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# Jennifer Brunner

Supreme Court of Ohio · Justice

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
- State: Ohio
- Role: Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Brunner also ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 2010 and was the Democratic nominee for Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court in 2022, losing to Sharon L. Kennedy
- Began as a Franklin County Common Pleas judge from 2000 to 2005, where she founded the county’s adult felony drug court, known as the TIES Program (Treatment is Essential to Success), which continues to operate today.
- Early in her career, she worked in the Ohio Secretary of State’s office and as a legislative aide in the Ohio Senate
- Judge of the Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals

### Education

- Capital University Law School in — J.D. (1982)

### Additional information

- Running for re-election in the November 3, 2026 general election
- Brunner is a member of the Democratic Party and previously held the role of Ohio Secretary of State from 2007 to 2011
- overseeing the 2008 presidential election in Ohio.
- She received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2008 for her public service, recognizing her leadership and integrity.
- Born in Springfield, Ohio, and raised in Columbus, Brunner graduated from Miami University with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology and gerontology in 1978
- Date of birth: 1957-02-05
- All three levels of Ohio’s judiciary.
- focusing on election law and campaign finance
- Whetstone High School
- Birth place: Springfield

## 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.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/judicial-system/supreme-court-of-ohio/justices-overview/)
- [Official roster](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/judicial-system/supreme-court-of-ohio/justices-overview/)
- [Supreme Court of Ohio official judicial roster](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/judicial-system/supreme-court-of-ohio/justices-overview/)
- [Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
- [Wikidata: Jennifer Brunner](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6178160)

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