Matt Lynch (born June 11, 1951) is an American attorney, politician, and jurist serving as a Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals for the Eleventh District which includes Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Portage and Trumbull Counties.
He practiced law for 35 years with his father, John Kennedy Lynch, and was elected Trustee of Bainbridge Township in 2007.
[1] He considered running for the Ohio House of Representatives in 2010, but withdrew from the race when his wife Laura was diagnosed with breast cancer.
[6][7] In June 2015, Lynch launched his 2016 campaign for Congress, once again eventually losing the Republican primary to David Joyce.
In 2020 Lynch ran to extend his term as Judge and again won overwhelmingly in all five counties of the Eleventh District Court of Appeals.