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Judge Anita Laster Mays was unanimously elected by her colleagues to serve as the Administrative Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth District in 2023.

Congratulations to Judge Emanuella D. Groves, who has been named a 2022 Trailblazer by The Norman S. Minor Bar Association.

On Friday, November 4, 2022, Administrative Judge Sean C. Gallagher, Class of 1989, will be inducted into the C|M|Law Hall of Fame, honoring his outstanding contributions to the success and prestige of the law school.

The Council of Chief Judges for State Courts of Appeal selected Eighth District Court of Appeals Judge Patricia Ann Blackmon's 2022 Law Day speech ("Is the Constitution a Mechanism for Change/Keep Moving") as a part of its "Great Educational Moments" (GEMS).

Congratulations to Judge Emanuella D. Groves, who was featured in the New York Times on January 30, 2022, expressing her excitement on the prospect of a Black woman nominee.

Judge Sean C. Gallagher was unanimously elected by his colleagues to serve as the Administrative Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth District in 2022.

Eighth District Court of Appeals Judge Cornelius J. O’Sullivan, Jr., took his ceremonial oath of office on December 28, 2021, in the Rotunda of the Old Courthouse surrounded by family and friends.

As part of the 75th Annual Franklin A. Polk Public Servants Merit Awards, Administrative and Presiding Judge Mary J. Boyle nominated David A. Shively for his service at the Eighth District Court of Appeals.

On February 9, 2021, Judge Emanuella D. Groves was sworn into the Eighth District Court of Appeals in a virtual forum over Zoom.

Undeterred by the pandemic—family, friends, and colleagues joined in a virtual forum on Zoom for the ceremonial investiture of Judge Lisa B. Forbes on January 15, 2021.

On February 10, 2021, Judge Patricia Ann Blackmon will retire from the Eighth District Court of Appeals where she has served since 1991.

Eighth District Court of Appeals Judge Sean C. Gallagher hears oral argument remotely, sitting in for Justice Sharon Kennedy, who recused herself from Judicial Campaign Complaint Against Karen Kopich Falter, Case No. 2020-0407.

Congratulations to Judge Jones for receiving the College of Wooster's Distinguished Alumni Award.

Judge Mary J. Boyle was unanimously elected by her colleagues to serve as the Administrative Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth District in 2020.

As part of the Court’s From Courtroom to Classroom program, CWRU School of Law hosted the Eighth District Court of Appeals on Thursday, October 22, 2020.