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Courts & Government Offices COURTS & GOVERNMENT OFFICES Area Code 614 unless otherwise noted COURTS & GOVERNMENT OFFICES FEDERAL COURTS Richard F. Suhrheinrich, Senior Judge U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio 241 U.S. Post Office and Federal Building Eastern Division (Columbus) 315 West Allegan U.S. Supreme Court Lansing MI 48933 (517) 377-1513 85 Marconi Blvd., Columbus, OH 43215 One First St. NE Cincinnati Office (513) 564-7466 www.ohsd.uscourts.gov (614) 719-3000 Washington, DC 20543 Eugene E. Siler, Jr., Senior Judge www.supremecourt.gov 310 South Main Street, Room 333 Office of the Clerk Clerk, Scott S. Harris (202) 479-3011 London KY 40741 (606) 877-7930 John Hehman, Clerk of Court Justices Cincinnati Office (513) 564-7469 Room 121 Fx 719-3500 John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice (202) 479-3000 Alice M. Batchelder Division Manager Antonin Scalia (202) 479-3000 143 West Liberty Street Scott Miller 719-3000 Anthony Kennedy (202) 479-3000 Medina OH 44356 (330) 746-6026 U.S. Pretrial Services 719-3170 Clarence Thomas (202) 479-3000 Cincinnati Office (513) 564-7472 U.S. Probation 719-3100 Ruth Bader Ginsburg (202) 479-3000 Martha Craig Daughtrey, Senior Judge Stephen G. Breyer (202) 479-3000 300 Customs House U.S. District Judges Samuel A. Alito, Jr. (202) 479-3000 701 Broadway Edmund A. Sargus, Jr., Chief Judge 719-3240 Sonia Sotomayor (202) 479-3000 Nashville TN 37203 (615) 736-7678 Room 301 Elena Kagan (202) 479-3000 Cincinnati Office (513) 564-7475 Ctrm Deputy Andy Quisumbing 719-3244 Karen Nelson Moore Counselor to the Chief Justice Algenon L. Marbley 719-3260 Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse Jeffrey P. Minear (202) 479-3000 Room 319 801 West Superior Avenue, Suite 21A Marshal, Pamela Talkin (202) 479-3000 Crtm Deputy Betty Clark 719-3260 Cleveland OH 44113 (216) 357-7290 Reporter of Decision Gregory L. Frost 719-3300 Cincinnati Office (513) 564-7478 Christine Fallon (202) 479-3000 Room 169 Eric L. Clay Ctrm Deputy Kristen Keppler 719-3018 Librarian - Linda Maslow (202) 479-3000 481 Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse Attorney Admissions (202) 479-3387 Michael H. Watson 719-3280 231 West Lafayette Boulevard Room 109 Detroit MI 48226 (313) 234-5260 Ctrm Deputy Jennifer Kacsor 719-3284 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Cincinnati Office (513) 564-7439 Senior Judges Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse Ronald Lee Gilman, Senior Judge George C. Smith 719-3220 100 E. Fifth St. 1176 Federal Building Room 101 Cincinnati, OH 45202-3988 167 North Main Street Ctm Deputy Lisa Wright 719-3222 www.ca6.uscourts.gov (513) 564-7000 Memphis TN 38103 (901) 495-1575 James L. Graham 719-3200 Cincinnati Office (513) 564-7495 Room 349 Circuit Executive, Clarence Maddox (513) 564-7200 Julia Smith Gibbons Ctrm Deputy Denise Shane 719-3205 Clerk, Deborah S. Hunt (513) 564-7000 970 Clifford Davis Federal Building Peter C. Economus 719-3450 Chief Deputy Clerk, Susan Rogers (513) 564-7000 167 North Main Street Ctrm Deputy Denise Shane 719-3205 Memphis TN 38103 (901) 495-1265 Library (513) 564-7321 U.S. Magistrate Judges Cincinnati Office (513) 564-7495 Mediation (513) 564-7330 Terence P. Kemp, Chief Magistrate Judge 719-3410 John M. Rogers Room 172 Community Trust Bank, Ste. 400 U.S. Circuit Judges Ctrm Deputy Spencer Harris 719-3027 R. Guy Cole, Jr., Chief Judge 100 East Vine Street Norah McCann King 719-3390 127 U.S. Courthouse Lexington KY 40507 (859) 233-2680 Room 235 85 Marconi Boulevard Cincinnati Office (513) 564-7147 Ctrm Deputy Jessica Rector 719-3026 Columbus OH 43215 (614) 719-3350 Jeffrey S. Sutton Elizabeth A. Preston Deavers 719-3460 Cincinnati Office (513) 564-7481 85 Marconi Boulevard, Rm. 260 Damon J. Keith, Senior Judge Columbus OH 43215 (614) 849-0134 Room 208 240 U.S. Courthouse Cincinnati Office (513) 564-7400 Ctrm Deputy Sherry Nichols 719-3461 231 West Lafayette Boulevard Deborah L. Cook Court Library 719-3180 Detroit MI 48226 (313) 234-5245 433 U.S. Courthouse Cincinnati Office (513) 564-7436 Two South Main Street U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio Gilbert S. Merritt, Senior Judge Akron OH 44308 (330) 375-5412 Western Division (Cincinnati) 303 Customs House Cincinnati Office (513) 564-7491 100 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202 701 Broadway David W. McKeague www.ohsd.uscourts.gov (513) 564-7500 Nashville TN 37203 (615) 736-5957 315 West Allegan St., Rm. 213 Cincinnati Office (513) 564-7420 Lansing MI 48933 (517) 377-1563 Office of the Clerk Ralph B. Guy, Jr., Senior Judge Cincinnati Office (513) 564-7430 John Hehman, Clerk of Court 200 East Liberty Street, Suite 226 Richard Allen Griffin U.S. Pretrial Services (513) 564-7590 Ann Arbor MI 48104 (734) 741-2300 13919 S. West Bay Shore Dr. Suite 208 U.S. Probation Office (513) 564-7575 Cincinnati Office (513) 564-7454 Traverse City MI 49684 (231) 929-3190 (PO Box 7910, Ann Arbor MI 48104) Cincinnati Office Fax: (513) 564-7430 U.S. District Judges Danny J. Boggs Raymond M. Kethledge Susan J. Dlott (513) 564-7630 220 Gene Snyder U.S. Courthouse Ann Arbor, MI Room 227 601 West Broadway Helene N. White Crtm Deputy William Miller (513) 564-7630 Louisville KY 40202 (502) 625-3900 Detroit, MI Michael R. Barrett (513) 564-7660 Cincinnati Office (513) 564-7460 Jane Branstetter Stranch Room 239 Alan E. Norris, Senior Judge Nashville, TN Crtm Deputy Barbara Crum (513) 564-7699 Bernice B. Donald 328 U.S. Courthouse Timothy S. Black (513) 564-7640 Memphis, TN 85 Marconi Boulevard Room 815 Columbus OH 43215 (614) 719-3330 Crtm Deputy Mary Rogers (513) 564-7529 Cincinnati Office (513) 564-7463 © Columbus Bar Association 2016 435 COURTS & GOVERNMENT OFFICES Area Code 614 unless otherwise noted Senior Judges U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of S. Arthur Spiegel (513) 564-7620 Eastern Division (Akron) Ohio, Western Division (Dayton) Room 838 Two South Main Street, Akron, Ohio 44308 120 W. Third Street, Dayton, OH 45402 Crtm Deputy Kevin Moser (513) 564-7665 www.ohsb.uscourts.gov (937) 225-2516 Herman J. Weber (513) 564-7600 U.S. District Judge Judges Room 801 John R. Adams (330) 252-6070 Guy R. Humphrey Crtm Deputy Mary Brown (513) 564-7520 Sara Lioi (330) 252-6060 Ctrm Deputy Joni Behnken Ext. 2863 Sandra S. Beckwith (513) 564-7610 Lawrence S. Walter Room 810 U.S. Magistrate Judge Ctrm Deputy Vickie Hensley Ext. 7684 Crtm Deputy Mary Brown (513) 564-7520 Kathleen Burke (330) 252-6170 U.S. District Magistrate Judges U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Karen L. Litkovitz (513) 564-7690 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Room 716 Ohio, Eastern Division Ctrm Deputy Arthur Hill (513) 564-7690 Eastern Division (Youngstown) www.ohnb.uscourts.gov Stephanie K. Bowman (513) 564-7680 125 Market Street, Youngstown OH 44503-1780 Room 706 U.S. Judges, Cleveland Ctrm Deputy Kevin Moser (513) 564-7646 U.S. District Judge 201 Superior, Cleveland OH 44114 Benita Y. Pearson (330) 884-7435 Arthur I. Harris (216) 615-4402 U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio Pat. E. Morgenstern-Clarren, Chief Judge (216) 615-4431 U.S. Magistrate Judge Jessica E. Price Smith (216) 615-4451 Western Division (Dayton) George J. Limbert (330) 884-7460 200 West Second Street, Dayton, OH 45402 U.S. Judge, Akron www.ohsd.uscourts.gov U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio Two South Main Street, Akron OH 44308 Alan M. Koschik (330) 252-6134 Office of the Clerk Western Division (Toledo) John Hehman, Clerk of Court (937) 512-1400 1716 Spielbusch Ave., Toledo, OH 43604 www.ohnd.uscourts.gov U.S. Judge, Canton U.S. Pretrial Services (937) 512-1430 401 McKinley Ave. SW, Canton OH 44702 U.S. Probation Office (937) 512-1450 U.S. District Judge Russ Kendig (330) 458-2478 U.S. District Judges Jack Zouhary (419) 213-5675 Fx (419) 213-5680 U.S. Judges, Toledo Thomas M. Rose (937) 512-1600 1716 Spielbusch Avenue, Toledo, OH 43604 Room 910 Jeffrey J. Helmick (419) 213-5690 Fx (419) 213-5696 Mary Ann Whipple (419) 213-5610 Ctrm Deputy Liz Penski (937) 512-1603 John P. Gustafon (419) 213-5607 Senior Judge James G. Carr (419) 213-5555 Fx (419) 213-5563 Walter Herbert Rice U.S. Judge, Youngstown Room 909 (937) 512-1500 David A. Katz (419) 213-5710 10 E. Commerce St., Youngstown, OH 44501 Ctrm Deputy Cindy Fugate (937) 512-1501 Kay Woods (330) 742-0906 U.S. District Magistrate Judges Michael R. Merz U.S. Magistrate Judge Room 501 (937) 512-1550 James R. Knepp II (419) 213-5570 FEDERAL OFFICES Ctrm Deputy Kelly Kopf (937) 512-1551 Fx (419) 213-5575 Sharon L. Ovington Room 523 (937) 512-1570 U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of U.S. Attorney Carter M. Stewart (614) 469-5715 Ctrm Deputy Rose Plummer (937) 512-1570 Ohio, Eastern Division (Columbus) 303 Marconi Blvd., Suite 200, Columbus OH 43215 Michael J. Newman 170 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43215 First Assistant U.S. Attorney, Mark T.D’Alessandro Room 505 (937) 512-1640 General Information (614) 469-6638 (614) 469-5715 Ctrm Deputy Diane Marcus (937) 512-1641 www.ohsb.uscourts.gov Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney, Robert Behlen Kenneth Jordan, Clerk of Court (614) 469-5715 U.S. Bankruptcy Judges U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, www.justice.gov/usao-sdoh Charles M. Caldwell, Chief Judge Eastern Division (Cleveland) 801 Superior Ave. W., Cleveland, OH 44113 Ctrm Deputy Kathleen Tourgeman Ext.
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