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9th District selects presiding and administrative judges
Published: January 24, 2018
The 9th District Court of Appeals selected Judge Julie Schafer to serve as presiding judge in 2018.
The presiding judge is responsible for the administration of the court and the docket of the 9th District Court of Appeals.
Judge Schafer was elected to the 9th District Court of Appeals in November 2014 after serving as a judge on the Akron Municipal Court.
Judge Schafer, who was the court’s administrative judge in 2017, takes over for Judge Jennifer Hensal, who served as presiding judge for 2017.
The 9th District Court of Appeals selected Judge Thomas Teodosio to serve as administrative judge in 2018.
The administrative judge has responsibility and control over matters of office and business administration for the 9th District Court of Appeals.
Judge Teodosio was elected to the 9th District Court of Appeals in November 2016.
The 9th District Court of Appeals hears appeals from trial courts in Lorain, Medina, Summit, and Wayne counties.
The court also has original jurisdiction to hear applications for writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, procedendo, prohibition and quo warranto.