Mary DeGenaro
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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.
After graduation from law school, she served as a law clerk to Judge George Washington White of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
She served 14 years in private practice before her election to the bench. During her judicial service, she also served as an adjunct faculty member for the political science department at Youngstown State University.
State court service
DeGenaro served as a judge from 2001 to 2018 on the Seventh District Court of Appeals in Youngstown.{{Cite web |url=https://www.circlevilleherald.com/community/kasich-appoints-appellate-judge-mary-degenaro-as-new-supreme-court/article_cefae4f6-f0d3-551d-bc2f-7135890e6ca7.html |title=Kasich appoints Appellate Judge Mary Degenaro as new Supreme Court Justice |date=January 26, 2018 |publisher=Circleville Herald |access-date=January 28, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/kasich-names-youngstown-judge-ohio-supreme-court/ErGKYTc9BGpiZEwYbEtOHN/ |title=Kasich names Youngstown judge to Ohio Supreme Court |last=Bischoff |first=Laura |publisher=Dayton Daily News |access-date=January 28, 2018}} She was sworn in on February 9, 2001.{{Cite web |url=http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/SCO/justices/degenaro/default.aspx |title=Justice Mary DeGenaro |website=supremecourt.ohio.gov |access-date=January 28, 2018}}
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/01/kasich_chooses_youngstown_judg.html |title=Kasich chooses Youngstown judge Mary DeGenaro for Ohio Supreme Court seat |last=Borchardt |first=Jackie |date=January 25, 2018 |website=cleveland.com |access-date=January 28, 2018}} She was sworn in as Ohio's 159th Justice on January 28, 2018.{{Cite web |url=http://www.courtnewsohio.gov/bench/2018/degenaroAppointment_012518.asp#.Wm6Y7ojwbIU |title=Mary DeGenaro Sworn in as Ohio's 159th Justice |publisher=Court News Ohio |access-date=January 28, 2018}} At the time of her appointment, it made the composition of the court all Republican jurists and majority female.{{Cite web |url=http://wksu.org/post/kasich-appoints-youngstown-appeals-judge-ohio-supreme-court-which-now-majority-women |title=Kasich Appoints a Youngstown Appeals Judge to the Ohio Supreme Court, Which Is Now Majority Women |last=Chow |first=Andy |date=January 26, 2018 |access-date=January 28, 2018}}
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%.{{Cite web |url=https://www.morningjournalnews.com/opinion/editorials/2018/11/a-real-change-on-the-high-court/ |title=A real change on the high court |date=2018-11-16 |publisher=Morning Journal |language=en-US |access-date=2018-12-28}}
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.
References
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External links
- [http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/SCO/justices/degenaro/default.aspx Official Biography on Ohio Supreme Court website]
- {{Ballotpedia|Mary_DeGenaro|Mary DeGenaro}}
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Category:Cleveland State University College of Law alumni
Category:Lawyers from Cleveland
Category:Ohio state court judges
Category:Justices of the Supreme Court of Ohio
Category:Youngstown State University alumni
Category:20th-century American lawyers
Category:21st-century American judges
Category:20th-century Ohio state court judges
Category:20th-century American women lawyers