Ohio

Pamela A. Barker, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Nomination

• Nominated: April 12, 2018
• Renominated: January 23, 2019
• Age: 60

Career

• Judge, General Division, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas (2011 – present)
• Attorney, Bristol West Insurance Company/Farmers Insurance Exchange (2006 – 2011)
• Mayor’s Court and Juvenile Diversion Magistrate, City of Brecksville, Ohio (2000 – 2011)
• Of Counsel, David & Young (2000 – 2006)
• In-House Counsel, Progressive Insurance Company (1985 – 1990, 1994 – 1996)
• Attorney, Sole Practitioner (1990 – 1994)
• Associate, Berkman, Gordon, Murray & Palda (1983 – 1985)

Education

• Ohio State University College of Law, J.D. (1982)
• Kenyon College, B.A. (1979),with honors, magna cum laude
  • Phi Beta Kappa

Links

• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-twelfth-wave-judicial-nominees-twelfth-wave-united-states-attorneys-sixth-wave-united-states-marshals/
• https://ballotpedia.org/Pamela_A._Barker
• http://cp.cuyahogacounty.us/internet/ID-151-JudgeName-151PamelaA.-judgedetails.aspx

Philip Calabrese, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

• Nomination
  • Nominated: March 3, 2020
  • Confirmed: November 10, 2020
• Career
  • Judge, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas (2019 – present)
  • Partner, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, LLP
  • Adjunct Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
• Education
  • Harvard Law School; J.D.
    • cum laude
  • College of the Holy Cross; B.A.
    • summa cum laude
  • Fulbright Scholar, American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece
• Clerkships
  • Judge Alice Batchelder, United States Court of Appeals for the 6^th Circuit
• Links
  • https://ballotpedia.org/Philip_Calabrese

James Knepp, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Nomination

• Nominated: March 3, 2020
• Confirmed: November 10, 2020

Career

• Federal Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio [2010 – present]
• Robison, Curphey & O’Connell, LLC [1994 – 2010]
  • Member [2000 – 2010]
  • Associate [1994 – 1999]

Education

• University of Toledo, College of Law; J.D. [1992]
  • summa cum laude
• Bowling Green State University; M.A. [1987]
• Mount Union College; B.A. [1986]
  • magna cum laude

Links

• https://ballotpedia.org/James_Knepp_(Ohio)

Michael J. Newman, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

• Nomination
  • Nominated: March 3, 2020
  • October 22, 2020
• Career
  • Federal Magistrate Judge, Southern District of Ohio [2011 – present]
  • Partner, Labor and Employment Appellate Practice Group Chair, Dinsmore and Shohl LLP
• Education
  • Advanced Mediation Program, Harvard Law School [2004]
  • American University’s Washington College of Law; J.D. [1989]
    • Cum laude
  • New York University; B.A. [1982]
• Clerkships
  • Magistrate Judge Jack Sherman, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
  • Judge Nathaniel Jones, United States Court of Appeals for the 6^th Circuit
• Links
  • https://ballotpedia.org/Michael_J._Newman

Sarah Daggett Morrison, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Nomination

• Nominated: April 12, 2018
• Renominated: January 23, 2019
• Age: 47 (approximate)

Career

• Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (2012 – present)
  • Administrator and Chief Executive Officer (2016 – present)
  • General Counsel and Chief Ethics Officer (2012 – 2016)
• Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP (unavailable)
• Member, Chester Willcox & Saxbe (unavailable)

Education

• Capital University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude(1997) (approximate)
  • Order of the Curia
  • Capital University Law Review, Associate Editor
• Ohio State University, B.A. (1992) (approximate)

Clerkships

• Judge John D. Holschuh, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio(1997 – 1998) (approximate)

Links

• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-twelfth-wave-judicial-nominees-twelfth-wave-united-states-attorneys-sixth-wave-united-states-marshals/
• https://www.bwc.ohio.gov/home/current/bios/SMorrison.asp
• https://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2018/4/portman-brown-applaud-nomination-of-sarah-morrison-for-u-s-federal-district-court-judge-for-the-southern-district-in-columbus-ohio

Matthew Walden McFarland, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Nomination

• Nominated: November 13, 2018
• Renominated: January 23, 2019
• Confirmed: December 18, 2019
• Age: 51

Career

• Judge, Ohio Fourth District Court of Appeals, (2004 – Present)
• Magistrate, Scioto County Common Peace Court Probate/Juvenile Division
• Chairman, Ohio Association of Magistrates, Juvenile Section
• Assistant Prosecutor, Scioto County
• Special Counsel, Ohio Attorney General
• Assistant County Prosecutor, Licking County
• Adjunct Professor, Shawnee State University
• Professor, Capital University

Education

• Capital University Law School, J.D.
  • Order of the Barristers
• Capitol University, B.A.
  • cum laude

Links

• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-eighteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-eighteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-thirteenth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/
• https://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/news/local/2018/11/14/trump-nominates-area-judge-federal-bench/2002747002/

Douglas Russell Cole, United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of Ohio

Nomination

• Nominated: May 6, 2019
• Confirmed: December 4, 2019
• Age: 55

Career

• Partner, Organ Cole (2011 – present)
• Partner, Jones Day (2006 – 2011)
• State Solicitor of Ohio, Office of the Ohio Attorney General (2003 – 2006)
• Assistant Professor of Law, Ohio State University—Moritz College of Law (2000 – 2003)
• Of Counsel, Zeiger & Carpenter (1998 – 2000)
• Associate, Kirkland & Ellis (1994 – 1997)
• Systems Engineer, E-Systems (1988 – 1990)

Education

• The University of Chicago Law School; J.D. (1993)
  • High Honors
  • Order of the Coif
• University of Wisconsin-Madison; B.S.E.E. (1988)
  • Honors
• Ripon College; B.A. (1986)
  • summa cum laude

Clerkships

• Frank H. Easterbrook, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1993 – 1994)

Links

• https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Douglas-Cole_NARAL.pdf
• https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Douglas%20R.%20Cole%20SJQ%20-%20PUBLIC.pdf