predecessor birth_name birth_place office birth_date term_start appointer image article_title name alma_mater
david a. katz jack zouhary toledo , ohio , u.s. judge northern district of ohio of the united states district court for the 1951 march 28 , 2006 george w. bush jack zouhary fuzzy.jpg jack zouhary
 jack zouhary dartmouth college university of toledo college of law
jack zouhary

jack zouhary -lrb- born 1951 -rrb- 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 .
