other cities, she dissented from a ruling that overturned local residency laws for public employees; the legislature, she wrote, had overstepped its boundaries and violated the "home rule" language of the Ohio Constitution." Lanzinger, a Republican, was elected to the Supreme Court in 2004, taking office on New Year's Day 2005. Due to Ohio's mandatory retirement for judges who have reached the age of 70, she did not run for re-election in 2016. She was quoted saying she was "unhappy" at the mandatory retirement. Her elected replacement was Patrick F. Fischer. In August 2016, the Associated Press reported that Lanzinger was teaching poetry to judges, teaching for the sixth time a course in Ashland, Oregon for the National Judicial College. Her official portrait was unveiled as a justice in February 2017. In March 2017, she donated her personal papers to her alma mater, the University of Toledo. Personal life She married Robert Lanzinger in 1967, and they have two children together. Her son is a Toledo Municipal Court judge. References External links 1946 births Living people American women judges Ohio Republicans Justices of the Ohio Supreme Court Politicians from Toledo, Ohio University of Toledo alumni University of Toledo College of Law alumni University of Nevada, Reno alumni Lawyers from Toledo, Ohio 21st-century American women 21st-century American women judges