Jack Zouhary
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | |
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Assumed office March 28, 2006 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | David A. Katz |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 18, 1951 Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Dartmouth College University of Toledo College of Law |
Jack Zouhary (born December 18, 1951) is a United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Zouhary was born in 1951 and raised in Toledo, Ohio[1] as the son of Lebanese immigrants.[2] He received a B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1973. He received a J.D. from the University of Toledo College of Law in 1976.
He was in private practice in Toledo, Ohio 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]
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.[4] He was confirmed 96-0 by the United States Senate on March 16, 2006,[5] and he received his commission on March 28, 2006. Since that time, his involvement with a prisoner re-entry program has received media attention.[6]
Sources
- Jack Zouhary at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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| Preceded by David A. Katz |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio 2006–present |
Incumbent |