Jack Zouhary

Jack Zouhary
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Incumbent
Assumed office March 28, 2006
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	David A. Katz
Personal details
Born	Jack Zouhary 1951 (age 72–73) Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater	Dartmouth College University of Toledo College of Law

Jack Zouhary (born 1951) is a United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Zouhary was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio as the son of Lebanese immigrants. 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.

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. He was confirmed 96-0 by the United States Senate on March 16, 2006, and he received his commission on March 28, 2006. Since that time, his involvement with a prisoner re-entry program has received media attention.

Sources

• Jack Zouhary at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

References

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