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Home > Blogs > Ohio politics > Archives > 2010 > February > 04 > Entry

Former supreme court justice dies

By Laura Bischoff | Thursday, February 4, 2010, 03:06 PM

Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Craig Wright died Wednesday, Feb. 3, in Palm Springs, California. He was 80.

Wright, a Republican, served on the state supreme court from 1985 until his retirement from the court in 1996. He then worked in private practice until 2003 and as a judge by assignment for the Ohio Court of Claims until 2009.

“Craig Wright was an extraordinary jurist,” said Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer. “His intellect and his years of experience in the law served him well as a trial judge and justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Craig’s work in the field of alcohol and chemical addiction extended and improved the lives of hundreds of people. I have lost a good friend.”

The supreme court said Wright’s legacy includes helping establish a program to address substance abuse in the legal profession.

Funeral arrangements are pending.

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