Maureen O'Connor is an American lawyer and judge who served as the chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from 2011 to 2022. She was elected to the court in 2002,becoming chief justice in 2010. She was the first woman to lead the Ohio Supreme Court and the longest serving woman elected statewide in Ohio's History.
James Robert Sherck is an American politician of the Democratic party in Ohio. He stood for election to the United States House of Representatives four times—in 1978,1980,1982,and 1984,each time losing to Republican incumbent Del Latta. He served as a city prosecutor in Fremont,Ohio. He was elected judge of the Fremont Municipal Court in 1987,serving from 1988 to 1991. In 1990,he was elected to Ohio's Sixth District Court of Appeals. He served as a state appellate judge from 1991 to 2003. In 2002,he was elected judge of the Sandusky County,Ohio Common Pleas Court. He currently resides in Fremont,Ohio.
John D. Altenburg Jr. is a lawyer for the U.S. Army and a retired major general. In December 2003,Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld named Altenburg as the appointing authority for military commissions covering detainees at Guantanamo. He resigned,effective November 10,2006.
The Judicial Conference of the United States,formerly known as the Conference of Senior Circuit Judges,was created by the United States Congress in 1922 with the principal objective of framing policy guidelines for administration of judicial courts in the United States. The Conference derives its authority from 28 U.S.C. § 331,which states that it is headed by the chief justice of the United States and consists of the chief justice,the chief judge of each court of appeals federal regional circuit,a district court judge from various federal judicial districts,and the chief judge of the United States Court of International Trade.
Bernard A. Friedman is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Patricia Anne Gaughan is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Kim Richard Gibson is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Robert Dixon Herman was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Paul Ramon Matia is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Charles Joseph McNamee was an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Donald C. Nugent is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Walter Herbert Rice is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Edmund Albert Sargus Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Michael Harrison Watson is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Tom Heydinger was a former judge and Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives who represented the 58th District briefly in 2008.
William F. Cercone was a prosecutor and judge in Pennsylvania. As a prosecutor,he rose to prominence during the Red Scare of the 1950s by prosecuting Communist Steve Nelson. He later served on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
Matthew Walden McFarland is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and former Judge of the Ohio Fourth District Court of Appeals.
