Attorney in private practice, Cincinnati

Dennis Charles Mahoney is a Cincinnati attorney admitted to the Ohio bar in 1990 and also licensed in Kentucky, whose listed practice areas include personal injury, mass torts and civil rights; directory listings show him as a partner at O'Connor, Acciani & Levy²³. He earned his law degree at Northern Kentucky University's Salmon P. Chase College of Law². He is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for the Common Pleas General Division term commencing February 10, 2027¹. Ohio prints no party next to judicial candidates on the general election ballot, so this race is nonpartisan on the ballot.

• Attorney in private practice; directory listings show him as a partner at O'Connor, Acciani & Levy, Cincinnati, with practice areas in personal injury, mass torts, civil rights and accident cases²³
• Admitted to the Ohio bar in 1990; also admitted in Kentucky²
• JD, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University²
• Not a sitting judge. Nominated in the Republican primary for the 2026 election and included on the county Republican Party's judicial slate¹⁴.
• Bar poll: Cincinnati Bar Association 2026 Hamilton County Judicial Candidate Poll. The CBA describes it as a confidential, nonpartisan survey sent to its active attorney members (the results sheet says 2,500 members of the Cincinnati legal community); 170 members responded, rating only candidates they had contact with in the past four years, on six categories, with a stated margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent. It is a non-binding member survey of attorney opinion, not an endorsement or a rating by the bar association. For Dennis Charles Mahoney, 39 respondents reported contact. Of those, the share rating the candidate Excellent: administrative diligence 23%, communication skills 41%, community engagement 15%, integrity/impartiality/objectivity 46%, legal experience 59%, professionalism/temperament 49%. The share rating Below Average, in the same order: 21%, 18%, 8%, 15%, 10%, 18%⁵⁶.