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Solomon Oliver Jr.
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Assumed office
February 15, 2021
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
In office
2010 – May 31, 2017
Preceded by James G. Carr
Succeeded by Patricia Anne Gaughan
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
In office
May 9, 1994 – February 15, 2021
Appointed by Bill Clinton
Preceded by Alice M. Batchelder
Succeeded by David A. Ruiz
Personal details
Born (1947-07-20) July 20, 1947 (age 77)
Bessemer, Alabama, U.S.
Education College of Wooster (BA)
New York University (JD)
Case Western Reserve University (MA)

Solomon Oliver Jr. (born July 20, 1947) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Education and career

Born in Bessemer, Alabama, Oliver received a Bachelor of Arts degree from College of Wooster in 1969 and a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law in 1972. He earned a Master of Arts in political science from Case Western Reserve University in 1974. From 1972 to 1975, he was an assistant professor of political science at the College of Wooster. Oliver then clerked for Judge William H. Hastie of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1975 to 1976. Following his clerkship, he worked as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, becoming chief of the civil division in 1978. In 1982, he was named the chief of the appellate division. He left the Department of Justice in 1982 to become a professor of law at Cleveland Marshall College of Law, where he taught and published in the areas of civil procedure, federal jurisdiction and trial advocacy. From 1991 to 1994 he served as associate dean for faculty and administration.

Federal judicial service

On March 9, 1994, President Bill Clinton nominated Oliver to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio vacated by Alice M. Batchelder. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 6, 1994, and received his commission on May 9, 1994. Oliver served as Chief Judge from 2010 to 2017. He assumed senior status on February 15, 2021. In describing Oliver's public service, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown said, "Judge Oliver served our nation honorably and helped make the city of Cleveland a fairer, more just place to live."

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