Twelfth District Court of Appeals Judge Robin Piper III heard an oral argument for the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Twelfth District Court of Appeals Judge Robin Piper III heard an oral argument for the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Twelfth District Court of Appeals Judge Robin Piper III served as a visiting jurist on the Ohio Supreme Court for oral arguments today.

Judge Piper sat in place of Justice Jennifer Brunner, who recused herself from Ronald M. Jezerinac, et al., v. Mo M. Dioun, et al., Case No. 2020-0743.

The dispute involves a lawsuit between two owners of a microbrewery and asks whether court rules allow an appellate judge who didn’t hear the case originally to vote to reconsider the case.

“It is a unique experience to sit as a visiting judge, an opportunity I’m honored to have,” said Judge Piper. “At this level of litigation, the issues are well defined, complex, and interesting to any legal mind. And it goes without saying, I enjoy working side by side with justices of such immense knowledge and experience.”

Tuesday was Judge Piper’s fifth time hearing an oral argument for the Supreme Court. He last represented the Court in June 2020.

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.

Judge Piper began serving on the Twelfth District in February 2011. Previously, he was the Butler County prosecutor for more than 10 years and an assistant prosecutor for nearly 14 years.

Judge Piper also was the sole proprietor of a private general practice involving legal matters and litigation.

He earned his law degree in 1982 from University of Dayton School of Law and was admitted to the Ohio bar that year.

The Twelfth District serves Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Butler, Fayette, Madison, Preble, and Warren counties in southwestern 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.