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# Paul E. Pfeifer

Supreme Court of Ohio · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
- State: Ohio
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Ohio Supreme Court, 1993-present
- American jurist and politician who held the role of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio from 1993 until his mandatory retirement in 2017
- He then practiced tax and trial law as a partner at Cory, Brown & Pfeifer (1972–1992) and held the role of Assistant County Prosecutor in Crawford County (1973–1976)

### Education

- Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in — J.D. (1966)

### Additional information

- Practitioner, 1992-1992
- legis, 1992-1992
- After law school, Pfeifer worked as an Assistant Attorney General (1967–1970) handling eminent domain cases tied to Ohio’s highway system.
- Born October 15, 1942.
- Date of birth: 1942-10-15
- Paul E. Pfeifer » Supreme Court of Ohio Justice Pfeifer's first job after graduating from OSU's law school was as an assistant attorney general trying eminent-domain cases associated with the building of Ohio's highway system.
- Pfeifer was born in Bucyrus, Ohio, and grew up on his family’s dairy farm.
- Birth place: Bucyrus

## 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/5389/paul-e-pfeifer/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5389/paul-e-pfeifer/)
- [Supreme Court of Ohio current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5389/paul-e-pfeifer/)
- [Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5389/paul-e-pfeifer/)
- [Reflections from the Bench, Episode 1: Former Justice Paul E. Pfeifer](https://courtnewsohio.gov/bench/2018/fischerReflectionsEp1_121718.asp)
- [Paul E. Pfeifer » Supreme Court of Ohio](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/judicial-system/supreme-court-of-ohio/justices-1803-to-present/paul-pfeifer)
- [Wikidata: Paul E. Pfeifer](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7152939)

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