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# Betty Sutton

Ninth District Court of Appeals · Court of Appeals Judge

## Profile

- Court: Ninth District Court of Appeals
- State: Ohio
- Role: Court of Appeals Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Betty S. Sutton is the current Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals, 9th District, appointed February 9, 2021, and in 2024 named Administrative Judge of the court
- Vice Chair of the Judiciary and Criminal Justice Committees
- Judge of the Ohio Ninth District Court of Appeals
- Official court page: Ninth District Court of Appeals – Judge Betty Sutton
- She has also held the role of a visiting judge with the Ohio Supreme Court and other district appellate courts

### Education

- University of Akron School of Law, where she obtained a Dean’s Club Scholarship and multiple awards for constitutional law — J.D.
- B.A. in Political Science from Kent State University

### Additional information

- Ohio House of Representatives: Elected in 1992, serving until 2000
- Date of birth: 1963-07-31
- Barberton High School
- Judge Sutton presides over the Ninth District Court of Appeals, which covers Lorain, Medina, Summit, and Wayne counties.
- Birth place: Barberton

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### remote hearing exhibits

Scope: statewide

Ohio's statewide virtual-court guidance tells courts to include instructions for submitting exhibits or notifying the court of witnesses when remote-hearing information is sent to participants.

Evidence excerpt: Instructions for submitting exhibits or notifying the court of witnesses.

[Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### remote hearing ground rules

Scope: statewide

Ohio's statewide virtual-court guidance recommends advance ground rules for documents, exhibits, screen sharing, and pre-marking exhibits for remote hearings.

Evidence excerpt: Documents: Share any documents/exhibits that will be reviewed in advance. Use the share screen function while documents are being discussed during the hearing. Request that the documents are pre-marked for exhibit purposes.

[Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### remote recording

Scope: statewide

Ohio's statewide virtual-court guidance states that litigants, attorneys, and the public should be instructed not to record the hearing.

Evidence excerpt: The court should instruct the litigants, attorneys, and the public to not record the hearing.

[Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.ohiojudges.org/directory/ojc-directory/)
- [Official roster](https://www.ohiojudges.org/directory/ojc-directory/)
- [Ohio Judicial Conference Directory official judicial roster](https://www.ohiojudges.org/directory/ojc-directory/)
- [Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
- [Wikidata: Betty Sutton](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q436825)

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