John Manos served in the U.S. Navy from 1943-1945 before returning to Cleveland and attending Cleveland Law School. He spent several years in private practice before becoming law director for the city of Bay Village in 1954. From 1956-1959, he served as an Industries Representative for the Cleveland Regional Board of Review. He was a judge in the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court and then Cuyahoga County Court of Appeals from 1963-1976. He was appointed Federal Judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 1976 by President Gerald Ford, where he achieved senior status in 1991 and served until his death in 2006. During his tenure, he made several landmark rulings. Robert Ducatman, Jones Day attorney and former Manos clerk said, “He demonstrated the most remarkable pursuit of excellence by a jurist that I’ve ever seen. He is what every judge should aspire to be.”