Northern District of Ohio - Judge Patricia A. Gaughan, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, announced that Jennifer Dowdell Armstrong, Esq. was sworn in today to serve an eight-year term as a United States Magistrate Judge in Cleveland, Ohio. She succeeds Magistrate Judge William H. Baughman, Jr., who retired effective Fri., Jul. 1, 2022.
Magistrate Judge Armstrong recently was a partner at McDonald Hopkins LLC in Cleveland, Ohio, where she practiced law since 2009. In addition to providing services as a third-party neutral for early case evaluations, mediations, and arbitrations in court-annexed and private proceedings, her practice was devoted to defending clients in criminal and civil governmental white collar investigations and cases; representing clients in complex commercial litigation cases with an emphasis on class action litigation, primarily in federal court; and advising clients on compliance with federal and state antitrust laws. Previously, Magistrate Judge Armstrong served as law clerk to the Honorable Solomon Oliver, Jr., at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 2007-2009. She was an associate attorney at Thompson Hine LLP in 2006-2007 and a summer associate in 2005. She is currently an Adjunct Law Professor at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law since 2022.
Magistrate Judge Armstrong earned her B.A. in English Literature/Political Science at Miami University in 1997, her master’s degree in Nonprofit Organizations (M.N.O.) at Case Western Reserve University, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and Weatherhead School of Management in 2000, and her J.D. from Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 2006, summa cum laude. She has served as a Board Member of the Federal Bar Association, Northern District of Ohio Chapter (2011-2018), served as Chair of the New Lawyer Committee (2015-2018), and served as Chair of the Law Clerk Committee (2011-2014). Magistrate Judge Armstrong is co-founder and co-chair of the Ohio Chapter of the Women’s White Collar Defense Association (2016-present). She has also been a member of the American Bar Association in the White Collar, Antitrust, and ADR Sections (2006-present).
Chief Judge Gaughan said, “Magistrate Judge Armstrong brings with her a breadth of legal experience and strong leadership skills, which will ensure that our justice system will continue to serve the people of the Northern District of Ohio with fairness and integrity.”
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 northern most counties in Ohio.
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Sandy Opacich, Clerk of Court
(216) 357-7068
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