Qualified, independent Ohio attorneys and/or law firms to serve as insurance defense counsel (Counsel) to judges (Insured Judges) covered by the Ohio Judges’ Professional Liability Program (Program). Insured Judges include sitting or assigned judges in the following courts: Supreme Court of Ohio, Appellate Courts, Court of Claims, municipal courts, common pleas courts, and assigned or retired judges appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio for activity conducted while in a judicial capacity. The Program provides coverage for professional liability and employment practices liability claims against Insured Judges in their individual capacities. Counsel will also be responsible for providing an attorney staffed judicial hotline program that provides limited advice to Insured Judges and their administrative staff in pre-litigation matters, with the objective of reducing the likelihood of liability and the future expenditure of insurance funds (Judicial Hotline). These services will be referred to as General Defense and Judicial Hotline Services.
