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Paul Matia

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Years in office: 2004 - 2005

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Years in office: 1991 - 2004

Education

Bachelor's

Western Reserve University, 1959

Law

Harvard Law School, 1962

Personal

Birthplace

Cleveland, OH

Paul Ramon Matia (1937-present) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Matia was nominated by PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush on June 27, 1991, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089; he was confirmed by the Senate on November 15, 1991, and received commissionthree days later. He served aschief judge from 1999 until he assumedsenior status onDecember 31, 2004. He retired onMay 31, 2005.^[1] Matia was succeeded in this position byChristopher Boyko.

Early life and education

• Western Reserve University, B.A., 1959
• Harvard Law School, J.D., 1962^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Fairview Park, Ohio, 1962-1963
• Law clerk, Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1963-1966
• Assistant state attorney general, Ohio, 1966-1969
• Administrative assistant to state attorney general, Ohio, 1969-1970
• Private practice, Fairview Park, Ohio, 1971-1974
• Member, Ohio State Senate, 1971-1975
• Private practice, Cleveland, Ohio, 1975-1985
• Vice president, Van Meter, Ashbrook & Associates, 1982-1984
• Member, Ohio State Senate, 1979-1983
• Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1985-1991^[1]

Judicial career

Western District of Michigan

Matia was nominated by PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush on June 27, 1991, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089; he was confirmed by the Senate on November 15, 1991, and received commissionthree days later. He served aschief judge from 1999 until he assumedsenior status onDecember 31, 2004. He retired onMay 31, 2005.^[1] Matia was succeeded in this position byChristopher Boyko.

External links

• Paul Matia's 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  •

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