Timothy Black
Timothy Seymour Black | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | |
| Assumed office May 13, 2010 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Sandra S. Beckwith |
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | |
| In office 2004–2010 | |
| Judge of the Hamilton County Municipal Court | |
| In office 1994–2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953 Brookline, Massachusetts |
| Alma mater | Harvard College (A.B.) Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D.) |
Timothy Seymour Black (born 1953) is a United States judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Early life and education
Black earned an A.B. from Harvard College in 1975 and then earned a law degree in 1983 from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University.[1]
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Professional career
Black practiced law as a civil litigator for the Cincinnati law firm of Gradyon Head & Ritchey from 1983 until 1993.[1] In 1991, Black unsuccessfully ran in a judicial election for the Hamilton County Municipal Court as a Republican.[2] In 1993, he ran as a Democrat and defeated sitting judge David Albanese.[2] He served as a Hamilton County Municipal Court judge from 1994 until 2004.[1]
Work as a magistrate judge
In 2004, the judges on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio selected Black as a United States magistrate judge.[3]
Nomination to federal district court
In July 2009, a bipartisan commission in Ohio selected Black from a list of three finalists and recommended him to President Barack Obama to fill a vacancy on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.[3] On December 24, 2009, Obama formally nominated Black to fill the district court vacancy, which was created by Judge Sandra Beckwith taking senior status on January 1, 2009.[3]
On May 11, 2010, the United States Senate confirmed Black in a unanimous voice vote.
References
- ^ a b c Obama nominates local lawyer for judgeship, The Cincinnati Enquirer (December 24, 2009).
- ^ a b Emily Foster and Linda Vaccariello, "Rating the Judges: Municipal Court", Cincinnati Magazine (September 1997).
- ^ a b c Dan Horn, Obama taps local lawyer for fed judge, The Cincinnati Enquirer (December 24, 2009).
Sources
- Timothy Black at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1953 births
- Living people
- People from Brookline, Massachusetts
- People from Hamilton County, Ohio
- Harvard University alumni
- Salmon P. Chase College of Law alumni
- American lawyers
- United States magistrate judges
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama