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# Ryan Styer

Tuscarawas Co. Common Pleas Court · Common Pleas Judge

## Profile

- Court: Tuscarawas Co. Common Pleas Court
- State: Ohio
- Role: Common Pleas Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Partner at Styer Law Offices since 1999
- Before becoming a judge, Styer held the role of Tuscarawas County prosecuting attorney from 2009.
- Mike DeWine to the Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court’s General and Domestic Relations Division, succeeding Judge Elizabeth Thomakos
- This marks a transition from the prosecutor’s bench to the judicial bench, a role Styer has said he has considered for years and that he believes he can have a “huge impact” from the court

### Education

- Law degree — University of Akron School of Law — 1998

### Additional information

- Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court; 2026-03-02
- Solicitor; 2004; 2008
- Associate; 1998
- Newcomerstown
- Brian Law Offices
- Carroll County
- Assistant Public Defender
- Styer has stated that the best judges “give dignity to all” and make honest findings based on evidence and law, avoiding activism in legal interpretation.
- Ohio judge appointed by Gov.
- He aims to run a courtroom where “all are treated with dignity, the law is respected, and decisions are honest, fair, and just”

## 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/)
- [Tuscarawas County Judicial Appointment: Ryan Styer](https://www.courtnewsohio.gov/bench/2026/StyerAppt_031226.asp)

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