--- title: "Jack Zouhary | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jack-zouhary" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Jack Zouhary U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio - State: Ohio - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official judge-specific and circuitwide procedural guidance has been located for this profile. ## Biography ### Professional career - Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, a position he has held since July 1, 2019, after serving full-time from 2006 to 2019 - Judge, District Court, N.D. Ohio, 2006-present - Judge, Lucas County Ohio Court of Common Pleas, 2005-2006 - Judge, Lucas County Court of Common Pleas (2005–2006), appointed by Governor Bob Taft - Judge Zouhary’s career spans legal practice, corporate law, state-level judicial service, and federal judiciary ### Education - University of Toledo College of Law — J.D. (1976) - Dartmouth College — cum laude — B.A. (1973) ### Additional information - Private practice, Toledo, OH, 2004-2005 - 2004–2005: Fuller & Henry, Ltd. - Senior vice president and general counsel, S.E. Johnson Companies, Inc., 2000-2003 - Private practice, Toledo, OH, 1976-1999 - 1976–1999: Robison, Curphey & O’Connell. - Date of birth: 1951-01-01 - DeVilbiss High School - Birth place: Toledo, 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 ### presentation procedure Scope: judge specific Electronics strongly encouraged Evidence excerpt: The Court strongly recommends use of courtroom electronics and directs counsel to test whether presentations can be seen and heard from the jury box. [Trial Order — Courtroom Electronics](https://www.ohnd.uscourts.gov/sites/ohnd/files/Trial%20Order%20-%20Criminal%20-%20February%202021.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-23 ### courtroom technology Scope: judge specific Electronics strongly encouraged Evidence excerpt: Electronic exhibits, including audio or visual exhibits, are due on a single storage device no later than two weeks before trial. [JERS Order — Electronic Exhibits](https://www.ohnd.uscourts.gov/sites/ohnd/files/JZ-JERS-Order.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-23 ### courtroom technology Scope: judge specific Electronics strongly encouraged Evidence excerpt: The official court profile identifies current status, courtroom, and links to the judge’s trial and JERS orders. [Official judge profile](https://www.ohnd.uscourts.gov/content/judge-jack-zouhary/) Source checked: 2026-07-23 ### 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/1392366) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392366) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392366) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3602/jack-zouhary/) - [Trial Order — Courtroom Electronics](https://www.ohnd.uscourts.gov/sites/ohnd/files/Trial%20Order%20-%20Criminal%20-%20February%202021.pdf) - [JERS Order — Electronic Exhibits](https://www.ohnd.uscourts.gov/sites/ohnd/files/JZ-JERS-Order.pdf) - [Official judge profile](https://www.ohnd.uscourts.gov/content/judge-jack-zouhary/) - [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/3602/jack-zouhary/) - [Wikidata: Jack Zouhary](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15052274) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jack-zouhary", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jack-zouhary", "name": "Jack Zouhary | KnowJudges", "description": "Jack Zouhary, U.S. District Court for the Northern 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.