Education
Born in Canton, Ohio in 1954, Gwin graduated from Saint Thomas Aquinas High School in Louisville, Ohio, and received an Bachelor of Arts from Kenyon College in 1976 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Akron School of Law in 1979.
Born in Canton, Ohio in 1954, Gwin graduated from Saint Thomas Aquinas High School in Louisville, Ohio, and received an Bachelor of Arts from Kenyon College in 1976 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Akron School of Law in 1979.
He was in private practice in Canton from 1979 to 1989. He was a judge on the Stark County Common Pleas Court from 1989 to 1997. Gwin was nominated by President Bill Clinton on July 31, 1997, to a seat on the United States. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio vacated by Samuel H. Bell.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 5, 1997, and received his commission on November 7, 1997.