American judge (born 1972 or 1973)
Megan E. Shanahan (born 1972 or 1973) is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court since 2025. She served as a judge of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas from 2015 to 2024.
Education.
Shanahan received a Bachelor of Arts from Kent State University in 1995 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 2000.
Career.
She started her career as assistant prosecutor in Butler County.
Judicial service.
In 2011 she was elected as a municipal court judge. Then in 2015, she was appointed by Governor John Kasich to a seat on the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. She assumed office on April 13, 2015.
Ohio Supreme Court.
In March 2023, Shanahan announced her run to become a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court; eventually becoming one of six candidates running for three seats on the Ohio Supreme Court. Shanahan was endorsed by the Ohio Republican Party. Shanahan was elected to the Ohio Supreme Court in the 2024 election held on November 5, 2024.
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