6th Circuit

   
Joan L. Larsen, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Nomination

• Nominated: May 8, 2017
• Confirmed: November 1, 2017
• Age: 48

Career

• Justice, Michigan Supreme Court (2015 – Present)
  • Diane & M.O. Miller Research Chair in Law
  • Professor of Law
  • Associate Professor of Law
• University of Michigan School of Law
  • Lecturer in Law (2003 – 2015)
  • Special Counsel to the Dean (1998 – 2002)
• Northwestern University Law School, Visiting Professor (1997 – 1998)
• Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice (2002 – 2003)
• Associate, Sidley & Austin LLP (1999-2000)

Education

• Northwestern University School of Law, J.D. (1993)
  • Magna Cum Laude
  • Articles Editor, Northwestern University Law Review
  • John Paul Stevens Award for Academic Excellence
  • Lowden-Wigmore Prize – Best Student Note
  • Raoul Berger Prize – Best Senior Research Paper
• University of Northern Iowa, B.S. (1990)

Article

• Importing Constitutional Norms from a “Wider Civilization”: Lawrence and the Rehnquist Court’s Use of Foreign and International Law in Domestic Constitutional Interpretation, 65 Ohio St. L.J. 1283 (2004)

Clerkships

• Judge David Sentelle, United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
• Justice Antonin Scalia, United States Supreme Court

Links

• http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/447402/who-justice-joan-larsen
• http://courts.mi.gov/Courts/MichiganSupremeCourt/justices/Pages/Justice-Joan-L.-Larsen.aspx
• https://judicialnetwork.com/about-jcn/carrie-severino/

   
John K. Bush, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Nomination

• Nominated: May 8, 2017
• Confirmed: July 20, 2017
• Age: 53

Career

• Partner, Bingham Greenbaum Doll, LLP (Louisville, Kentucky) (2012–2017)
• Member, Greenbaum, Doll & McDonald, PLLC (Louisville, Kentucky) (1996–2012)
• Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (Washington, D.C.) (1990–1996)

Education

• Harvard Law School, J.D. (1989)
  • Cum laude
  • Ames Moot Court Finalist
  • Executive Editor, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy
• Vanderbilt University, B.A. (1986)
  • Summa cum laude
  • Phi Beta Kappa

Clerkships

• Judge J. Smith Henley, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1989–1990)

Links

• https://ballotpedia.org/John_K._Bush
• http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/447405/who-john-k-bush
• https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/bush-john-kenneth

   
Amul Thapar, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Nomination

• Nominated: March 21, 2017
• Confirmed: May 25, 2017
• Age: 48

Career

• Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (2008–2017)
• Adjunct Professor, University of Virginia School of Law (2013–2017)
• Adjunct Professor, Vanderbilt University Law School (October 2011 and 2015, March 2017)
• Adjunct Professor, Salmon P. Chase College of Law (2009, 2012–2017)
• S. Attorney, Eastern District of Kentucky (2006–2008)
• Assistant U.S. Attorney
  • Southern District of Ohio (2002–2006)
  • District of Columbia (1999–2000)
• Associate, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey (2001–2002)
• Associate, Williams & Connolly LLP (1970-1999)

Education

• University of California, Berkeley, J.D. (1994)
  • Moot Court Board
• Boston College, B.S. (1991)
  • National Honor Society

Clerkships

• Judge Nathaniel R. Jones, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1996–1997)
• Judge S. Arthur Spiegel, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (1994–1996)

Links

• https://ballotpedia.org/Amul_Thapar
• http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/448031/first-nominee-confirmed
• https://law.vanderbilt.edu/bio/amul-thapar

John B. Nalbandian, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Nomination

• Nominated: January 24, 2018
• Confirmed: May 15, 2018
• Age: 49

Career

• Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP (2000 – present)
  • Board certified appellate law specialist
• Board Member, State Justice Institute (2009)
• Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (unknown)
• Special Justice, Kentucky Supreme Court (2007)
• Associate, Jones Day (1995 – 1999)

Education

• University of Virginia School of Law, J.D. (1994)
  • Order of the Coif
  • Virginia Law Review, Managing Editor
• University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, B.S. (1991)
  • magna cum laude

Clerkships

• Judge Jerry E. Smith, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit(1994 –1995)

Links

• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-tenth-wave-judicial-nominees/
• https://www.taftlaw.com/people/john-b-nalbandian
• http://www.51lawfirm.com/en_US/default/attorney/view/id/52805

ERIC E. MURPHY,U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Nomination

• Nominated: June 7, 2018
• Renominated: January 23, 2019
• Confirmed: March 07, 2019
• Age: 39 (approximate)

Career

• Solicitor General of of Ohio, Office of the Ohio Attorney General (2013-Present)
• Associate, JonesDay LLP (2007-2013)
• United States Magistrate Judge in the District of Maryland.

Education

• D., University of Chicago Law School (2005)
• Order of the Coif
• Editor, University of Chicago Law Review
• A., Miami University (2001)
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Summa cum laude

 Clerkships

• Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court (2006-2007)
• Judge Harvey J. Wilkinson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (2005-2006)

Links

• https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/who-is-eric-murphy/
• https://www.oyez.org/advocates/eric_e_murphy
• http://www.jonesday.com/Jones-Day-associate-Eric-Murphy-named-Ohio-State-Solicitor-08-28-2013/

CHAD A. READLER, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Nomination

• Nominated: June 7, 2018
• Renominated: January 23, 2019
• Confirmed: March 07, 2019
• Age: 46 (approximate)

Career

• Acting Assistant Attorney General and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice (2017-pres)
• Associate and Partner, Jones Day LLP (1998-2017)

Education

• D., University of Michigan Law School (1997)
• Cum laude
• Editor, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
• A., University of Michigan (1994)

 Clerkships

• Judge Allen E. Norris, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1997-1998)

Links

• https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/who-is-chad-readler/
• https://www.justice.gov/civil/staff-profile/acting-assistant-attorney-general