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Paul Ramon Matia

Paul Ramon Matia

Ohio Northern District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Born 1937 in Cleveland, OH

FJC ID: 1503

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year

Ohio Northern District Court · 1991–20051991200020102020202220
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 8/year

Ohio Northern District Court · 1991–20051991200020102020202280
citing decisions

Ohio Northern District Court · 1991–2005

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.

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Paul Ramon Matia (born 1937) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Cuyahoga County [Ohio] Court of Common Pleas
    Judge · 1985–1991
  2. Private practice, Cleveland, Ohio
    1975–1985
  3. Van Meter, Ashbrook & Associates
    Vice president · 1982–1984
  4. Ohio
    State senator · 1971–1975, 1979–1983
  5. Private practice, Fairview Park, Ohio
    1962–1963, 1971–1974
  6. State of Ohio
    Administrative assistant to the attorney general · 1969–1970
  7. State of Ohio
    State of Ohio
    Assistant attorney general · 1966–1969
  8. Cuyahoga County [Ohio] Court of Common Pleas
    Law clerk · 1963–1966

Appointments

  1. Ohio Northern District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of OhioChief Judge
    1991–2005 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
    Term ended: Retirement

Education

  1. Harvard Law School
    Harvard Law School
    J.D. · 1962
  2. Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University)
    B.A. · 1959