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# Michael T. Hall

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

- Michael T. Hall is a judge on the Ohio Second District Court of Appeals, serving since 2011 after being elected in 2010 and re‐elected in 2016
- Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals, 2011-present
- 1999–2010: Judge, General Division, Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas (appointed by former Governor Bob Taft)
- 1997–1998: Judge, Montgomery County District Court (Area II)
- 1979–1997: Private practice attorney for 20 years, including senior partner at Hall, Tucker, Fullenkamp & Singer
- He has also held the role of a visiting judge on the Ohio Supreme Court during his tenure

### Education

- J.D. — University of Dayton in 1975 and 1979, respectively

### Additional information

- Elected to the court on November 2, 2010, and assumed office on February 10, 2011.
- Before his judicial career, Hall served as a Dayton police officer from 1970 to 1976
- Serving as administrative judge of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, where he helped implement the court’s e‐filing system
- Hall is a member of the Ohio Second District Court of Appeals, a court that hears appeals from Montgomery County and other jurisdictions in the Second District.

## 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/8098/michael-t-hall/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8098/michael-t-hall/)
- [Ohio Court of Appeals current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8098/michael-t-hall/)
- [Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8098/michael-t-hall/)
- [Michael T. Hall - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Michael_T._Hall)

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