohio Supreme Court, and the First, Second and Fourth District Courts of Appeal as a visiting judge.

Judge Ringland also serves as a board member of Lifespan, an organization which provides family service needs in Butler and Warren Counties. He is the author of legal publications involving child sex abuse evidence and other public health issues facing judges in Ohio, and a frequent speaker on those subjects.

The Twelfth District Court of Appeals is located at 1001 Reinartz Boulevard in Mid­dle­town, and reviews cases from Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Preble and War­ren Counties. The judges of the court currently include Judge Ringland, Judge Robert A. Hendrickson of Monroe, Judge Stephen W. Powell of West Chester, Judge Robin N. Piper of Oxford, and Judge Michael E. Powell of Lebanon.