Vote on November 3, 2026!

Matt Razavi has announced his candidacy for the Medina County Common Pleas Judge seat commencing January 1, 2027. 

Matt is a 1993 graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Political Science and History. He received his Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio in 1996. Matt began his career as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Cuyahoga County in 1996.

In 2000, he entered private practice, handling civil and criminal matters. In 2002, he returned to prosecuting in Medina County, where he served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney through December of 2016. In January 2017, Matt was appointed as a Magistrate in the Medina County Court of Common Pleas where he continues to serve today.

In his 30th year of practicing law, Magistrate Matt Razavi is uniquely qualified for the common pleas bench. In 18 years as an assistant prosecuting attorney, Matt Razavi handled 1000’s of Medina County’s toughest cases. With approximately 200 jury trials under his belt, including drug trafficking, violent crimes, sex offenses, and homicide and death penalty cases, few can claim as much trial experience as Matt. Magistrate Razavi has the knowledge and experience to make the important decisions to protect Medina County citizens and ensure defendant’s are rehabilitated.

For the last 9 years, Matt has been on the bench as a Magistrate in the very court he’s seeking election. He works every day in the Medina Common Pleas Court to make your court system work for you, to make Medina County a safe place for our families, and to rehabilitate our citizens most in need. He conducts trials, manages a civil docket of hundreds of cases, conducts criminal arraignments and sets bonds, and has periodically presided over Judge Hutson’s Recovery Court and Judge Kimbler Medina Intervention Program and Mental Health Intervention Program. Magistrate Razavi is trusted in Medina County’s legal and law enforcement communities as a source of knowledge and fairness.

Matt has resided in Medina Township for the last 23 years. He and his wife, Danielle, have been fortunate to raise their three daughters, Julia, Jenna, and Cara in Medina County.

 The general election will be held on November 3, 2026.