James G. Carr

James G. Carr
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Incumbent
Assumed office June 1, 2010
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
In office December 21, 2004 – June 1, 2010
Preceded by	Paul Ramon Matia
Succeeded by	Solomon Oliver Jr.
Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
In office May 19, 2002 – May 18, 2008
Appointed by	William Rehnquist
Preceded by	seat established
Succeeded by	Mary A. McLaughlin
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
In office May 9, 1994 – June 1, 2010
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Richard B. McQuade Jr.
Succeeded by	Jeffrey J. Helmick
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
In office 1979–1994
Personal details
Born	(1940-11-14) November 14, 1940 (age 83) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.[1]
Education	Kenyon College (BA) Harvard University (LLB)

James Gray Carr (born November 14, 1940) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Carr was born in Boston. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kenyon College in 1962, and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1969. He was in private practice of law in Chicago, Illinois from 1966 to 1968. He was a staff attorney of the Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation from 1968 to 1970. He was then an adjunct professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law (Illinois Institute of Technology) in 1969, and at Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 1970. He was an associate professor at the University of Toledo College of Law from 1970 to 1979. While he was a professor, Carr was also an assistant prosecutor at the Lucas County Prosecutor's Office in Ohio from 1972 to 1973.^[2]

Carr was a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 1979, becoming the first full-time magistrate judge in Toledo.^[3] On January 27, 1994, he was nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio by President Bill Clinton to a seat vacated by Judge Richard B. McQuade, Jr. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 6, 1994, and received his commission on May 9. On May 19, 2002, Chief Justice William Rehnquist appointed Carr to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Carr served as chief judge of the District Court from December 21, 2004 to June 1, 2010. His term on the FISA Court expired in 2008.^[2][4]

In April 2017, Carr ruled that Ohio could not fine railroad companies for blocking roads.^[5]

• James G. Carr at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• James G. Carr at Ballotpedia