Edmund A. Sargus, Jr.

Edmund A Sargus, Jr. is a judge serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio(1). He received his undergraduate degree with honors from Brown University, where he majored in History. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University where he received a Juris Doctorate degree.

Biography

Sargus practiced law in Belmont County from 1978 through 1993. Sargus served as the solicitor for a number of municipalities, including Bellaire, Powhatan Point, and Bethesda. He also served as Special Counsel to the Ohio Attorney General from 1979 through may of 1993.

On May 23, 1993, Sargus became the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. in this role, Sargus was in charge of the office which prosecuted all federal crimes the district, which includes the cities of Columbus, Cincinnati and Dayton.. Notable cases included the prosecution of a large Columbus based gang known as the Short North Posse, indictment and conviction of Barry Kessler on charges of interstate murder for hire, and the conviction of Herbert Steinler of defrauding the United States in conjunction of the sale of F-16 jets to Israel.

On August 23, 1996, Sargus was appointed to the United States District Court. The district includes 48 of Ohio's 88 counties.(2) Sargus is a member of the Security Committee of the United States Judicial Conference.(3) Notable matters which he has handled include several major Clean Air Act cases brought by the federal government and several states against Ohio utilies, regarding emissions from coal burning power plants.(4)

Judge Sargus resides in St. Clairsville, Ohio and sits in Columbus, Ohio.(5) His wife, Jennifer Sargus, is also a judge on the Belmont County Court of Common Pleas. The couple has two children, Edmund and Christopher. Sargus' father, Edmund A. Sargus, was an Ohio State Senator and Probate and Juvenile Judge of Belmont County, Ohio.(5)

(1) Alexander,| Roberta; A place of Repose: A History of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1803-2003 Ohio University Press 2003(2) 18 U.S.C section 115(3) www.ohsd.uscourts.gov(4) Columbus Dispatch, October 9, 2007(5) Federal Judicial Center, History of the Federal Judiciary, 1789 to Present.fjc.gov (5) Columbus Dispatch, August 24, 1996