Patrick F. Fischer

Fischer was born in 1957.{{cite web |publisher=cincinnati.com |title=Primer: Pat Fischer vs. John O'Donnell for Ohio Supreme Court |url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/10/20/primer-pat-fischer-vs-john-odonnell-ohio-supreme-court/92406686/ |first=Angela |last=Hatcher |date=2016-10-20 |access-date=2017-01-12 |archive-date=2017-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206063719/http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/10/20/primer-pat-fischer-vs-john-odonnell-ohio-supreme-court/92406686/ |url-status=live }} He is a 1976 graduate of St. Xavier High School and received his undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard University.{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Pat_Fischer|title=Pat Fischer|work=ballotpedia.org|access-date=2015-06-11|archive-date=2015-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429074710/http://ballotpedia.org/Pat_Fischer|url-status=live}}{{ugc|date=December 2023}}

Fischer's legal career began as a clerk for Judge William Bertelsman. Afterwards he joined the law firm of Keating Muething & Klekamp, where he became a partner after four years and continued to work until becoming a judge.{{cite web|url=http://www.ocmc.ohio.gov/ocmc/fischer;jsessionid=f972f3467a55f7e24a4604efb8cd|title=Patrick F. Fischer|work=ohio.gov|access-date=2015-06-11|archive-date=2016-03-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318140129/http://www.ocmc.ohio.gov/ocmc/fischer;jsessionid=f972f3467a55f7e24a4604efb8cd|url-status=live}}

Fischer served as the president of the Cincinnati Bar Association for 2006 and 2007, and also made an unsuccessful bid for Cincinnati City Council in 2007. In 2010 he joined the Ohio First District Court of Appeals and was reelected in 2012. He then served as president of the Ohio State Bar Association for the 2012–2013 term.{{cite web |url=http://www.hamilton-co.org/appealscourt/judges.asp?id=9 |title=Hamilton County Court of Appeals Judges |website=www.hamilton-co.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518170019/http://www.hamilton-co.org/appealscourt/judges.asp?id=9 |archive-date=2011-05-18}}{{cite web|url=https://citybeat.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/bar-president-next-gop-candidate/|title=Bar President Next GOP Candidate|work=CityBeat Blogs|date=February 2007|access-date=2015-06-11|archive-date=2015-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714193156/https://citybeat.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/bar-president-next-gop-candidate/|url-status=live}}

Fischer was appointed by Chief Justice Thomas Moyer of the Supreme Court of Ohio to serve as co-chair of a task force seeking to improve Ohio's judicial system. He was also on the Ohio Supreme Court's Commission on Professionalism. He has also served on the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission as vice-chair of the commission's committee on the judicial branch.

Fischer sought nomination as a Republican candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court.{{cite web|url=http://www.crescent-news.com/local%20news/2015/01/07/ohio-supreme-court-candidate-makes-early-stop-in-defiance-ohio|title=Ohio Supreme Court candidate makes early stop in Defiance, Ohio|work=The Crescent News|access-date=2015-06-11|archive-date=2015-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724214322/http://www.crescent-news.com/local%20news/2015/01/07/ohio-supreme-court-candidate-makes-early-stop-in-defiance-ohio|url-status=live}} He won election in November 2016, and was re-elected in November 2022. His current term runs from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2028.{{cite web |url=https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/judicial-system/supreme-court-of-ohio/justices-overview/patrick-fischer/ |publisher=The Supreme Court of Ohio & The Ohio Judicial System |title=Justice Patrick F. Fischer |access-date=2023-02-01 |archive-date=2023-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201151522/https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/judicial-system/supreme-court-of-ohio/justices-overview/patrick-fischer/ |url-status=live }} In April 2018, he voted in favor of rejecting a challenge to the state's death penalty law,{{cite web|title=Ohio Supreme Court rejects challenge to state's death penalty law|date=18 April 2018|url=https://www.wcpo.com/news/state/state-ohio/ohio-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-states-death-penalty-law|publisher=WCPO|access-date=August 22, 2019|archive-date=22 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822155013/https://www.wcpo.com/news/state/state-ohio/ohio-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-states-death-penalty-law|url-status=live}} upholding that judges, not just juries, can impose death sentences.{{cite web|title=Ohio Supreme Court upholds death penalty constitutionality|date=18 April 2018|url=https://www.apnews.com/46c999d367204f6dbac379f758ff6fc8|publisher=AP|access-date=August 22, 2019|archive-date=22 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822155007/https://www.apnews.com/46c999d367204f6dbac379f758ff6fc8|url-status=live}} In October 2018, he spoke at the Ohio Supreme Court's Student to Lawyer Symposium in Columbus.{{cite web|title=Justice Fischer Preaches Professionalism, Mentorship at Student to Lawyer Symposium|url=http://www.courtnewsohio.gov/happening/2018/studentLawyerSymposium_101918.asp#.XVxj9y2ZPOQ|access-date=August 22, 2019|archive-date=August 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822155017/http://www.courtnewsohio.gov/happening/2018/studentLawyerSymposium_101918.asp#.XVxj9y2ZPOQ|url-status=live}}

Fischer and his wife, Jane, live with their dog in Cincinnati. His daughter is also an attorney in Ohio.{{cite mailing list |title=St. Xavier High School Alumni Newsletter January 2017 |last=Reilly |first=Will |date=January 2017 |publisher=St. Xavier High School |access-date=February 22, 2017 |mailing-list=St. Xavier High School Alumni Newsletter |url=http://www.stxavier.org/page.cfm?p=2884 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627205302/http://www.stxavier.org/page.cfm?p=2884 |archive-date=June 27, 2017 |url-status=dead }} Fischer is a member of St. Francis Xavier Church in Cincinnati, where he is a lector. He is also a Eucharistic minister.{{cite web|title=Patrick F. Fischer|url=https://www.sconet.state.oh.us/SCO/justices/fischer/|publisher=The Supreme Court of Ohio|access-date=August 22, 2019|archive-date=August 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822155011/https://www.sconet.state.oh.us/SCO/justices/fischer/|url-status=live}}

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