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Ransey Guy Cole, Jr.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Senior status since January 9, 2023.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- June 29, 1995
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 28, 1995
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 26, 1995
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- December 22, 1995
- Commissioned
- December 26, 1995
- Senior status
- Since January 9, 2023
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1951, 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
- Private practice, Columbus, Ohio, 1975-1978, 1980-1986, 1993-1995
- Trial attorney, Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch, U.S. Department of Justice, 1978-1980
- Adjunct professor of law, Ohio State University College of Law, 2010-
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2014-2021
- Board member, Federal Judicial Center, 2022-2026
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