Jennifer M. Kinsley

Professional career

• Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Ohio First District Court of Appeals, elected in 2022 and serving since February 2023, with a background in constitutional law, civil rights, and criminal legal reform
• Her work has been featured in the Washington Post, New York Times, NBC Nightly News, and Kim Kardashian’s The Justice Project documentary
• The Administrative and Presiding Judge for the First District Court of Appeals, which covers Hamilton County, Ohio
• Judge Kinsley enjoys running, music, word games, college sports, and Cincinnati’s culinary scene
• For a decade, Kinsley taught at the University of Cincinnati College of Law and later joined Northern Kentucky University (NKU) Chase College of Law as a full-time professor

Education

Additional information

• Before the bench, she led national legal organizations such as the First Amendment Lawyers Association and the National Association for Public Defense.