Jack Zouhary
{{Short description|American judge (born 1951)}}
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| office = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
| term_start = July 1, 2019
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| office1 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
| term_start1 = March 28, 2006
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| appointer1 = George W. Bush
| predecessor1 = David A. Katz
| successor1 = James R. Knepp II
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University of Toledo (JD)
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Jack Zouhary (born December 18, 1951) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Education and career
Zouhary was born in 1951 and raised in Toledo, Ohio{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4w48AQAAIAAJ&q=Jack%20Zouhary%201951|title=The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory|date=1 January 1991|publisher=Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Incorporated|isbn=9781561602223|via=Google Books}} as the son of a Syrian father and a Lebanese mother.{{Cite web |title=Zouhary among judges of Mideast descent honored |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2014/07/01/Zouhary-among-judges-of-Mideast-descent-honored/stories/20140630255 |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=The Blade |language=en}} He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College in 1973. He received a Juris Doctor 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.{{cite web|url=http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060317/NEWS02/603170348|title=The Blade|publisher=}}
Federal judicial service
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. The United States Senate confirmed him on March 16, 2006, by a 96–0 vote,{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1092/vote_109_2_00075.htm|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation Jack Zouhary, of Ohio, To Be U.S. District Judge)|website=United States Senate|date=March 16, 2006|access-date=May 10, 2023}} and he received his commission on March 28, 2006.{{FJC Bio|nid=1392366|inline=yes}} Since that time, his involvement with a prisoner re-entry program has received media attention.{{cite web |date=June 2013 |title=Re-entry court aims to assist ex-cons |url=http://www.toledoblade.com/Courts/2013/06/10/Re-entry-court-aims-to-assist-ex-cons.html |publisher=Toledo Blade}} He assumed senior status on July 1, 2019.
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- {{FJC Bio|nid=1392366}}
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Category:American people of Syrian descent
Category:American people of Lebanese descent
Category:Dartmouth College alumni
Category:Ohio state court judges
Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Category:Lawyers from Toledo, Ohio
Category:United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush