Dayton Chapter: Federal Court Practice Seminar

This multi-session seminar is hosted by the Federal Bar Association (FBA) Dayton Chapter and meets a prerequisite for admission to the bar of the Southern District of Ohio. Speakers include district court, bankruptcy court, and magistrate judges from the Dayton seat of court. The program is approved for 3.0 general hours of CLE credit by The Supreme Court of Ohio.

Agenda

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM — Registration and Opening Remarks
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM — A View from the Bench
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM — Practice in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio
2:30 PM – 2:40 PM — Break
2:40 PM – 3:10 PM — Overview of Removal to Federal Court
3:10 PM – 4:10 PM — Practice in the Southern District of Ohio
4:10 PM – 4:30 PM — PACER and CM/ECF
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM — Swearing-in Ceremony

Speakers

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE MICHAEL J. NEWMAN
Judge Newman was sworn in as Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on November 12, 2020. Prior to that time, Judge Newman served as a United States Magistrate Judge in Dayton, having been appointed to eight-year terms in both 2011 and 2019.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE WALTER H. RICE
Judge Rice was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, receiving a B.A. degree in 1958. He attended the Columbia University School of Law and received a Juris Doctorate degree in 1962. On June 4, 1980, Judge Rice was sworn in as Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, at Dayton, having been appointed to that position by President Carter. Judge Rice served as Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio from October 13, 1996 to October 12, 2003.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE THOMAS M. ROSE
Judge Rose attended Ohio University where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education in 1970. He then attended the University of Cincinnati College of Law where he received a Juris Doctor in 1973. Judge Rose served as Greene County Common Pleas Judge until June 20, 2002. He was then sworn in as Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on June 21, 2002.

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE PETER B. SILVAIN, JR.
Judge Peter B. Silvain, Jr. was appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Ohio on May 10, 2021. Prior to this he served as federal Administrative Law Judge for the Social Security Administration from 2009-2011 in Dayton, Ohio, and for U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Administrative Law Judges from 2011-2021 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE CAROLINE H. GENTRY
Magistrate Judge Gentry grew up in Yellow Springs, Ohio. She is a graduate of Kalamazoo College (B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1992) and Yale Law School (J.D. 1995), where she was a senior editor of the Yale Law Journal. Judge Gentry was assumed her office as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Ohio on February 7, 2022.

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE MICHAEL R. MERZ
Magistrate Judge Michael R. Merz is a life-long resident of Dayton, Ohio, where he was born in 1945. He is a 1967 graduate of Harvard College (A.B. cum laude) and received his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1970. He was appointed United States Magistrate Judge in 1984 and in March 2011, while serving his fourth term, retired and was recalled to service. He served as Chief Magistrate Judge of the Southern District from 2004 to 2008.

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE GUY R. HUMPHREY
Judge Humphrey was appointed as a Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio, sitting in Dayton, on October 2, 2007. He is a 1981 graduate of Kent State University and a 1984 graduate of The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

JEFFREY T. COX, ESQ.
Jeff Cox is a partner at Faruki P.L.L., a complex business litigation boutique, with offices in Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio. His practice covers a wide range of business and technology litigation ranging from class actions, media, privacy and intellectual property disputes to professional malpractice, advertising and competition-related disputes. Mr. Cox graduated from Miami University in 1982 with a B.A. in Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs; he received his J.D. in 1991 from The University of Dayton where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review.

MICHAEL S. MAYER, ESQ.
Michael Mayer has served the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio since 2019. He is the term law clerk for Hon. Thomas M. Rose. Prior to joining the Court, Michael was a civil litigation attorney with the law firms Freeborn & Peters, L.L.P. in Chicago (2006-2012) and Faruki P.L.L. in Dayton (2012-2019). During his time as a litigator, Michael’s practice focused on complex business disputes in state and federal courts.

Registration

Deadline to register is May 9, 2023
RSVP: Register Online!

Registration Fee:

• $50 – FBA Member
• $75 – Non Member
• Free -New member of the FBA (i.e., those who signed up within the six months prior to the seminar). Proof of membership must be sent to DaytonFBAEvents@gmail.com.

To JOIN the Federal Bar Association, visit the FBA’s website at: https://www.fedbar.org/membership/join/

CLE

3.0 CLE Hours Anticipated.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Callum Morris at callum_morris@ohsd.uscourts.gov.