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# Susana B. Lewis

Wadsworth Municipal Court · Municipal Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Wadsworth Municipal Court
- State: Ohio
- Role: Municipal Court Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

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

## 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/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- The Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Wadsworth Municipal Court in Wadsworth, Ohio, elected in 2024
- In her own words, Judge Lewis’s vision for the court is “to work hard for our community, apply the law fairly and impartially, care deeply, and do what’s right”

### Education


### Additional information

- overseeing all criminal, civil, traffic, and small claims cases
- She has also been active in community service, including roles with the Medina County Share Coalition, the Medina County Coalition for Suicide Prevention, and as a high school mock trial judge for over 20 years
- Judge Lewis is fluent in Spanish and was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and raised in Manhattan and Central New Jersey.
- She teaches Continuing Legal Education courses for the Supreme Court’s Judicial College, Medina Bar Association, and Ohio Prosecutor’s Association, covering topics such as felony prosecution of child support cases, juvenile crime, and traffic law.
- She is also a volunteer with the Ohio High School Mock Trial Program