--- title: "Thomas M. Rose | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/thomas-m-rose" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Thomas M. Rose 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 - Thomas Michael Rose serves as a Senior Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio since June 30, 2017 - Judge, District Court, S.D. Ohio, 2002-present - Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, appointed in 2002 and elevated to senior status in 2017 - Judge, Greene County Ohio Court of Common Pleas, 1991-2002 - Assistant prosecutor, Greene County, OH, 1978-1991 - Chief Juvenile Court Referee (1976–1977) and Chief of the Civil Division of the Greene County Prosecutor’s Office (1978–1991) - Worked in private legal practice in Ohio (1973–1975, 1975–1976, 1978–1991) and held the role of Assistant Prosecutor in Greene County, Ohio (1973–1975, 1978–1991) - Assistant prosecutor, Greene County, OH, 1973-1975 ### Education - University of Cincinnati College of Law - Ohio University ### Additional information - Senior Judge (2017–present) - Originally appointed by President George W. Bush on January 23, 2002 to replace Herman Jacob Weber, confirmed by the Senate on May 9, 2002, and commissioned on May 10, 2002. - chief assistant in charge, Civil Division, 1978-1991 - Began as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps (1970–1978). - U.S. Army Reserve, 1970-1978 - Chief referee, Greene County Ohio Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Division, 1976-1977 - U.S. Army cadet, ROTC, 1966-1970 - Date of birth: 1948-01-01 - Birth place: Circleville, 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 ### courtroom technology Scope: courtwide Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge. Evidence excerpt: Courtroom Technology . The Court provides evidence presentation equipment to any member of the bar practicing within the Southern District of Ohio. This system displays evidence throughout the courtroom on monitors located on the judge’s bench, clerk’s desk, law clerk’s desk, witness stand, attorney lectern, jury box and counsel table. [Courtroom Technology | Southern District of Ohio | United States District Court](https://www.ohsd.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technology) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### 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/1391511) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391511) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391511) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2772/thomas-m-rose/) - [Courtroom Technology | Southern District of Ohio | United States District Court](https://www.ohsd.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technology) - [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/2772/thomas-m-rose/) - [Wikidata: Thomas M. Rose](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7792068) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/thomas-m-rose", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/thomas-m-rose", "name": "Thomas M. Rose | KnowJudges", "description": "Thomas M. Rose, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-10-08", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/thomas-m-rose#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/thomas-m-rose#judge", "name": "Thomas M. 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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.