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Sara Lioi

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Tenure

2007 - Present

Years in position

17

United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2030

Years in position

1

Elections and appointments

Education

Personal

Sara Elizabeth Lioi is the chief judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. She joined the Court in 2007 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.

Lioi is also a judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. She was appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts on May 19, 2023.[1]

Early life and education

Born in Canton, Ohio, Lioi graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1983 with her bachelor's degree and received a Juris Doctor degree from The Ohio State University Law School in 1987.[2]

Professional career

Lioi was a private practice attorney in Canton, Ohio from 1987 to 1997 before being elected to serve as Judge of the Stark County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas from 1997 to 2007.[2]

Judicial career

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (2023-present)

Lioi is a judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. She was appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts on May 19, 2023.[1]

Northern District of Ohio

On the recommendation of Senator George Voinovich, Lioi was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio by President George W. Bush on January 9, 2007 to a seat vacated by Lesley Wells as Wells assumed senior status. Lioi was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 8, 2007 and received commission on March 14, 2007.[3]

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Federal judges who have served the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Active judges

Chief Judge: Sara LioiChief Judge: Timothy DeGiusti   •  George Singal  •  Joan Ericksen  •  Kenneth Karas  •  Anthony Trenga  •  Louis Guirola  •  John Tharp, Jr.  •  Amit Priyavadan Mehta

Former judges

James Zagel  •  Jennifer Coffman  •  Thomas Russell  •  Dennis Saylor  •  Raymond Dearie  •  Robert Kugler  •  Mary McLaughlin  •  Claire Eagan  •  Anne Conway  •  Clyde Roger Vinson  •  William Stafford  •  Liam O'Grady  •  James Jones (Virginia)  •  Malcolm Howard  •  Martin Feldman  •  Michael Mosman  •  Thomas Hogan  •  Rosemary Collyer  •  Reggie Walton  •  John Bates  •  Susan Webber Wright  •  James E. Boasberg  •  Rudolph Contreras  •  

Former chief judges  

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Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Active judges

Chief Judge: Sara Lioi   •  John R. Adams (United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio judge)  •  Benita Pearson  •  Pamela A. Barker  •  Jeffrey J. Helmick  •  James Knepp (Ohio)  •  David A. Ruiz (Ohio)  •  Philip Calabrese  •  Bridget Brennan  •  Charles Fleming (Ohio)

Senior judges

James G. Carr (Ohio)  •  Christopher Boyko  •  Peter Economus  •  James Gwin  •  Donald Nugent  •  Solomon Oliver  •  Dan Polster  •  Jack Zouhary  •  Patricia Gaughan  •  

Magistrate judges William Baughman  •  Thomas Parker (Ohio)  •  Jonathan D. Greenberg  •  Darrell Clay  •  Amanda Knapp  •  Carmen Henderson  •  
Former Article III judges

Ann Aldrich  •  Sam Bell (Ohio)  •  David Dowd  •  David Katz (Ohio)  •  Lesley Wells  •  Kathleen M. O'Malley  •  Alice Batchelder  •  Robert Krupansky  •  Leroy Contie  •  Hiram V. Willson  •  Charles Taylor Sherman  •  Martin Welker  •  Augustus Ricks  •  Francis Joseph Wing  •  Robert Walker Tayler  •  William Louis Day  •  John Milton Killits  •  John Hessin Clarke  •  David Westenhaver  •  Paul Jones (Ohio)  •  George Philip Hahn  •  Frank Kloeb  •  George White (Ohio)  •  Frank Battisti  •  James Connell  •  Emerich Freed  •  Ben Green  •  Girard Kalbfleisch  •  Alvin Krenzler  •  Thomas Lambros  •  John Manos  •  Paul Matia  •  Charles McNamee  •  Richard McQuade  •  William K. Thomas (Ohio federal judge)  •  Nicholas Walinski  •  Samuel West  •  Robert Wilkin  •  Don Young (Ohio)  •  Paul Weick  •  

Former Chief judges

James G. Carr (Ohio)  •  Solomon Oliver  •  Paul Jones (Ohio)  •  Frank Kloeb  •  George White (Ohio)  •  Frank Battisti  •  James Connell  •  Girard Kalbfleisch  •  Thomas Lambros  •  Paul Matia  •  Charles McNamee  •  Patricia Gaughan  •  

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2001

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2002

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2004

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2005

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2006

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2007

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2008

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