Sara Elizabeth Lioi
Sara Elizabeth Lioi | |
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![]() Lioi in 2008 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | |
Assumed office March 14, 2007 | |
Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Lesley B. Wells |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Canton, Ohio | December 17, 1960
Education | Bowling Green State University (BA) Ohio State University College of Law (JD) |
Sara Elizabeth Lioi (born December 17, 1960) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Early life and education[]
Born in Canton, Ohio, Lioi graduated from Bowling Green State University with her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1983 and later from Ohio State University College of Law with a Juris Doctor in 1987.
Legal career[]
Following law school graduation, Lioi joined the law firm of Day, Ketterer, Raley, Wright & Rybolt, Ltd. in the fall of 1987 and was promoted to partner in that firm in December 1993. In November 1997, during his second term as governor, George Voinovich appointed Lioi as a judge in the Stark County Court of Common Pleas, Central Division. She was elected to a four-year term in November 1998 and then re-elected for a six-year term in November 2002.[2]
Federal judicial career[]
On the recommendation of Senators George Voinovich and Mike DeWine,[2] Lioi was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio by President George W. Bush on January 9, 2007 to a seat vacated by Lesley B. Wells as Wells took senior status. Lioi was confirmed by the Senate on March 8, 2007 on a Senate vote and received her commission on March 14, 2007.
Lioi oversaw the prosecution of Jimmy Dimora and others in the Cuyahoga County corruption case, sentencing Dimora to 28 years.[3] The case was affirmed on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the Supreme Court declined to hear Dimora's further appeal.[4]
References[]
- ^ "CONFIRMATION HEARINGS ON FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. September 6, 2006. p. 122. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
- ^ a b "Sen. Voinovich applauds senate confirmation of Lioi for Northern District judge March 8, 2007". Archived from the original on March 28, 2007.
- ^ WKYC Staff. "Dimora lawyer: '28 years is a death sentence'". WKYC. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ McCarty, James. "U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Jimmy Dimora's request for a new trial on racketeering, corruption convictions". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
Sources[]
- Sara Elizabeth Lioi at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Bowling Green State University alumni
- Ohio State University Moritz College of Law alumni
- American women judges
- Ohio state court judges
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush
- 21st-century American judges
- Lawyers from Canton, Ohio
- 21st-century women judges
- 21st-century American women