--- title: "Michael Jay Newman | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/michael-jay-newman" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Michael Jay Newman 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: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - District Judge: Nominated March 3, 2020; confirmed October 22, 2020; assumed office November 12, 2020 - Michael J. Newman is a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, appointed by President Donald J. Trump in 2020 and confirmed by the Senate on October 22, 2020 - Magistrate Judge: Appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in 2011, reappointed in 2019; led the creation of the first Federal Veterans Treatment Court in the district - Law clerk, Hon. Jack Sherman, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1989-1998, 1999-2003 - Law Clerkships: held the role of clerk to Magistrate Judge Jack Sherman Jr. (S.D. of Ohio) from 1989–1998 and 1999–2003, and to Judge Nathaniel R. Jones on the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals from 1998–1999 - Adjunct professor of law, Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University, 1991-2002 - Law clerk, Hon. Nathaniel R. Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1998-1999 - Adjunct professor of law, University of Cincinnati College of Law, 1996-1998 - His practice included labor and employment law, business litigation, ERISA litigation, and appellate litigation - Newman has taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Dayton School of Law, University of Cincinnati College of Law, and Northern Kentucky University’s Chase College of Law - He has been named a Leading Lawyer, Ohio Super Lawyer, and one of the Best Lawyers in America in Labor & Employment Law - Before joining the judiciary, Newman was a partner at Dinsmore & Shohl in Cincinnati, chairing the firm’s Labor & Employment Appellate Practice Group. ### Education - a J.D. with honors from the Washington College of Law at American University in 1989. - He obtained a B.F.A. from New York University in 1982 - He also attended the Advanced Mediation Program at Harvard Law School and holds an LL.M. in Judicial Studies from Duke Law School ### Additional information - Private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2003-2011 - Michael Jay Newman was born in 1960 in Somerville, New Jersey. - representing both individuals and Fortune 500 companies. - He also established and led the firm’s pro bono appellate program in the Sixth Circuit - He has held leadership roles in the Dayton Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, and Federal Bar Association, including as the first Magistrate Judge appointed National President of the FBA Southern District of Ohio - He is a Master in Dayton’s Carl D. Kessler Inn of Court and Cincinnati’s Potter Stewart Inn of Court, and a Life Fellow of the Federal Bar Association Foundation. - Walter H. Rice Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, 200 West Second Street, Suite 505, Dayton, OH 45402 (Office). - His service has earned multiple awards, including the President’s Award from the Federal Bar Association and the Ritter Award from the Ohio State Bar Foundation - Birth place: Somerville ## 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/9084011) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/9084011) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/9084011) - [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) - [Judge Michael Jay Newman](https://www.fjc.gov/node/9084011) - [Wikidata: Michael J. Newman](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30121886) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/michael-jay-newman", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/michael-jay-newman", "name": "Michael Jay Newman | KnowJudges", "description": "Michael Jay Newman, 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.