Hon. J. Philip Calabrese

Jude Philip Calabrese (born 1971), known professionally as J. Philip Calabrese and Phil Calabrese, is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Education and Career
Calabrese earned his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from the College of the Holy Cross and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Harvard Law School. He was a Fulbright Fellow at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Upon graduating law school, Calabrese served as a law clerk to Judge Alice M. Batchelder of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He was a partner with Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, where he co-chaired the firm’s class action practice. Since fall 2017, he has served as an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. On June 21, 2019, Governor Mike Dewine appointed Calabrese as a Judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas to fill the vacancy left by Judge Pamela Barker’s appointment to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He was sworn into office on July 3, 2019. His state court service ended in 2020 after he became a federal judge.

Federal Judicial Service
On March3,2020, President Donald Trump nominated Calabrese to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Christopher A. Boyko, who assumed senior status on January 6, 2020. He received his judicial commission on December 3, 2020.