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Comprehensive List of Topics by Department

For topics not listed below, please call the main line of the Supreme Court at 614.387.9000.


Topic Department Phone Fax Email
Accounts Payable Office of the Chief Financial Officer 614.387.9483 614.387.9489
Acting and Assigned Judge Compensations Office of the Chief Financial Officer 614.387.9486 614.387.9489
Acting judge, annual registration Attorney Services 614.387.9320 614.387.9529
Acting judges Attorney Services 614.387.9320 614.387.9529
ADA Human Resources 614.387.9470 614.387.9479
Administrative Director 614.387.9500 614.387.9509
Admission to the practice of law Bar Admissions 614.387.9340 614.387.9349
Advance sheets Reporter of Decisions 614.387.9580 614.387.9589
Advisory Committee on Case Management Case Management Section 614.387.9410 614.387.9419
Advisory Committee on Children & Families Children & Families Section 614.387.9385
Advisory Committee on Domestic Violence Domestic Violence Program 614.387.9408
Advisory Committee on Language Services Language Services Section 614.387.9000 614.387.9409
Advisory Committee on the Judicial Family Network 614.387.9450 614.387.9449
Advisory opinions Board of Professional Conduct 614.387.9370 614.387.9379
Affidavits of Disqualification Office of the Clerk 614.387.9530
Alternative dispute resolution Dispute Resolution Section 614.387.9420 614.387.9409
Announcements of the Supreme Court Reporter of Decisions 614.387.9580 614.387.9589
Appellate procedure, court of appeals 10th District Court of Appeals 614.462.3580
Appellate procedure, Supreme Court Clerk of the Court 614.387.9530
Applicants With Disabilities Office of Bar Admissions 614.387.9340 614.387.9349
Arbitration Dispute resolution Section 614.387.9420 614.387.3409
Arguments, Oral Clerk of the Court 614.387.9530
Assignment of judges Judicial & Education Services 614.387.9415 614.387.9449
Attorney continuing education Attorney Services 614.387.9320 614.387.9529
Attorney fees, court-appointed Clerk of the Court 614.387.9530
Attorney Registration 614.387.9320 614.387.9323
Attorney Services 614.387.9320
Attorneys, certificates of good standing for Attorney Services 614.387.9320 614.387.9529
Attorneys, lists of Attorney Services 614.387.9320 614.387.9529
Bar Admissions 614.387.9340
Bar applicants (character and fitness) Bar Admissions 614.387.9340 614.387.9349
Bar examination Bar Admissions 614.387.9340 614.387.9349
Board of Bar Examiners 614.387.9341 614.387.9349
Board of Commissioners on Character & Fitness 614.387.9340 614.387.9349
Board of Professional Conduct Board of Professional Conduct 614.387.9370
Board on the Unauthorized Practice of Law 614.387.9317 614.387.9529
Boards and commissions membership Administrative Director 614.387.9500 614.387.9509
Brochures Public Information 614.387.9252 614.387.9259
Building problems (Supreme Court) Facilities Management 614.387.9300
Building regulations Facilities Management 614.387.9300
Campaign practices, judicial Board of Professional Conduct 614.387.9370 614.387.9379
Capital Case Attorney Fee Council 614.387.9414
Case Management Section 614.387.9410 614.387.9409
Case management, Supreme Court cases Clerk of the Court 614.387.9530
Case Mediation 614.387.9420 614.387.9409
Case status, Supreme Court cases Clerk of the Court 614.387.9530
Case summaries, Supreme Court cases Public Information 614.387.9252 614.387.9259
Caseflow management Case Management Section 614.387.9410 614.387.9419
Certificate of good standing Attorney Services 614.387.9320 614.387.9529
Certified question of state law from federal court Clerk of the Court 614.387.9530
Character and fitness (bar applicants) Bar Admissions 614.387.9353/387.9352 614.387.9349
Child Support guidelines Dept. of Job and Family Services 614.752.6561
Children & Families Section Court Services 614.387.9385 614.387.9409
Citations to cases & citations manual Reporter of Decisions 614.387.9580 614.387.9589
Civic Education Section 614.387.9223 614.387.9249
Code of conduct, Supreme Court employees Human Resources 614.387.9474 614.387.9479
Commission on Appointment of Counsel in Capital Cases 614.387.9337 614.387.9329
Commission on Certification of Attorneys as Specialists 614.387.9318 614.387.9529
Commission on Continuing Legal Education 614.387.9320 614.387.9329
Commission on Dispute Resolution 614.387.9422 614.387.9409
Commission on Professionalism 614.387.9343 614.387.9529
Commission on Specialized Dockets Specialized Dockets Section 614.387.9425 614.387.9409
Commission on Technology and the Courts 614.387.9434 614.387.9609
Commission on the Rules of Practice & Procedure 614.387.9510
Commission on the Rules of Superintendence 614.387.9510
Commission on the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center 614.387.9450 614.387.9443
Complaints against attorneys & judges Disciplinary Counsel 614.387.9700 614.387.9709
Computers, Supreme Court Information Technology 614.387.9600
Conference rooms, Supreme Court, scheduling of Meetings & Events 614.387.9211
Continuing judicial education Attorney Services 614.387.9320 614.387.9529
Continuing legal education Attorney Services 614.387.9320 614.387.9329
Continuing Legal Education 614.387.9320 614.387.9329
Court Bulletin Public Information 614.387.9254 614.387.9259
Court delay reduction Case Management Section 614.387.9410 614.387.9419
Court facilities planning Meetings & Events 614.387.9211
Court Personnel Education & Training Judicial College 614.387.9445 614.387.9449
Court relations services Court Services 614.387.9405 614.387.9299
Court Security 614.387.9000 614.387.9929
Court security, Supreme Court Court Security 614.387.9900 614.387.9929
Court Services 614.387.9400 614.387.9409
Court Services 614.387.9408 614.387.9409
Court-appointed attorneys, fees Clerk of the Court 614.387.9551
Creeds of professionalism Attorney Services 614.387.9317 614.387.9323
Criminal Sentencing Commission Criminal Sentencing Commission 614.387.9305 614.387.9309
Death penalty cases, appointment of counsel in Attorney Services 614.387.9327 614.387.9323
Death penalty cases, pending in Supreme Court Clerk of the Court 614.387.9530
Delay reduction Case Management Section 614.387.9410 614.387.9419
Disability leave Human Resources 614.387.9470 614.387.9479
Dispute Resolution Section 614.387.9420 614.387.9409
Docket, online Clerk of the Court 614.387.9530
Domestic relations, standard forms Domestic Violence Program 614.387.9408
Domestic Violence Network hotline Ohio Domestic Violence Program 800.934.9840
Domestic Violence Program 614.387.9408 614.387.9409
Domestic violence, forms for protection order against Domestic Violence Program 614.387.9408
Drafting, rules & legislation Chief Legal Counsel 614.387.9510
Drug courts Specialized Dockets Section 614.387.9425
E-Filing Office of the Clerk 614.387.9530
Education, continuing legal, for attorneys Continuing Legal Education 614.387.9320 614.387.9329
Education, continuing legal, for judges Attorney Services/ Judicial College 614.387.9320/987.9445 614.387.9323
Education, court personnel Judicial College 614.387.9464 614.387.9449
EEOC questions Human Resources 614.387.9470 614.387.9479
Employee, Supreme Court, code of coduct Human Resources 614.387.9470 614.387.9479
eStats (caseload statistics) Case Management Section 614.387.9413 614.387.9419
Ethics Guides Board of Professional Conduct 614.387.9370 614.387.9379
Ethics, lawyers and judges Board of Professional Conduct 614.387.9370 614.387.9379
Ethics, Supreme court staff Human Resources 614.387.9470 614.387.9479
Extra-judicial compensation statement Board of Professional Conduct 614.387.9370 614.387.9379
Facilities Management 614.387.9300
Family Court Feasiblity Study Children & Families Section 614.387.9385
Family Matters video series Children & Families Section 614.387.9385
Fees, court-appointed attorneys Clerk of the Court 614.387.9530
Financial disclosure statement, judges & magistrates Board of Professional Conduct 614.387.9370 614.387.9379
Financial Disclosure, judges & magistrates Board of Professional Conduct 614.387.9370 614.387.9379
Foreign legal consultants Bar Admissions 614.387.9340 614.387.9349
GCRS, referral of disputes between local and county public officials Dispute Resolution Section 614.387.9420 614.387.9409
General information Public Information 614.387.9000 614.387.9259
General Information 614.387.9000
Governmental relations Chief Legal Counsel 614.387.9510
Grant Administration 614.387.9522 614.387.9489
Guardianship pamphlets Ohio Judicial Conference 614.387.9750 614.387.9750
Health insurance Human Resources 614.387.9470 614.387.9479
IGOR (visiting judges) 614.387.9415 614.387.9449
Information Technology 614.387.9600
Information Technology Office 614.387.9600 614.387.9609
Insurance, health Human Resources 614.387.9470 614.387.9479
Insurance, judges' liability Chief Legal Counsel 614.387.9510
Insurance, life Human Resources 614.387.9470 614.387.9479
Interpreter Complaints Language Services Section 614.387.9404 614.387.9409
Inventory Office of the Chief Financial Officer 614.387.9480 614.387.9489
IOLTA accounts/Ohio Access to Justice Foundation Ohio Access to Justice Foundation 614.715.8560
Judges' directory Ohio Judicial Conference 614.387.9750 614.387.9759
Judges' education Judicial College 614.387.9445 614.387.9449
Judges' resource manual Ohio Judicial Conference 614.387.9750 614.387.9750
Judges, Magistrates, and Acting Judges Judicial College 614.387.9449
Judgeships, new Judicial & Court Services 614.387.9405
Judicial Assignment Program
Judicial campaign practices Board of Professional Conduct 614.387.9370 614.387.9379
Judicial Candidates Judicial College 614.387.9445 614.387.9449
Judicial College Main Office 614.387.9445 614.387.9449
Judicial Conference Ohio Judicial Conference 614.387.9750 614.387.9750
Judicial continuing education Attorney Services/ Judicial College 614.387.9320 / 614.387.9445 387.9529
Judicial Family Network Judicial College 614.387.9452 614.387.9449
Judicial impact statements Ohio Judicial Conference 614.387.9750 614.387.9750
Judicial oaths Chief Legal Counsel 614.387.9510
Judicial Services 614.387.9445
Judicial Services 614.387.9445 614.387.9449
Judicial statistics Case Management Section 614.387.9413 614.387.9419
Judicial system booklets Public Information 614.387.9250 614.387.9259
Jurors, grand, Ohio guide for Ohio Judicial Conference 614.387.9750 614.387.9750
Jurors, trial, Ohio guide for Ohio Judicial Conference 614.387.9750 614.387.9750
Jury reform Administrative Director 614.387.9500 614.387.9509
Juvenile Diversion Task Force 6143879511
Labels, mailing (Ohio attorneys' addresses) Attorney Services 614.387.9320 614.387.9529
Labels, mailing (Ohio judges/courts) Judicial & Court Services 614.387.9406
Language Services Section 614.387.9404 614.387.9409
Law Library Law Library 614.387.9680
Law Library (circulation) 614.387.9680
Law Library - Technical Services Law Library - Technical Services 614.387.9661
Law Library - Administration Law Library - Administration 614.387.9650
Law Library - Reference Law Library - Reference 614.387.9680
Lawyer referral services Attorney Services 614.387.9327 614.387.9529
Lawyer specialization Attorney Services 614.387.9320 614.387.9529
Lawyer to Lawyer Mentoring Program 614.387.9317 614.387.9529
Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection 614.387.9390
Legal research Law Library 614.387.9680
Legal Resources 614.387.9560
Legal service plans, prepaid Attorney Services 614.387.9327 614.387.9529
Legislation Chief Legal Counsel 614.387.9510
Legislative newsletter ( Ohio Judicial Conference 614.387.9750 614.387.9750
Liability insurance, judges Chief Legal Counsel 614.387.9510
Life insurance Human Resources 614.387.9470 614.387.9479
Magistrate, annual registration Attorney Services 614.387.9320 614.387.9529
Magistrate, CLE requirements Attorney Services 614.387.9320 614.387.9529
Mail service, Supreme Court Mail Center 614.387.9211
Maintenance, Supreme Court Facilities Management 614.387.9203
Mayor's Courts Case Management Section 614.387.9410 614.387.9409
Media contact Public Information 614.387.9250 614.387.9259
Mediation 614.387.9420
Mediation of Supreme Court cases Dispute Resolution Section 614.387.9420 614.387.3409
Mediation training & Alternative Dispute Resolution Dispute Resolution Section 614.387.9420 614.387.6409
Mentor program judicial Judicial College 614.387.9445 614.387.9449
Mentor program, attorney Attorney Services 614.387.9317 614.387.9529
New judgeships Judicial & Education Services 614.387.9405 614.387.9449
New Lawyer Training Attorney Services 614.387.9320 614.387.9529
News releases Public Information 614.387.9250 614.387.9259
Notary Ohio Secretary of State 614.644.4559
Off-site court Civic Education Section 614.387.9402
Off-Site Court Program 614.387.9223 614.387.9249
Office of Attorney Services 614.387.9320 614.387.9529
Office of Bar Admissions 614.387.9340 614.387.9349
Office of Bar Admissions Pro Hac Vice Registration 614.387.9352
Office of Court Security 614.387.9000 614.387.9929
Office of Disciplinary Counsel 614.387.9700 614.387.9709
Office of Human Resources Human Resources 614.387.9470 614.387.9479
Office of Legal Resources 614.387.9560 614.387.9569
Office of Public Information 614.387.9250
Office of the Chief Financial Officer 614.387.9480 614.387.9489
Office of the Chief Legal Counsel 614.387.9510
Office of the Clerk 614.387.9530
Office of the Reporter 614.387.9580 614.387.9589
Official Reports Reporter of Decisions 614.387.9580 614.387.9589
Ohio Access to Justice Foundation Ohio Access to Justice Foundation 800.877.9772
Ohio Access to Justice Foundation 614.715.8560
Ohio Court of Claims 614.387.9800
Ohio Courts Network Information Technology 614.387.9980
Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission 614.387.9305
Ohio Guide for Grand Jurors Ohio Judicial Conference 614.387.9750 614.387.9750
Ohio Guide for Trial Jurors Ohio Judicial Conference 614.387.9750 614.387.9750
Ohio Judges' Liability Self-Insurance Program Ohio Department of Administrative Services/Office of Risk Management 614.752.0486 614.351.4335
Ohio Judicial Conference 614.387.9750
Ohio Judicial Conference Ohio Judicial Conference 614.387.9750 614.387.9750
Ohio Judicial Conference Ohio Judicial Conference 614.387.9750 614.387.9750
Opinions & decisions of the Supreme Court Reporter of Decisions 614.387.9580 614.387.9589
Oral Arguments Clerk of the Courts 614.387.9530
Payroll records Human Resources 614.387.9470 614.387.9479
Payroll, biweekly Human Resources 614.387.9470 614.387.9479
Payroll, monthly Human Resources 614.387.9470 614.387.9479
Photocopying service, Supreme Court in-house Print Production Center 614.387.9215
Photographs Public Information 614.387.9254 614.387.9259
Prepaid legal service plans Attorney Services 614.387.9327 614.387.9529
Printing service, Supreme Court in-house Print Production Center 614.387.9215
Private judge registration Judicial College 614.387.9415 614.387.9449
Private judging Judicial College 614.387.9415 614.387.9449
Probate court booklets Ohio Judicial Conference 614.387.9750 614.387.9750
Probate forms Chief Legal Counsel 614.387.9510
Professional responsibility Board of Professional Conduct 614.387.9370 614.387.9379
Professionalism Commission Attorney Services 614.387.9343 614.387.9529
Protection order forms for domestic violence and stalking Domestic Violence Program 614.387.9408
Public Information Public Information 614.387.9250 614.387.9259
Purchasing Office of the Chief Financial Officer 614.387.9480 614.387.9489
Records Center, Supreme Court Records Management Center 614.466.6689 614.995.1993
Records retention Records Management Center 614.466.6689 614.995.1993
Reentry Task Force 614.387.9431
Reporter 614.387.9580
Reporter's Office Reporter of Decisions 614.387.9580 614.387.9589
Requisition or purchase order numbers Office of the Chief Financial Officer 614.387.9480 614.387.9489
Research Law Library 614.387.9680
Retired assigned judge payments Office of the Chief Financial Officer 614.387.9480 614.387.9489
Retired judge assignments
Rule 16 (Qualifications for Mediators, Certification of Mediation Training) Dispute Resolution Section 614.387.9420 614.461.7205
Rule 20 (Assigned Counsel in Death Penalty Cases) Attorney Services 614.387.9327 614.387.9529
Rule 5 (B) (1) (Case Management Plan) Case Management Section 614.387.9414 614.387.9419
Rules (except Supreme Court Rules of Practice) Chief Legal Counsel 614.387.9510
Rules of practice, local courts Clerk of the Court 614.387.9530
Rules of practice, Supreme Court Clerk of the Court 614.387.9530
Rules of Professional Conduct Board of Professional Conduct 614.387.9370 614.387.9379
Rules of Superintendence Case Management Section 614.387.9413 614.387.9419
Scheduling - Supreme Court conference room Meetings & Events 614.387.9211
Scheduling - Supreme Court vehicles Court Security 614.387.9906 614.387.9299
Scheduling- Supreme Court tours Civic Education 614.387.9223
Security, Supreme Court Court Security 614.387.9900 614.387.9299
Sentencing Commission Criminal Sentencing Commission 614.387.9305 614.387.9309
Settlement conferences for Supreme Court cases Dispute Resolution Section 614.387.9357 614.461.7205
Settlement Week Dispute Resolution Section 614.387.9420 614.461.7205
Slip opinions Reporter of Decisions 614.387.9580 614.387.9589
Space planning, Ohio courts Facilities Management 614.387.9300
Space planning, Supreme Court Facilities Management 614.387.9300
Specialization Attorney Services 614.387.9320 614.387.9529
Specialized Dockets Section 614.387.9425 614.387.9409
Stalking forms for protection order against Domestic Violence Program 614.387.9408
Statistical reporting Case Management Section 614.387.9413 614.387.9419
Statistics, Supreme Court cases Clerk of the Court 614.387.9530
Summit on Children Children & Families Section 614.387.9385
Supplies, Supreme Court Facilities Management 614.387.9300
Supreme Court brochures Public Information 614.387.9252 614.387.9259
Supreme Court case statistics Clerk of the Court 614.387.9530
Supreme Court Law Library 614.387.9680
Supreme Court procedures/Rules of Practice Clerk of the Court 614.387.9530
Switchboard 614.387.9000
Task Force on Conviction Integrity and Postconviction Review 614.387.9513
Task Force on Improving Court Operations Using Remote Technology 614.387.9387
Task Force on the Ohio Disciplinary Sysytem 614.387.9510 614.387.9509
Task Force to Examine the Ohio Bail System 614.387.9414
Taxation mediation Dispute Resolution Section 614.387.9355 614.461.7205
Technology Assistance Programs Technology Services 614.387.9432
Technology Services Section Technology Services 614.387.9432
Technology, Supreme Court Information Technology 614.387.9600
Teleconferencing Judicial College 614.387.9445 614.387.9449
Telephones, Supreme Court Information Technology 614.387.9605
Tours of the Supreme Court Civic Education Section 614.387.9223
Training, case management Case Management Section 614.387.9410 614.387.9419
Training, mediation Dispute Resolution Section 614.387.9420 614.387.6409
Travel reimbursement, judges Office of the Chief Financial Officer 614.387.9480 614.387.9489
Travel reimbursement, staff Office of the Chief Financial Officer 614.387.9480 614.387.9489
Unauthorized Practice of Law Attorney Services 614.387.9318 614.387.9529
Veterans Summit 6143879400
Vexatious litigators (under R.C. 2323.52) Clerk of the Court 614.387.9530
Vexatious litigators (under S.Ct.Prac.R. XIV, Section 5) Clerk of the Court 614.387.9445
Video conferencing Judicial College 614.387.9445 614.387.9449
Website, Supreme Court, comments or questions Public Information 614.387.9255 614.387.9259
Workers' compensation mediation Dispute Resolution Section 614.387.9355 614.461.7205
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