Person
Lisa Forbes
- Work
- Worked on Capitol Hill and in politics after college
Source: Judge Examines Law’s Intricacies from Capitol Hill to Supreme Court
- Work
- Law clerk to U.S. District Judge Frank J. Battisti, Northern District of Ohio, 1992 to 1993 (as stated by the campaign)
- Work
- Litigation associate, Squire Sanders & Dempsey, 1993 to 1997 (as stated by the campaign)
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- Litigation associate from 1997 and partner from 2003, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease (as stated by the campaign)
- Work
- Complex litigation in state and federal trial and appeals courts for 27 years before joining the bench
Sources: Judge Examines Law’s Intricacies from Capitol Hill to Supreme Court · Ohio Supreme Court: Forbes vs. Hawkins (Voters Guide with the League of Women Voters of the Akron Area)
- Education
- Bachelor of Science, Cornell University, 1985 (as stated by the campaign)
Sources: Lisa Forbes (2020 candidate questionnaire) · Ohio Supreme Court: Forbes vs. Hawkins (Voters Guide with the League of Women Voters of the Akron Area)
- Education
- Law degree, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 1992 (as stated by the campaign)
- Civic
- Board of directors, The Centers for Families and Children, from 2008, and Circle Health, from 2017 (as stated by the campaign)
- Home
- Shaker Heights, Ohio, as given in her 2020 candidate questionnaire (as stated by the campaign)
Court News Ohio profile (2023) · Judicial Votes Count questionnaire (2020)
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- 1Offices held · Judge, Eighth District Court of Appeals, since 2020
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Not yet researched: Where they stand, What they have said, checked, Money, Financial interests, Polling and approval, Endorsements.
What has been checked
- Profile 12 entries
- On the ballot 0 entries Not a candidate in any 2026 race held on this site. Checked: This site's 2026 race records; This site's 2026 ballot list
- Where they stand Not yet researched
- What they have said, checked Not yet researched
- Record in office 6 entries Five opinions she wrote for the Eighth District Court of Appeals, 2022 to 2026, found through a web search of the Supreme Court's Reporter of Decisions and its Eighth District listing, each checked against the opinion PDF's author line, plus her 2023 sitting on the Supreme Court by assignment. A sample, not a complete list.
- Money Not yet researched
- Financial interests Not yet researched
- Polling and approval Not yet researched
- Elections 1 entry The 2024 Supreme Court race is listed. Her 2020 and 2022 Eighth District races wait on race records this site does not yet hold.
- Endorsements Not yet researched
- Sources 12 entries
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| Statewide | All of Ohio | Justice of the Supreme Court (Unexpired term ending 12-31-2026) |
On the ballot
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Where they stand
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What they have said, checked
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Record in office
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| Person | Date | Kind | Entry |
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| Forbes (D) | 2020-12-14 | office | Judge, Eighth District Court of Appeals |
| Forbes (D) | 2022-03-10 | ruling | 2022-03-10 (ruling): Wrote the Eighth District Court of Appeals' opinion in State v. Winkler, 2022-Ohio-702, which rejected a constitutional challenge to the Rea |
| Forbes (D) | 2022-10-13 | ruling | 2022-10-13 (ruling): Wrote the Eighth District Court of Appeals' opinion in East Cleveland IAFF 500 v. East Cleveland, 2022-Ohio-3668, which affirmed a judgment |
| Forbes (D) | 2022-12-01 | ruling | 2022-12-01 (ruling): Wrote the Eighth District Court of Appeals' opinion in Cleveland v. Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association, 2022-Ohio-4284, which affirmed |
| Forbes (D) | 2023-03-16 | ruling | 2023-03-16 (ruling): Wrote the Eighth District Court of Appeals' opinion in State v. Adams, 2023-Ohio-809, which affirmed a six-year aggregate sentence of consec |
| Forbes (D) | 2023-10-02 | appointment | 2023-10-02 (appointment): Sat by assignment on the Supreme Court of Ohio in State v. Taylor, in place of Justice Jennifer Brunner, who had recused. |
| Forbes (D) | 2026-09-24 | ruling | 2026-09-24 (ruling): Wrote the Eighth District Court of Appeals' opinion in State v. Hess, 2026-Ohio-3734, which affirmed a strangulation sentence ordered to run |
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ruling September 24, 2026
Wrote the Eighth District Court of Appeals' opinion in State v. Hess, 2026-Ohio-3734, which affirmed a strangulation sentence ordered to run consecutively to the defendant's earlier prison terms.
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appointment October 2, 2023
Sat by assignment on the Supreme Court of Ohio in State v. Taylor, in place of Justice Jennifer Brunner, who had recused.
Source: Judge Examines Law’s Intricacies from Capitol Hill to Supreme Court
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ruling March 16, 2023
Wrote the Eighth District Court of Appeals' opinion in State v. Adams, 2023-Ohio-809, which affirmed a six-year aggregate sentence of consecutive terms for eight fifth-degree felony theft counts in six cases.
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ruling December 1, 2022
Wrote the Eighth District Court of Appeals' opinion in Cleveland v. Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association, 2022-Ohio-4284, which affirmed confirmation of an arbitration award reinstating a police officer the city had fired after a 2015 fatal shooting, holding the award within the arbitrator's powers and not contrary to public policy.
Source: Cleveland v. Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Assn. (8th Dist.), 2022-Ohio-4284
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ruling October 13, 2022
Wrote the Eighth District Court of Appeals' opinion in East Cleveland IAFF 500 v. East Cleveland, 2022-Ohio-3668, which affirmed a judgment confirming and enforcing a 2017 arbitration award for the firefighters' union in a dispute over the contract's minimum staffing clause.
Source: E. Cleveland IAFF 500 v. E. Cleveland (8th Dist.), 2022-Ohio-3668
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ruling March 10, 2022
Wrote the Eighth District Court of Appeals' opinion in State v. Winkler, 2022-Ohio-702, which rejected a constitutional challenge to the Reagan Tokes Law by applying the court's en banc decision in State v. Delvallie, and affirmed the sentence.
Money
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Financial interests
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Polling and approval
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Elections
| Race | Party | Result | Votes | Share |
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| Justice of the Supreme Court (Unexpired term ending 12-31-2026) (2024) | Democratic | Lost | 2,456,462 | 45.0% |
Offices held
Judge, Eighth District Court of Appeals · 2020-12-14 to present · elected
Sources: 2020 Ohio elections · 2022 Ohio elections · Ohio Supreme Court: Forbes vs. Hawkins (Voters Guide with the League of Women Voters of the Akron Area) · Judge Examines Law’s Intricacies from Capitol Hill to Supreme Court · State v. Hess (8th Dist.), 2026-Ohio-3734
Endorsements
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Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 2020 Ohio elections · 2022 Ohio elections · 2024 Ohio elections
Every URL on this page, once each.
- 2020 Ohio elections · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24
- 2022 Ohio elections · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24
- Ohio Supreme Court: Forbes vs. Hawkins (Voters Guide with the League of Women Voters of the Akron Area) · Signal Akron · 2024-10-08 · accessed 2026-09-24
- Judge Examines Law’s Intricacies from Capitol Hill to Supreme Court · Court News Ohio (Supreme Court of Ohio) · 2023-10-02 · accessed 2026-09-24
- State v. Hess (8th Dist.), 2026-Ohio-3734 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2026-09-24 · accessed 2026-09-24
- Lisa Forbes (2020 candidate questionnaire) · Judicial Votes Count (University of Akron) · 2020-03-02 · accessed 2026-09-24
- State v. Adams (8th Dist.), 2023-Ohio-809 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2023-03-16 · accessed 2026-09-24
- Cleveland v. Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Assn. (8th Dist.), 2022-Ohio-4284 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2022-12-01 · accessed 2026-09-24
- E. Cleveland IAFF 500 v. E. Cleveland (8th Dist.), 2022-Ohio-3668 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2022-10-13 · accessed 2026-09-24
- State v. Winkler (8th Dist.), 2022-Ohio-702 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2022-03-10 · accessed 2026-09-24
- 2024 Ohio elections · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24
- 2024 General Election Candidates · Franklin County Board of Elections · accessed 2026-09-24
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