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Benjamin Michael Flowers
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 49 to 46Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- April 27, 2026
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 20, 2026
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 18, 2026
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 49 to 46
- Confirmed
- July 22, 2026
- Commissioned
- October 2, 2026
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1987, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Sandra Segal Ikuta, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2012-2013
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 2013-2014
- Law clerk, Hon. Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, 2014-2015
- Private practice, Columbus, Ohio, 2015-2019
- Adjunct professor, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, 2018-2019
- Deputy solicitor general, State of Ohio, 2019
- Solicitor general, State of Ohio, 2019-2023
- Private practice, Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, 2023-2026
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