The judges of the Twelfth District Court of Appeals have elected the court’s presiding and administrative judges for 2025, according to a news release. Judge Robert A. Hendrickson, of Monroe, was unanimously elected presiding judge of the court. The presiding judge presides over all court sessions, meetings and other activities involving the court. Judge Hendrickson was elected to the Twelfth District Court of Appeals in 2008. Before beginning his first term in February 2009, Judge Hendrickson served as Butler County Area III Court judge. He has also served on the Monroe City Council, as a magistrate for the Hamilton Municipal Court, and as acting prosecutor for both the Hamilton and Middletown Municipal courts.