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# Jeannine N. Pratt

Miami Co. Common Pleas Court · Common Pleas Judge

## Profile

- Court: Miami 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

- Elected judge of the Miami County Court of Common Pleas (General Division) since 2015, known for her work in felony cases, domestic relations, and the county’s Second Chance Drug Court
- Judge Pratt was elected in November 2014 to fill a vacancy, took office February 9, 2015, and was re‐elected in 2020
- Official court bio and filings: Miami County Judge Pratt page Miami County, OH - Official Website

### Education

- Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA — B.A. (1989)

### Additional information

- Before becoming a judge, Pratt spent 18 years as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Miami County
- handling thousands of child abuse/neglect cases, felony criminal cases, and representing county departments and townships.
- She also practiced in insurance defense and domestic relations law Miami County, OH - Official Website
- Also the Administrative Judge for the court for five terms and presides over the Second Chance Drug Court, an alternative program for individuals struggling with drug addiction and involved in the criminal justice system
- Pratt has served on multiple Ohio Judicial Conference Committees, including the Innovative Specialty Courts Committee, Jury Service Committee, and Judicial Ethics, Professionalism and Diversity Committee.
- She co‐chairs the Innovative Specialty Courts Committee Newsletter and has been honored by the Ohio Supreme Court for Excellence in Case Management Miami County, OH - Official Website