Edmund A. Sargus Jr.

Judge Edmund A. Sargus Jr.

Personal

Birthday:

1953

Birthplace:

Wheeling, WV

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Bellaire and St. Clairsville, Ohio, 1978-1993
Special counsel to the attorney general, State of Ohio, 1979-1993
City councilman, St. Clairsville, Ohio, 1988-1991
U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1993-1996

Education

Name of School:

Brown University

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1975

Name of School - Second:

Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Case Western Reserve University School of Law is one of eight schools at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The law school is known for its innovation in legal education and blending of practice, theory, and professionalism. It has a long commitment to diversity and admitted students of color in its first entering class in 1892. It was one of the first schools accredited by the American Bar Association and it is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).

It was initially named for Franklin Thomas Backus, a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, whose widow donated $50,000 to found the school in 1892.

According to Case Western Reserve's official 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 58.6% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo-practitioners.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1978

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio

Court Name:

Ohio Southern District Court

President Nominating:

William J. Clinton

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

8/1/1996