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# Shawn Dingus

Tenth District Court of Appeals · Court of Appeals Judge

## Profile

- Court: Tenth District Court of Appeals
- State: Ohio
- Role: Court of Appeals Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge M. Shawn Dingus is a Democratic Party judge of the Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals, elected in 2024 and serving since February 10, 2025, with a term ending February 9, 2031
- Managing Partner — Plymale & Dingus, LLC (2009–2024)
- Began his legal career in 1998 as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Morrow County, Ohio

### Education

- Morehead State University — B.A.
- University of Akron School of Law — J.D.

### Additional information

- Solo practitioner — The Law Office of M. Shawn Dingus (2003–2009)
- handling misdemeanor, felony, and juvenile cases.
- Judge Dingus presides over the Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals, covering the Columbus metropolitan area and surrounding counties.
- Over a 26-year trial career, he was involved in more than 2,000 cases, including matters before the Ohio Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the Federal Circuit, and other appellate bodies

## 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.ohiojudges.org/directory/ojc-directory/)
- [Official roster](https://www.ohiojudges.org/directory/ojc-directory/)
- [Ohio Judicial Conference Directory official judicial roster](https://www.ohiojudges.org/directory/ojc-directory/)
- [Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
- [Wikidata: M. Shawn Dingus](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139118990)

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