| Timothy Seymour Black | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office May 13, 2010 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Sandra S. Beckwith |
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | |
| In office 2004–2010 |
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| Judge of the Hamilton County Municipal Court | |
| In office 1994–2004 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953 Brookline, Massachusetts |
| Alma mater | Harvard College (A.B.) Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D.) |
Timothy Seymour Black (born 1953) is a United States judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
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Black earned an A.B. from Harvard College in 1975 and then earned a law degree in 1983 from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University.[1]
Black practiced law as a civil litigator for the Cincinnati law firm of Gradyon Head & Ritchey from 1983 until 1993.[1] In 1991, Black unsuccessfully ran in a judicial election for the Hamilton County Municipal Court as a Republican.[2] In 1993, he ran as a Democrat and defeated sitting judge David Albanese.[2] He served as a Hamilton County Municipal Court judge from 1994 until 2004.[1]
In 2004, the judges on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio selected Black as a United States magistrate judge.[3]
In July 2009, a bipartisan commission in Ohio selected Black from a list of three finalists and recommended him to President Barack Obama to fill a vacancy on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.[3] On December 24, 2009, Obama formally nominated Black to fill the district court vacancy, which was created by Judge Sandra Beckwith taking senior status on January 1, 2009.[3]
On May 11, 2010, the United States Senate confirmed Black in a unanimous voice vote.