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Douglas Russell Cole
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Active service.
Confirmed 64 to 29Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- May 13, 2019
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 26, 2019
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 18, 2019
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 64 to 29
- Confirmed
- December 4, 2019
- Commissioned
- December 5, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1964, 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
- Law clerk, Hon. Frank H. Easterbrook, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1993-1994
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1994-1997
- Visiting assistant professor of law, University of Oklahoma College of Law, 1997-1998
- Private practice, Columbus, Ohio, 1998-2000, 2006-2019
- Assistant professor of law, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, 2000-2003
- Solicitor, State of Ohio, 2003-2006
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