George White

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Years in office: 1999 - 2011

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Years in office: 1980 - 1999

Education

Law

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, 1955

Personal

Birthplace

Duquesne, PA

George White was anArticle III judge for theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He joined the court in 1980 after being nominated by PresidentJimmy Carter. White was serving onsenior status until the time of his death on November 12, 2011.^[1]

Education

White graduated from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law with hisJ.D. degree in 1955.^[1]

Professional career

White was a private practice attorney licensed in the State ofOhio from 1956 to 1968. He also served as a referee in theCuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas from 1957 to 1962 and also served as city councilman for the City of Cleveland from 1963 to 1968. In 1968, White joined theCuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, where he served until joining the federal court in 1980.^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Northern District of Ohio

Potter was nominated by PresidentJimmy Carter onMarch 28, 1980, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. White was confirmed by the Senate onMay 21, 1980, and received commission onMay 23, 1980. White served as thechief judge of theNorthern District of Ohio from 1995 to 1999 before later assumingsenior status onFebruary 26, 1999. White passed away while serving the bench on November 12, 2011.^[1]

See also

• United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

External links

• George White Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Active judges	•  John R. Adams (United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio judge)  •  Sara Lioi  •  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  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byJimmy Carter
1977	Ballantine •Bownes •Boyle •Bua •Carr •Clark •Cowan •Daly •Filippine •Higginbotham •Hoeveler •Hug •Johnstone •Kane •Keith •Leval •Logan •MacLaughlin •McKay •Melton •Merritt •Murphy •Nickerson •Oberdorfer •Roszkowski •Roy •Rubin •Sifton •Tang •Vance •Veron
1978	Arnold •Baker •Boyle •Burns •Campos •Claiborne •Collins •Cook •Devine •Diamond •Duplantier •Edenfield •Friedman •Gonzalez •Greene •Jenkins •Lowe •Mazzone •McMillian •O'Brien •Pfaelzer •Phillips •Pollak •Sand •Shapiro •Simmons •Smith •Sweet •Tanner •Wiseman •Ziegler
1979	Ackerman •Alarcon •Anderson •Arceneaux •Arnold •Aspen •Beatty •Beer •Belew •Bertelsman •Bilby •N. Black •S. Black •Bloch •Bowen •Brett •Brooks •Brown •Buchmeyer •Bunton •Burciaga •Cabranes •Carr •Carrigan •Castagna •Cire •Clark •Cohn •Conaboy •Cordova •Crabb •Cudahy •Davis •DeAnda •Debevoise •Edwards •Eginton •Ellison •Enslen •O. Evans •T. Evans •Farris •Ferguson •Fletcher •Frye •Garcia •Garza •B. Gibson •H. Gibson •Gierbolini-Ortiz •Giles •Gilliam •Green •Hall •Hastings •Hatchett •Hatfield •Hatter •Hawkins •Henderson •Higby •Hillman •Houck •Howard •Hudspeth •Hungate •F. Johnson •S. Johnson •N. Jones •S. Jones •Karlton •Kazen •Kearse •Keeton •Kehoe •Kennedy •Kidd •King •Kravitch •Loughlin •Martin •McCurn •McDonald •McNaught •McNichols •Mikva •Mitchell •Moran •Murnaghan •Murphy •D. Nelson •D.W. Nelson •Newblatt •Newman •Overton •Paine •Panner •J. Parker •R. Parker •Penn •Perez-Gimenez •Perry •Politz •Poole •Porter •Pregerson •Price •Rambo •Ramirez •Reavley •Redden •E. Reed •S. Reed •Reinhardt •Renner •Robinson •Rothstein •Sachs •Saffels •Sanders •Sarokin •Schroeder •Schwartz •Seay •Senter •Seymour •Shannon •Shaw •Shoob •Skopil •Sloviter •Sofaer •Spellman •Sprouse •Staker •Tate •Taylor •Thompson •Tidwell •Unthank •Vietor •Vining •Wald •Ward •Weinshienk •West •Wicker •Williams •Winder •Woods •Wright • Zobel
1980	Aguilar •Aldrich •Anderson •Boochever •Breyer •Britt •Cahill •Canby •Carroll •Cerezo •Clemon •S. Ervin •R. Erwin •Getzendanner •Gilmore •Ginsburg •Haltom •Hardy •Henderson •Hobbs •Holschuh •Horton •Howard •Johnson •Keep •Kelly •Kenyon •Kocoras •Marquez •Marshall •Michael •Nixon •Norris •Patel •Polozola •Propst •Quackenbush •Ramsey •Rice •Shadur •Spiegel •Tashima •Thompson •Vela •White •Williams
1981	Heen