James Steven Gwin (born August 10, 1954) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 41/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 79/year
Ohio Northern District Court · 1997–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Stark County [Ohio] Court of Common PleasJudge · 1989–1997
- Private practice, Canton, Ohio1979–1989
Appointments
1997–2021 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
- University of Akron School of LawJ.D. · 1979
- Kenyon CollegeA.B. · 1976