Gary F. Werner

Professional career

• The presiding and administrative judge of the Medina Municipal Court in Medina, Ohio, serving his second term after re‐election in 2023
• In 2021, Judge Werner’s team secured Supreme Court of Ohio certification to operate the Valor Court, Medina County’s only Veterans Treatment Court
• Also the court’s presiding and administrative judge

Education

Additional information

• Judge Werner has led the Medina Municipal Court since 2017, a single‐judge court handling roughly 12,000–13,000 cases annually.
• Judge Werner spent about 23 years in private legal practice as a trial lawyer, litigator, and land‐use attorney
• focusing on planning, zoning, and land acquisition/development.
• overseeing case management and court operations
• He has litigated at trial and appellate levels in both state and federal courts Medina Municipal Court
• Judge Werner is a faculty member of the Supreme Court of Ohio’s Judicial College and regularly presents at judicial conferences and continuing legal education programs