Ginger Bock seeks reelection to First District Court of Appeals

Judge Ginger Bock is running to keep her seat on Ohio's First District Court of Appeals in the Nov. 3 general election.

Bock, a Democrat, has served on the First District appellate bench since 2020, according to BallotReady election data. She is certified for the ballot for the term commencing Feb. 8. The First District Court of Appeals covers Hamilton County, which includes Anderson Township, Mariemont and Terrace Park.

Candidate information

Office sought: Ohio Appellate Court Judge, First District (Term Commencing 2/8)
Party: Democratic
Education: High school diploma, Wilmington High School (1990); bachelor's degree, Miami University; J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law (summa cum laude), according to BallotReady profile data and the court's website
Community involvement: Member of the NAACP's Cincinnati Chapter; volunteer with the Karen Wellington Foundation; member of the Ohio Judicial Conference of Judicial Ethics, Professionalism, and Diversity Committee, according to the First District Court of Appeals

Experience and public service

Before attending law school, Bock worked for 10 years at nonprofit organizations, including a residential home for abused children and a treatment center for women, according to the court's website. Her legal career spans multiple roles.

She owned and operated Ginger S. Brock Law Office from 2011 to 2018, according to BallotReady profile data. She also worked as an attorney for appeals and legal writing at The Moore Law Firm in 2017.

Bock served as a staff attorney for Judge Mark P. Painter at the First District Court of Appeals and later as a staff attorney for Judge Thomas O. Beridon from 2018 to 2021, according to BallotReady. She has argued before the Supreme Court of Ohio, the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and Ohio Courts of Appeals throughout the state, according to the court's website.

She was selected as administrative and presiding judge of the First District Court of Appeals for 2024. She also serves as an adjunct law professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, a position she has held since 2019, according to BallotReady.

On the issues

Judicial reform and access to justice: Bock says eliminating disparities in the justice system, increasing transparency in the courts and removing barriers to justice are her priorities, according to the court's website. She says she is dedicated to ensuring every person who appears before the court is treated fairly and respectfully.

Criminal justice and public safety: Bock says she is committed to ensuring all parties who appear before the First District leave believing they have been fully heard and treated fairly, according to her campaign website. "Ginger will treat every party exactly the way she would want her own family to be treated," her campaign states.