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Benjamin Joel Beaton
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Active service.
Confirmed 52 to 44Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- September 8, 2020
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 9, 2020
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 22, 2020
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 52 to 44
- Confirmed
- November 17, 2020
- Commissioned
- December 1, 2020
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1981, 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. A. Raymond Randolph, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2009-2010
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2010-2011, 2012-2018
- Law clerk, Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court of the United States, 2011-2012
- Private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2018-2020
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