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Kenneth Francis Ripple
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Senior status since September 1, 2008.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- April 1, 1985
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- April 24, 1985
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 2, 1985
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- May 3, 1985
- Commissioned
- May 10, 1985
- Senior status
- Since September 1, 2008
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1943, 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
- U.S. Navy, 1968-1972
- U.S. Naval Reserve, JAG Corps, 1972-
- Attorney, office of the general counsel, IBM, 1968
- Legal officer, Supreme Court of the United States, 1972-1973
- Special assistant, Chief Justice of the United States Warren Burger, 1973-1977
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1977-1985
- Professor of law, University of Notre Dame, 1977-
- Reporter, Advisory Committee on Federal Appellate Rules, 1978-1985
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