Judith Ann Lanzinger

Judith Lanzinger (born April 2, 1946 in Toledo, Ohio) is an American jurist. She retired as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. On the Ohio judiciary for 31 years, She is of Polish descent, and was baptized at St. Hedwig's Church. She became active with the National Judicial College in the 1980s.

Lanzinger, a Republican, was elected to the Supreme Court in 2004, taking office on New Year's Day 2005. Due to Ohio's mandatory retirement for judges who have reached the age of 70, she did not run for re-election in 2016. She was quoted saying she was "unhappy" at the mandatory retirement. Her elected replacement was Patrick F. Fischer.

In August 2016, the Associated Press reported that Lanzinger was teaching poetry to judges, teaching for the sixth time a course in Ashland, Oregon for the National Judicial College.

Her official portrait was unveiled as a justice in February 2017. In March 2017, she donated her personal papers to her alma mater, the University of Toledo.

Personal life She married Robert Lanzinger in 1967, and they have two children together.