Ohio R. Superi. Ct. 49.09

As amended through October 29, 2024

Rule 49.09 - Commercial Docket Judge Workload

(A) Adjustment of other case assignments

To promote a fair and equal distribution of cases, in a court of common pleas that has established a commercial docket with sitting judges of the general division of the court serving as the commercial docket judges pursuant to Sup.R. 49.01 and 49.02(A)(1), for each commercial docket case assigned to a commercial docket judge pursuant to Sup.R. 49.07, a similar non-commercial docket civil case shall be assigned by lot from the docket of the commercial docket judge to a non-commercial docket judge of the court.

(B) Adoption of local rule reducing workload

Notwithstanding the case assignment requirements of Sup.R. 36(B)(2), a court of common pleas that has established a commercial docket with sitting judges of the general division of the court serving as the commercial docket judges pursuant to Sup.R. 49.01 and Sup.R. 49.02(A)(1) shall adopt a local rule of court reducing the number of cases assigned to each commercial docket judge through one or more of the following measures:

(1) Each commercial docket judge receiving no fourth or fifth degree felony cases;

(2) A fifty percent reduction in the number of criminal cases assigned to each commercial docket judge;

(3) A meaningful reduction in the non-commercial docket civil cases assigned to each commercial docket judge.

Ohio. R. Superi. Ct. 49.09

Adopted February 26, 2013, effective 7/1/2013; amended May 21, 2013, effective 7/1/2013.