--- title: "Sylvia Sieve Hendon | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sylvia-sieve-hendon-8101" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Sylvia Sieve Hendon 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, 2004-present - Distinguished Ohio judge whose career spanned over three decades across multiple court levels, culminating in her retirement in 2017 due to the state’s mandatory retirement age of 70 - Hamilton County Juvenile Court — Appointed in January 1993, serving 12 years, and presiding judge — 1998–2004 - Hamilton County Municipal Court — Elected in November 1983, serving 10 years, including as administrative and presiding judge - After three years in private practice, she was selected as a referee in the Hamilton County Juvenile Court — 1979–1983, serving as chief referee in her final year ### Education - B.A. cum laude from Xavier University in 1965 and her J.D. from Salmon P. Chase College of Law in 1975 ### Additional information - Hendon’s final term ended in 2017 because she reached Ohio’s mandatory retirement age of 70 - She was elected to the court in November 2004 and re-elected in 2010 - “One day I opened the newspaper and it said that I was running for judge, so that’s how I actually became a judge,” said First District Court of Appeals Judge Sylvia Sieve Hendon, “And I was running against an incumbent, so I was not favored to win initially and low and behold I did, and I’ve been here ever since.” Judge Hendon spent more than 10 years on the municipal court bench before spending 12 years in the juvenile court - Candid about her career, noting that she “left her heart” in juvenile court but valued the appellate court’s intellectual and varied work - One of only two sitting judges to have presided in all three court levels ## 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/8101/sylvia-sieve-hendon/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8101/sylvia-sieve-hendon/) - [Ohio Court of Appeals current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8101/sylvia-sieve-hendon/) - [Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8101/sylvia-sieve-hendon/) - [Judicial Profile: Judge Sylvia Hendon](https://www.courtnewsohio.gov/bench/2012/hendon_083012.asp) - [Sylvia Sieve Hendon - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Sylvia_Sieve_Hendon) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sylvia-sieve-hendon-8101", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sylvia-sieve-hendon-8101", "name": "Sylvia Sieve Hendon | KnowJudges", "description": "Sylvia Sieve Hendon, Ohio Court of Appeals. 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