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Patricia Anne Gaughan
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Senior status since October 1, 2023.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- September 29, 1995
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- November 30, 1995
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), December 7, 1995
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- December 22, 1995
- Commissioned
- December 26, 1995
- Senior status
- Since October 1, 2023
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1953, 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
- Assistant county prosecutor, Criminal Trial Division, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1978-1983, 1984-1987
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Economic Crime Division, Northern District of Ohio, 1983-1984
- Adjunct professor, Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, 1983-1987
- Private practice, Cleveland, Ohio, 1984-1987
- Judge, Cuyahoga County [Ohio] Court of Common Pleas, 1987-1995
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