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# Susan Brown

Ohio Court of Appeals · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
- State: Ohio
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-06-30

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1999-present
- Prior to this, she held the role of the Judge of the 185th Criminal District Court in Harris County, presiding over felony criminal cases from 1999 until her retirement in 2018.
- She also held the role of Administrative Judge of the Criminal Division from 2013 to 2017, during which she collaborated with foundations to improve the criminal justice system and helped establish the Re-integration Court for low-level drug offenders
- She is also an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center, teaching trial advocacy

### Education

- South Texas College of Law in — J.D. (1985)
- Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Texas A&M University in 1982
- Kent State University in — B.S. (1974)

### Additional information

- Susan Brown has held the role of the Presiding Judge of the Eleventh Administrative Judicial Region of Texas since March 2018, a position to which she was reappointed by Governor Greg Abbott in 2022 for a four-year term.
- In this role, she oversees regional judicial administration, advises local judges, implements rules, and can assign visiting judges to manage court caseloads.
- She is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Houston Bar Association, where she previously chaired the Bench Bar Committee.

## 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.courtlistener.com/person/8060/susan-brown/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8060/susan-brown/)
- [Ohio Court of Appeals current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8060/susan-brown/)
- [Virtual Public Access to Ohio Court Proceedings](https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/virtual-court/)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8060/susan-brown/)
- [Susan Brown - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Susan_Brown)
- [Old Naples Association - Susan Brown](https://oldnaplesassociation.com/page-18196)

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