Patricia A. Hider has been a magistrate in Butler County, serving under Judge Randy Rogers at the Butler County Probate Court, since January of 2003. Prior to joining the Probate Court, Magistrate Hider worked as an aide to the Area Courts judges and was engaged in private practice.

Before working for the courts, she was the Director of the Patent Estate for Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. and also worked for the Procter & Gamble Company as Counsel for Patents. Before her career in the law, Magistrate Hider worked in the medical field in a variety of positions, including Manager of Product Acquisitions and Licensing for Medisense, Inc., Business Development Manager and Manger of Clinical Affairs for Baxter Healthcare Corporation, and Clinical Trials Coordinator at Becton Dickinson & Company.

She has published numerous articles in medical journals and spent time as an instructor for the Emory University Hospital & School of Medicine. Magistrate Hider earned her B.S. in Biology from the University of Cincinnati, a Master of Medical Science degree in Clinical Microbiology from Emory University, and her J.D., cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts.

Magistrate Hider has been featured in the Court News Ohio article "Partners in Justice". To read the full article, click here.