--- title: "Herman Jacob Weber | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/herman-jacob-weber" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Herman Jacob Weber U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio - State: Ohio - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Acting judge, Fairborn Ohio Municipal Court, 1958-present - Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, having assumed senior status on January 1, 2002 - Judge, District Court, S.D. Ohio, 1985-2002 - Judge, Court of Appeals of Ohio, Second Appellate District, 1982-1985 - Judge, Greene County Ohio Court of Common Pleas, 1961-1982 ### Education ### Additional information - On February 28, 1985, President Ronald Reagan nominated Weber to a new seat on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, created by 98 Stat. - Private practice, Fairborn, OH, 1952-1961 - 1958–1960: Acting Municipal Judge, Fairborn. - Deputy mayor, Fairborn Ohio Mayor's Court, 1955-1957 - He served in the U.S. Navy from 1945 to 1946 He obtained a B.A. in government and history from Otterbein College (1949) and a J.D. from Ohio State University College of Law (now Michael E. Moritz College of Law) in 1952, graduating summa cum laude - Born 1927 in Lima, Ohio. - Weber was born in 1927 into a family deeply rooted in the legal profession — his grandfather was a lawyer, and his father held the role of a law professor and dean at Ohio Northern University. - Date of birth: 1927-01-01 - His career spans more than four decades, blending state and federal judicial service without high-profile controversies - After the deaths of his parents in a car accident at age five, he was raised by his uncle and grew up in multiple Ohio towns. - Birth place: Lima, OH ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1389501) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1389501) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1389501) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3403/herman-jacob-weber/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3403/herman-jacob-weber/) - [Wikidata: Herman Jacob Weber](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5739878) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/herman-jacob-weber", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/herman-jacob-weber", "name": "Herman Jacob Weber | KnowJudges", "description": "Herman Jacob Weber, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.