Paul Pfeifer

Paul Pfeifer
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio
In office January 2, 1993 – January 1, 2017
Preceded by	Herbert R. Brown
Succeeded by	Pat DeWine
Member of the Ohio Senate from the 26th district
In office January 3, 1977 – December 31, 1992
Preceded by	Gene Slagle
Succeeded by	Karen Gillmor
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 15th district
In office January 3, 1971 – December 31, 1972
Preceded by	Robert Carpenter
Succeeded by	Gene Damschroder
Personal details
Born	(1942-10-15) October 15, 1942 (age 81)[1] Bucyrus, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Republican

Paul E. Pfeifer (born October 15, 1942) is an American jurist. He served in both houses of the Ohio General Assembly as a member of the Ohio Republican party and was most recently an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio.

Pfeifer was born in Bucyrus in 1942. He grew up on his family's dairy farm near Bucyrus. As a teenager, he raised purebred Yorkshire hogs to finance his college education. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in economics, political science, and history in 1963 from Ohio State University. In 1966, he also earned a law degree from the College of Law.

Pfeifer owns a cattle farm in Crawford County, near his childhood home. Pfeifer and his wife Julia have three children and four grandchildren.