Ninth District Court of Appeals Judge Jennifer Hensal

Ninth District Court of Appeals Judge Jennifer Hensal

Ninth District Court of Appeals Judge Jennifer Hensal served as a visiting judge on the Ohio Supreme Court today and heard oral arguments in a case on whether an owner can collect damages from a pawnshop that sold her stolen jewelry.

Judge Hensal replaced Justice R. Patrick DeWine, who recused himself from Irene Danopulos v. American Trading II LLC, Case no. 2018-1157. The case is out of the First District Court of Appeals in Hamilton County.

According to the Ohio Constitution, in the event of a recusal by a justice, the chief justice can select any of the 69 sitting Ohio appellate court judges to sit temporarily on the Supreme Court.

This was Judge Hensal’s second time serving as a visiting judge on the Ohio Supreme Court.

Judge Hensal began her term with the Ninth District in February 2013. Prior to sitting on the bench, Judge Hensal served as the assistant law director in Wadsworth and as an assistant prosecutor in Medina and Wadsworth. She also represented other municipalities including the villages of Seville and Lodi in Medina County. After receiving her law degree from the University of Toledo College of Law in 1993, Judge Hensal began her legal career in private practice.

The Ninth District Court of Appeals serves four counties in northern Ohio, and hears cases from county, municipal, and common pleas courts as well as original actions in habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, procedendo, and quo warranto.