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Alison Hatheway

OH · Judge, Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division

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Hamilton County Common Pleas judge since February 2021. She spent 13 years as a Hamilton County public defender and led its juvenile division.

Where Alison Hatheway stands, based on their records

Supports

Civil Rights (4 records)

Track record

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 4 support

  • Judge Alison Hatheway granted a further preliminary injunction against Ohio provisions that threatened professional discipline for advanced practice clinicians providing medication abortion.

    July 8, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: acluohio.org

  • Judge Alison Hatheway ruled that Ohio’s fetal-remains burial and cremation requirements violated the state constitution’s reproductive freedom amendment and permanently barred their enforcement.

    February 13, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: acluohio.org

  • Judge Alison Hatheway temporarily blocked Ohio restrictions on telemedicine medication abortion, medication abortion by advanced practice clinicians, and off-label use of mifepristone.

    August 29, 2024Supports Civil Rights

    Source: acluohio.org

  • Judge Alison Hatheway granted a second preliminary injunction that prevented Ohio from enforcing new backup-doctor requirements against two southwest Ohio abortion clinics while their challenge continued.

    June 17, 2022Supports Civil Rights

    Source: acluohio.org

Track record — General

General · 3 records

  • The Ohio Working Families Party endorsed Judge Alison Hatheway for Hamilton County Common Pleas Court.

    June 29, 2026

    Source: workingfamilies.org

  • Hamilton County Common Pleas judges elected Alison Hatheway presiding judge and administrative judge of the General Division for 2026.

    December 11, 2025

    Source: cincybar.org

  • As a Hamilton County juvenile public defender, Alison Hatheway filed three motions seeking 911 recordings, a clearer photo array, and text message records for a child facing transfer to adult court. She later described the denied discovery requests in a sworn Ohio Supreme Court filing.

    August 15, 2013

    Source: supremecourt.ohio.gov

Track record — Legal Competence

Legal Competence · 1 favorable

  • The Ohio Supreme Court upheld the jury instructions and the trial judge’s answers to jury questions in the Amy Rodriguez child-endangerment trial presided over by Judge Alison Hatheway. It reversed a 2025 appellate ruling that had set aside the convictions and sent the case back for another appellate claim.

    July 9, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence

    Source: supremecourt.ohio.gov

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