Judge Charles E. Sulek was elected to the Sixth District Court of Appeals in November 2022. He previously worked as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in the Wood County Prosecutor's Office, a Judicial Attorney at the Ohio Supreme Court for retired Justice Terrence O’Donnell, an Attorney Rules Analyst for the Ohio General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (JCARR), and in private practice as a litigation attorney.

Judge Sulek obtained a degree in political science from The Ohio State University and earned his law degree from Capital University Law School.