Hon. Kathleen Ann Sutula

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Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas General Division </div>
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<p><b>Kathleen Sutula</b> is a judge of the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Cuyahoga_County_Court_of_Common_Pleas,_Ohio">Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas General Division</a> in Ohio. Her current term ends on January 6, 2025.</p><p>Sutula (<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Party">Republican Party</a>) ran for re-election for judge of the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Cuyahoga_County_Court_of_Common_Pleas,_Ohio">Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas General Division</a> in Ohio. She won in the general election on <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Municipal_elections_in_Cuyahoga_County,_Ohio_(2018)">November 6, 2018</a>. </p>
<p>Although Ohio held partisan judicial primaries, general judicial elections were officially nonpartisan.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h2>
<p>Sutula received her undergraduate degree from the Ohio State University in 1973 and her <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bio2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio2-2">[2]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<ul><li><b>1991-2025:</b> Judge, <a href="/Cuyahoga_County_Court_of_Common_Pleas,_Ohio" title="Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio">Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas</a> General Division</li>
<li><b>1980-1991:</b> Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Ohio, United States Department of Justice</li>
<li><b>1978-1980:</b> Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, <a href="/Cuyahoga_County,_Ohio_(Judicial)" title="Cuyahoga County, Ohio (Judicial)">Cuyahoga County, Ohio</a></li>
<li><b>1976-1978:</b> Law Clerk for <a href="/Robert_Krupansky" title="Robert Krupansky">Robert Krupansky</a>, <a href="/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Ohio" title="United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio">United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio</a></li>
<li><b>1976:</b> Admitted to the <a href="/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> Bar<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bio2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio2-2">[2]</a></sup></li></ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2018">2018</span></h3>
<dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Ohio_local_trial_court_judicial_elections,_2018" title="Ohio local trial court judicial elections, 2018">Ohio local trial court judicial elections, 2018</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl>
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</style></p><h4>General election</h4><div class="votebox-scroll-container"><div class="votebox"><div class="race_header nonpartisan"><h5 class="votebox-header-election-type">General election for Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas General Division</h5></div><p class="results_text">Incumbent <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Kathleen_Sutula">Kathleen Sutula</a> defeated <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/James_W._Satola">James W. Satola</a> in the general election for Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas General Division on November 6, 2018. </p><p class="indicate_scroll" style="text-align: right"></p><div class="results_table_container"><table class="results_table"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row" style="margin-top: 6px;"><td colspan="2"></td><td><div>Candidate</div></td><td style="text-align: center;min-width: 100px;"><div style="width: 75px;text-align: center;float:left;margin-left: 10px;">%</div></td><td style="text-align: center;"><div>Votes</div></td></tr><tr class="results_row winner"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check">?</td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img alt="Silhouette Placeholder Image.png" id="placeholder_image" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png/150px-Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fb/Silhouette_Placeholder_Image.png 2x" data-file-width="199" data-file-height="199"></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><b><u><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Kathleen_Sutula">Kathleen Sutula</a></u></b> (R)
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<div class="percentage_number">58.4</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 58.4%;">&nbsp;
</div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">222,175</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/JS.jpeg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/JS.jpeg"></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/James_W._Satola">James W. Satola</a> (D)
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<div class="percentage_number">41.6</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 41.6%;">&nbsp;
</div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">158,017</td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr><table class="votebox_legend"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row"><td style="width: 40px;"><p style="margin-bottom: -12px;"><img class="votebox_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics"></p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom: -12px; margin-right: 15px;" class="votebox-results-metadata-p"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Incumbent">Incumbents</a> are <b><u>bolded and underlined</u></b>. The results have been certified.&nbsp;<a href="https://boe.cuyahogacounty.us/pdf_boe/en-US/2018/Nov%20Election/Results/AmmendedOfficial/Amended%20Official%20Results%20by%20Contest.HTM" target="_blank">Source</a></p></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 170px; padding-right: 10px; text-align: right;" class="votebox-results-cell--number">Total votes: 380,192 </td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;"><span><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection"> = candidate completed the <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia Candidate Connection</a> survey.</span></td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;">If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, <a href="/Survey?source=votebox">complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background:#DDD; position:relative;"><p style="margin:0; font-size:0.75em; color:#666;">Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Contact our sales team.</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><h4>Democratic primary election</h4><div class="votebox-scroll-container"><div class="votebox"><div class="race_header democratic"><h5 class="votebox-header-election-type"> Democratic primary for Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas General Division</h5></div><p class="results_text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/James_W._Satola">James W. Satola</a> advanced from the Democratic primary for Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas General Division on May 8, 2018. </p><p class="indicate_scroll" style="text-align: right"></p><div class="results_table_container"><table class="results_table"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row" style="margin-top: 6px;"><td colspan="2"></td><td><div>Candidate</div></td><td style="text-align: center;min-width: 100px;"><div style="width: 75px;text-align: center;float:left;margin-left: 10px;">%</div></td><td style="text-align: center;"><div>Votes</div></td></tr><tr class="results_row winner"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check">?</td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/JS.jpeg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/JS.jpeg"></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/James_W._Satola">James W. Satola</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">&nbsp;
<div class="percentage_number">100.0</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 100.0%;">&nbsp;
</div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">77,427</td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr><table class="votebox_legend"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row"><td style="width: 40px;"><p style="margin-bottom: -12px;"><img class="votebox_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics"></p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom: -12px; margin-right: 15px;" class="votebox-results-metadata-p">
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2012">2012</span></h3>
<p>Sutula defeated <a href="/Dean_W._VanDress" title="Dean W. VanDress">Dean W. VanDress</a> in the general election on November 6, winning 67.87% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup>
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<dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Ohio_judicial_elections,_2012_-_Courts_of_Common_Pleas" title="Ohio judicial elections, 2012 - Courts of Common Pleas">Ohio judicial elections, 2012 - Courts of Common Pleas</a></i></dd></dl>
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<p>According to the compiled results at <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.judge4yourself.com/">Judge4Yourself.com</a>, Sutula received a rating of <b>3.75 out of 4</b> by local Cleveland bar associations in 2012.
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<li>Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association: Excellent</li>
<li>Norman S. Minor Bar Association: Excellent</li>
<li>Ohio Women's Bar Association: Excellent<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup></li></ul>
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