Michael J. Newman

Michael J. Newman is a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, at Dayton. He was appointed to this position in July 2011.

Newman was born in Somerville, New Jersey. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from New York University's Film School in 1982. He later attended Washington College of Law at American University, graduating with honors in 1989. In 2004, Newman attended the Advanced Mediation Program at Harvard Law School.

After law school, Newman became a law clerk to Magistrate Judge Jack Sherman, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, at Cincinnati. He continued to serve as Judge Sherman's career law clerk for over twelve years. Newman also clerked on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals for Circuit Judge Nathaniel R. Jones for one year.

In 2003, Newman entered private practice at Dinsmore & Shohl in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was named a partner in just three years. Newman represented both plaintiffs and defendants, practicing in the areas of labor and employment, business litigation and appellate litigation. Newman chaired the firm's Labor & Employment Appellate Practice Group, and created and ran Dinsmore & Shohl's Pro Bono Appellate Litigation Program in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Newman served as a mediator and arbitrator while in private practice, and was appointed to the American Arbitration Association panel of neutral mediators and arbitrators.

During his time in private practice, Judge Newman was named a Leading Lawyer by Cincy magazine multiple times in a row, and also repeatedly honored as both an Ohio Super Lawyer and as one of the Best Lawyers in America in Labor & Employment Law. In 2009, he was appointed an Ohio Commodore by Ohio's Governor. Newman served on the Cincinnati Bar Association Board of Trustees. Further, Newman was a Master of the Potter Stewart Inn of Court in Cincinnati. He was also appointed statewide Chair of the Ohio State Bar Association's" Federal Courts and Practice Committee for three consecutive years. In 2011, he acted as the Statewide Chair of the Federal Court/Ohio State Bar Association Sixth Biennial Federal Bench Bar Conference for the Northern & Southern Districts of Ohio.

Newman has been involved in the Federal Bar Association ("FBA"), both at the local and national levels, since the 1990s. Newman previously served as President of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky and Dayton Chapters of the FBA. During his tenure, Dayton was named "Chapter of the Year." He has been elected to national office of the Federal Bar Association on several occasions—as a Sixth Circuit Vice President, as a member of the national Board of Directors, and as national Treasurer. In 2009, he was one of two lawyers in private practice nationally to be appointed to the FBA's Task Force on Diversity. He has served as national Co-Chair of the FBA's Professional Ethics Committee, as well as national Co-Chair of the FBA's Leadership Training & Agenda Committee. In 2015, he co-chaired the FBA's Diversity Task Force charged with drafting the FBA's diversity statement. He will be the FBA's national president in 2016–17. As national president, Newman will emphasize two substantial initiatives: (1) the creation of a national civics program in conjunction with local FBA chapters across the country; and (2) bringing to national prominence the SOLACE program, a volunteer effort that seeks to help those in the legal community with dire needs.

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