Judge Sara Lioi, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, announced that Reuben J. Sheperd, Esq. was sworn in today to serve an eight-year term as a United States Magistrate Judge in Cleveland, Ohio. He succeeds Magistrate Judge Thomas M. Parker, who retired effective March 24, 2024.
Magistrate Judge Sheperd recently served as Administrative Law Judge in the Akron, Ohio Office of the Social Security Administration. Prior to that appointment, he was a sole practitioner in private practice, primarily as a criminal defense attorney, in Cleveland, Ohio, from January 2007 to June 2016. Magistrate Judge Sheperd also held the position of Program Manager at Vocational Guidance Services in Cleveland, Ohio, from January 2002 to January 2007, and has served in various positions with the City of Cleveland from November 1992 to January 2002.
Magistrate Judge Sheperd received his B.A. from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1992, and his J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1995.
Chief Judge Lioi said, “Magistrate Judge Sheperd’s diverse legal experience makes him uniquely qualified to serve on the federal bench. We are grateful that he has chosen to continue his career in public service in the Northern District of Ohio.”
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio has court locations in Cleveland, Akron, Toledo, and Youngstown and serves 6 million citizens in the 40 northernmost counties in Ohio.
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For further information, please contact: Sandy Opacich, Clerk of Court, at 216-357-7068.