--- title: "Timothy Seymour Black | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/timothy-s-black" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Timothy Seymour Black 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 - Judge, District Court, S.D. Ohio, 2010-present - Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, having assumed senior status on May 18, 2022 - U.S. District Judge, Southern District of Ohio (2010–2022) — nominated by President Barack Obama on Dec - U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2004-2010 - Judge, Hamilton County Ohio Municipal Court, 1994-2004 - He then practiced law at Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP in Cincinnati from 1983 to 1993, becoming a partner in 1990 - Before entering the judiciary, Black served as a teacher at Roxbury Latin School (1975–1977) and The Seven Hills Schools in Cincinnati (1978–1982). - As Senior Judge, Black continues to hear cases in the Southern District of Ohio and remains a respected figure in the legal community ### Education - Salmon P. Chase College of Law — J.D. (1983) - Harvard University — B.A. (1975) - Harvard College ### Additional information - 24, 2009, confirmed by the Senate in a unanimous voice vote on May 11, 2010 - Private practice, Cincinnati, OH, 1982-1993 - Faculty, The Seven Hills Schools, Cincinnati, OH, 1978-1982 - Faculty, Roxbury Latin School, West Roxbury, MA, 1975-1977 - Born August 30, 1953, Brookline, Massachusetts. - Date of birth: 1953-01-01 - Birth place: Brookline, MA ## 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/1393131) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393131) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393131) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/292/timothy-seymour-black/) - [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) - [Federal Judicial Center — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges](https://www.fjc.gov/sites/default/files/history/judges.csv) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/292/timothy-seymour-black/) - [Wikidata: Timothy Black](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7807060) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/timothy-s-black", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/timothy-s-black", "name": "Timothy Seymour Black | KnowJudges", "description": "Timothy Seymour Black, 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.