Mary DeGenaro

Mary DeGenaro (born April 25, 1961) is an American lawyer who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio from 2018 to 2019.

Biography

DeGenaro received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Youngstown State University in 1983 and her Juris Doctor from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1986. She was sworn in on February 9, 2001.

Supreme Court of Ohio service On January 25, 2018, Governor John Kasich announced his appointment of DeGenaro to fill the seat vacated by the retirement of William O'Neill. She was sworn in as Ohio's 159th Justice on January 28, 2018. At the time of her appointment, it made the composition of the court all Republican jurists and majority female.

On November 8, 2018, DeGenaro faced Melody J. Stewart in the general election for a seat on the Supreme Court. Stewart won the seat 52.5% to 47.5%.

Recognition and memberships She served as vice president of the Ohio Women's Bar Association at the time of her Supreme Court appointment.

In 2005, she began serving as a founding member of the Ohio State Bar Association's Appellate Practice Specialty Certification Board, which administers the specialty bar examination and certification.