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# Peter C. Economus

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 statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Visiting Judge: held the role of a visiting district judge in the Southern District of Ohio from September 1, 2010, to September 30, 2015
- Judge, District Court, N.D. Ohio, 1995-2009
- Service: held the role of Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio from July 3, 1995 until July 3, 2009, when he assumed senior status
- Judge, Ohio Court of Common Pleas, 1982-1995
- 1982–1995: Judge, Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas
- Inactive Senior United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio

### Education

- Youngstown State University — B.A. (1967)
- University of Akron

### Additional information

- Private practice, Youngstown, OH, 1972-1982
- Staff attorney, Mahoning County Ohio Legal Assistance Association, 1971-1972
- Born June 10, 1943, in Youngstown, Ohio.
- Date of birth: 1943-01-01
- Birth place: Youngstown, 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/1380361)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1380361)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1380361)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/965/peter-c-economus/)
- [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/965/peter-c-economus/)
- [Wikidata: Peter C. Economus](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7173127)

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## Federal civil docket activity

Dataset updated through 2026-06-30.

| Period | Assigned cases | Terminated cases | Median disposition (months) | Median sample |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1y | 0 | 0 | Not available | 0 |
| 2y | 0 | 0 | Not available | 0 |
| 5y | 0 | 0 | Not available | 0 |
| 10y | 0 | 0 | Not available | 0 |

Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/