Black, Timothy, 1953-

Timothy Seymour Black (born August 30, 1953) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Black earned an Artium Baccalaureus from Harvard College in 1975 and then earned a Juris Doctor in 1983 from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University.

In 2004, the Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio selected Black as a United States Magistrate Judge.

In July 2009, a bipartisan commission in Ohio selected Black from a list of three finalists and recommended him to President Barack Obama to fill a vacancy on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. On December 24, 2009, Obama formally nominated Black to fill the district court vacancy, which was created by Judge Sandra Beckwith taking senior status on January 1, 2009. On May 11, 2010, the United States Senate confirmed Black in a unanimous voice vote. He received his commission on May 13, 2010.