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Matthew Walden McFarland
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Active service.
Confirmed 56 to 38Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- January 23, 2019
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 26, 2019
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 18, 2019
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 56 to 38
- Confirmed
- December 18, 2019
- Commissioned
- December 31, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1967, 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
- Private practice, Columbus, Ohio, 1992
- Assistant city solicitor, Portsmouth, Ohio, 1992-1993
- Private practice, Wheelersburg, Ohio, 1992-1994
- Adjunct professor, Capital University, 1992-2000
- Assistant prosecutor, Licking County, Ohio, 1994-1995
- Assistant prosecutor, Scioto County, Ohio, 1995-1999
- Private practice, Portsmouth, Ohio, 1995-1999
- Special counsel, Ohio Attorney General, 1995-1999
- Magistrate, Probate-Juvenile Dvision, Scioto County [Ohio] Court of Common Pleas, 1999-2004
- Adjunct professor, Shawnee State University, 2000-
- Judge, Court of Appeals of Ohio, Fourth Appellate District, 2004-2019
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