James S. Gwin

James S. Gwin


Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Incumbent
Assumed office November 7, 1997
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Samuel H. Bell
Personal details
Born	1954 (age 61–62) Canton, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater	Kenyon College University of Akron School of Law

James S. Gwin (born 1954) is a United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Born in Canton, Ohio in 1954, Gwin graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Louisville, Ohio, and received an A.B. from Kenyon College in 1976 and a J.D. from the University of Akron School of Law in 1979. He was in private practice in Canton from 1979 to 1989. He was a judge on the Stark County Common Pleas Court from 1989 to 1997.

Gwin was nominated by President Bill Clinton on July 31, 1997, to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio vacated by Samuel H. Bell. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 5, 1997, and received his commission on November 7, 1997.

Sources

James S. Gwin at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Current active district judges of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

E. Kentucky	Caldwell Reeves Bunning Van Tatenhove Thapar 1 seat vacant

W. Kentucky	McKinley Stivers Hale 2 seats vacant

E. Michigan	Hood Borman Roberts Lawson Cox Ludington Murphy Goldsmith Drain Berg Leitman Levy Michelson Parker 1 seat vacant

W. Michigan	Jonker Bell Maloney Neff

N. Ohio	Oliver Nugent Gaughan Gwin Polster Adams Boyko Zouhary Lioi Pearson Helmick

S. Ohio	Sargus Dlott Marbley Rose Watson Barrett Black 1 seat vacant

E. Tennessee	Varlan Greer Mattice Reeves McDonough

M. Tennessee	Sharp Trauger Crenshaw 1 seat vacant

W. Tennessee	Breen Anderson Fowlkes Lipman 1 seat vacant

Legal offices
Preceded by Samuel H. Bell	Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio 1997–present	Incumbent

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 103584558

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