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# Mary Degenaro

Ohio Court of Appeals · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
- State: Ohio
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-06-30

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals, 2003-present
- Justices 1803 to Present Mary DeGenaro Mary DeGenaro became the 159th justice of the Ohio Supreme Court by appointment of Gov
- American lawyer and jurist best known for her service as the 159th Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from January 28, 2018, to January 1, 2019
- In January 2018, Governor John Kasich appointed her to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice William O’Neill
- From February 9, 2001, to January 28, 2018, she was a judge on the Ohio Seventh District Court of Appeals in Youngstown, serving by assignment with the Ohio Supreme Court and other appellate districts
- She interned with U.S. District Judge George White during law school and later held the role of a law clerk to him

### Education

- B.A. — Youngstown State University and her J.D. in 1986 from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (1983)

### Additional information

- She did not win re-election in November 2018, and her term ended January 1, 2019
- Sworn in on January 28, 2018, and at that time the court was majority female and all Republican.
- She was a founding member of the Ohio State Bar Association’s Appellate Practice Specialty Certification Board in 2005.
- Born April 25, 1961, Cleveland, Ohio.
- focusing on general civil litigation and appellate practice
- She enjoys reading and beekeeping
- DeGenaro was Vice President of the Ohio Women’s Bar Association during her Supreme Court tenure.

## 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.courtlistener.com/person/8075/mary-degenaro/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8075/mary-degenaro/)
- [Ohio Court of Appeals current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8075/mary-degenaro/)
- [Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8075/mary-degenaro/)
- [Mary DeGenaro » Supreme Court of Ohio](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/judicial-system/supreme-court-of-ohio/justices-1803-to-present/mary-degenaro)

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