Jack Zouhary

Jack Zouhary
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Assumed office
March 28, 2006
Appointed by George W. Bush
Preceded by David A. Katz
Personal details
Born Jack Zouhary
(1951-12-18) December 18, 1951
Toledo, Ohio
Education Dartmouth College (B.A.)
University of Toledo College of Law (J.D.)

Jack Zouhary (born December 18, 1951) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Education and career

Zouhary was born in 1951 and raised in Toledo, Ohio[1] as the son of Lebanese immigrants.[2] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College in 1973. He received a Juris Doctor from the University of Toledo College of Law in 1976. He was in private practice in Toledo from 2004 to 2005 with the law firm of Fuller & Henry and Robison, Curphey & O'Connell from 1976 to 1999. He was senior vice president and general counsel, S.E. Johnson Companies, Inc. from 2000 to 2003. He was briefly a judge on the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas from 2005 to 2006. Governor Bob Taft appointed Zouhary to the Court of Common Pleas after Zouhary ran unsuccessfully in 2004.[3]

Federal judicial service

Zouhary was nominated by President George W. Bush on December 14, 2005, to a seat vacated by David A. Katz, upon the recommendation of Senators Mike DeWine and George Voinovich.[3] He was confirmed 96-0 by the United States Senate on March 16, 2006,[3] and he received his commission on March 28, 2006. Since that time, his involvement with a prisoner re-entry program has received media attention.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory". Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Incorporated. 1 January 1991 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Congressional Record".
  3. 1 2 3 "The Blade".
  4. ↑ "Re-entry court aims to assist ex-cons". Toledo Blade=. June 2013.

Sources

Legal offices
Preceded by
David A. Katz		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
2006–present		 Incumbent
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