James Steven Gwin[2] (born August 10, 1954) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Born in Canton, Ohio in 1954, Gwin graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Louisville, Ohio, and received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Kenyon College in 1976 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Akron School of Law in 1979.

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 Sam H. Bell.

He assumed senior status on January 31, 2021.