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Amul Roger Thapar
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 52 to 44Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- March 21, 2017
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- April 26, 2017
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 18, 2017
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 52 to 44
- Confirmed
- May 25, 2017
- Commissioned
- May 25, 2017
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1969, 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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Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Appointed by George W. Bush; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended May 30, 2017: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. S. Arthur Spiegel, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 1994-1996
- Law clerk, Hon. Nathaniel R. Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1996-1997
- Adjunct professor, University of Cincinnati College of Law, 1995-1997, 2002-2006
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1997-1999
- Trial advocacy instructor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1999-2000
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1999-2000
- General counsel, Equalfooting.com, 2000-2001
- Private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2001-2002
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of Ohio, 2002-2006
- U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 2006-2007
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