Gene A. Zmuda currently serves as a State Court of Appeals Judge in Division 6. He was elected to this position in 2018 and is serving his first term. He previously served as a Lucas County Court of Common Pleas Judge. He was named to that position in 2007 and served for 2 terms. He also served as the Toledo Municipal Court Judge. He was named to that position in 2003, but he did not serve for a full term. He also served as a member of the Toledo City Council. He was named to that position in 1993 and served for 2 full terms.

Gene works as an adjunct professor at the University of Toledo College of Law. He previously worked as an attorney in private practice.

Gene holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Toledo and a law degree from the University of Toledo College of Law. He is married to his wife, Teri, with whom he has 2 sons.