Robert E. Leach

Robert E. Leach (December 18, 1911 – November 21, 1993) was a Republican judge in the U.S. State of Ohio who sat as Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court in 1978. Biography Robert E. Leach was born December 18, 1911, to Charles A. and Hazel K. Leach, and earned bachelors and law degrees from the Ohio State University and its Law School. He was Delta Theta Phi, and was the first editor of the Ohio State Law Journal, 1934–1935. Leach entered into private practice of law in Columbus, until 1942, when he entered the U.S. Army, serving with the military police and in overseas service as special agent of the Counter Intelligence Corps, until 1946. After the war, Leach served as assistant city attorney. In 1951 he became chief counsel for Ohio Attorney General C. William O'Neill.