Dan Polster

Dan Polster UKNUnknown

United States federal judge

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Dan PolsterUKNUnknown United States federal judge
73
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Dan Aaron Polster (born December 6, 1951) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Polster mediated a settlement between the city of Cleveland and the family of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy who was killed by a white police officer in 2014. In December 2017, a federal judicial panel selected Polster to preside over more than 3,000 consolidated prescription opioid-related lawsuits in multidistrict litigation known as the National Prescription Opiate Litigation. A trial for the litigation began in October 2021.

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Harvard Law School
JD
1976
Harvard College
AB
1972
Past Positions1 - 6 of 6
Senior Judge
United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio
2021 - Current
Judge
United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio
1998 - 2021
Assistant United States Attorney
United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of Ohio
1982 - 1998
Judge
United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio
1998
Judge
United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio
1997
Trial Attorney
Anti-Trust Division, United States Department of Justice
1976 - 1982
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