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J. Nicholas Ranjan
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Active service.
Confirmed 80 to 14Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- January 23, 2019
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 7, 2019
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 80 to 14
- Confirmed
- July 10, 2019
- Commissioned
- July 12, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1978, 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
- Simon Karas Fellow, Office of the State Solicitor, State of Ohio, 2003-2004
- Law clerk, Hon. Deborah L. Cook, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2004-2005
- Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2005-2019
- Adjunct professor, Grove City College, 2012
- Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association, 2016-2019
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