--- title: "Pamela Ann Barker | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/pamela-ann-barker" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Pamela Ann Barker 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: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. Ohio, 2019-present - Judge, Cuyahoga County [Ohio] Court of Common Pleas, 2011-2019 - Judge, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas (2011–2019), appointed by Governor John Kasich and elected in 2012 - Pamela Ann Barker (née Addison; born 1957 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an active judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, appointed by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by the Senate in 2019 - Official site: Northern District of Ohio – Judge Pamela A. Barker Northern District of Ohio ### Education - Ohio State University-Main Campus — J.D. (1982) - Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in — J.D. (1982) ### Additional information - Adjunct faculty, Cleveland State University, 1983-present - President Trump nominated her on April 10, 2018 to replace Donald C. Nugent, who took senior status in 2017 - On September 29, 2017, Ohio Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman recommended Barker for a federal judgeship. - Claims counsel, Farmers Insurance Exchange, Woodland Hills, CA, 2010-2011 - Magistrate, City of Brecksville, OH, 2000-2011 - Claims litigation manager, Bristol West Insurance Group, Independence, OH, 2006-2010 - Private practice, Cleveland, OH, 2000-2006 - Private practice, Brecksville, OH, 1996-2006 - Progressive Insurance Company, Mayfield Village, OH, 1994-1996 - in-house counsel, 1994-1996 - Private practice, Brecksville, OH, 1990-1994 - in-house counsel, 1988-1990 - Progressive Insurance Company, Mayfield Village, OH, 1985-1990 - claims attorney, 1986-1988 - claims adjuster, 1985-1986 - Private practice, Cleveland, OH, 1983-1985 - Date of birth: 1957-01-01 - Before joining the federal bench, Barker had a 29-year legal career in Ohio - focusing on insurance litigation. - Birth place: Cleveland, 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/6594531) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6594531) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6594531) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8542/pamela-ann-barker/) - [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/8542/pamela-ann-barker/) - [Wikidata: Pamela A. Barker](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51722827) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/pamela-ann-barker", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/pamela-ann-barker", "name": "Pamela Ann Barker | KnowJudges", "description": "Pamela Ann Barker, 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.