Administrative Director
Steven C. Hollon, Esq.
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Steven C. Hollon is the Administrative Director of the Supreme Court of Ohio. The Administrative Director is a constitutional position in Ohio government and serves at the pleasure of the Court. As the senior non-elected officer of the Court, the Administrative Director, in conjunction with the Chief Justice, the Justices of the Court, the Ohio Judicial Conference, and the judges of the state, is responsible for developing and communicating the long-term vision, values and direction of the Court and the judicial branch of Ohio government. In addition, the Administrative Director is responsible for providing oversight to all eight divisions of the Court consisting of more than 260 employees, and administering a Judiciary/Supreme Court budget of more than $130 million.
The Administrative Director also assists in the development of emerging issues, including providing staff support for special projects, initiatives, and task forces. The Administrative Director develops and maintains relationships with the legislative and executive branches of Ohio government, including monitoring legislative activity on matters of interest to the Court and the judicial branch, maintains liaison activity with the bar associations and law schools of the state, and supervises staff assistance to the Commission on the Rules of Superintendence, the Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure, and follow-up monitoring to the Ohio Courts Futures Commission and the Ohio Commission on Racial Fairness.
Hollon became the Administrative Director in March 1999. He is an attorney who began his legal career as a judicial law clerk with the Ohio Twelfth District Court of Appeals, later becoming that court's administrator. He then engaged in the private practice of law in Hamilton, Ohio before becoming the administrator and senior staff attorney of the Ohio Second District Court of Appeals in Dayton, where he served until he assumed his current duties. He has also served on the Supreme Court's Board of Commissioners on Grievances & Discipline and has lectured at numerous judges' association meetings, including a weeklong seminar on judicial administration and legal ethics to the Ukrainian Supreme Court in Kiev. He was appointed to the Butler County Court of Common Pleas, but declined the position to assume his current duties.
Hollon currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Center for State Courts in Williamsburg, Virginia, and is the President-elect of the Conference of State Court Administrators. He also serves as the chairman of the Ohio United Way and is a Fellow in the Ohio State Bar Foundation.