Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judith L. French

Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judith L. French

Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judith L. French will serve a three-year term on an advisory committee of the federal judiciary’s national policy-making body after her appointment June 13 by U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

Justice French’s term begins Oct. 1 on the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules.

The U.S. Supreme Court established a rules advisory committee in 1935 to help draft the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which took effect in 1938. Today, advisory committees on appellate, bankruptcy, civil, criminal procedure, and evidence rules carry on a continuous study of the rules and recommend changes to the Judicial Conference.

Committee members include federal judges, practicing lawyers, law professors, state court justices, and high-level officials from the U.S. Department of Justice and federal public defender organizations.

“I am grateful to be appointed to this position, and I hope to contribute to effective judicial administration through my participation,” Justice French said.

Justice French’s connection to the U.S. Supreme Court began years earlier. As an Assistant Attorney General in the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, she argued two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.