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# Christian A. Jenkins

Hamilton Co. Common Pleas Court · Common Pleas Judge

## Profile

- Court: Hamilton Co. Common Pleas Court
- State: Ohio
- Role: Common Pleas Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### remote hearing exhibits

Scope: statewide

Ohio's statewide virtual-court guidance tells courts to include instructions for submitting exhibits or notifying the court of witnesses when remote-hearing information is sent to participants.

Evidence excerpt: Instructions for submitting exhibits or notifying the court of witnesses.

[Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### remote hearing ground rules

Scope: statewide

Ohio's statewide virtual-court guidance recommends advance ground rules for documents, exhibits, screen sharing, and pre-marking exhibits for remote hearings.

Evidence excerpt: Documents: Share any documents/exhibits that will be reviewed in advance. Use the share screen function while documents are being discussed during the hearing. Request that the documents are pre-marked for exhibit purposes.

[Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### remote recording

Scope: statewide

Ohio's statewide virtual-court guidance states that litigants, attorneys, and the public should be instructed not to record the hearing.

Evidence excerpt: The court should instruct the litigants, attorneys, and the public to not record the hearing.

[Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.ohiojudges.org/directory/ojc-directory/)
- [Official roster](https://www.ohiojudges.org/directory/ojc-directory/)
- [Ohio Judicial Conference Directory official judicial roster](https://www.ohiojudges.org/directory/ojc-directory/)
- [Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Currently, Judge Jenkins serves on the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court – General Division, with his term running until January 1, 2027
- His career reflects a consistent focus on justice, consumer protection, labor rights, and civil liberties

### Education


### Additional information

- Also a candidate for re-election in the 2026 Ohio Primary Election.
- Before taking the bench, Judge Jenkins spent over 25 years as an attorney advocating for working families across Ohio and nationally.
- Judge Jenkins has presided over high-profile cases, including Preterm-Cleveland v.
- He also pioneered legal action in electronic privacy, suing government entities for improperly publishing personal data online, and secured the largest federal Privacy Act settlement at the time for veterans whose data was stolen.
- On the bench, he oversees civil and criminal cases, including jury trials, pretrial conferences, and discovery disputes, and ensures adherence to Ohio Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure
- He represented public sector unions in Southern Ohio, including employees of the City of Cincinnati and local school districts, and led a federal lawsuit reforming Cincinnati’s pension system, resulting in a settlement valued at over $100 million (Cincinnati Enquirer).
- Judge Jenkins earned his undergraduate degree from Penn State University and attended Georgetown University Law Center and the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he graduated with high honors
- received the law school’s award for outstanding achievement in Labor and Employment Law