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Alice Batchelder
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 7, 2019
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In office
December 2, 1991 – March 7, 2019
Appointed byGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byPierce Lively
Succeeded byEric E. Murphy
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In office
August 14, 2009 – August 15, 2014
Preceded byDanny Boggs
Succeeded byR. Guy Cole, Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
In office
April 4, 1985 – December 2, 1991
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded bySeat established
Succeeded bySolomon Oliver
Personal details
Born
Alice Moore

(1944-08-15) August 15, 1944 (age 80)
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
SpouseWilliam Batchelder
EducationOhio Wesleyan University (BA)
University of Akron (JD)
University of Virginia (LLM)

Alice Moore Batchelder (born August 15, 1944) is an American attorney and jurist. She is currently a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She served as chief judge from 2009 until 2014. She also was considered by President George W. Bush as a potential nominee for a United States Supreme Court seat that ultimately went to Justice Samuel Alito. Her husband William G. Batchelder is a former state Court of Appeals judge and a state legislator, who has served more than 30 years in the Ohio House of Representatives and served as Speaker of the House from 2011 until 2014.

Education and early career

Batchelder was born Alice Moore in Wilmington, Delaware. She graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1964, where she met her future husband, William G. Batchelder. Batchelder received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Akron School of Law in 1971, and her Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1988. Batchelder briefly taught English and had a private legal practice from 1971 to 1983 in Medina, Ohio, near Cleveland.[1]

Judicial career

In 1983, Batchelder was appointed a Judge of the United States bankruptcy court for the Northern District of Ohio. On February 28, 1985, President Ronald Reagan nominated Batchelder to a new district judge position, created by 98 Stat. 333, on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 3 and received her commission on April 4. On June 12, 1991, President George H. W. Bush nominated Batchelder to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to the seat vacated by Pierce Lively. She was confirmed by the Senate on November 27 and received her commission on December 2. Batchelder's service on the district court position was officially terminated on January 4, 1992, due to her appointment to the court of appeals. On August 14, 2009, she became Chief Judge of the Sixth Circuit.[2] She stepped down as chief judge on August 15, 2014, upon turning 70.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Batchelder, Alice Moore - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
  2. ^ "Alice Moore Batchelder Biography". Archived from the original on 27 September 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2010.

References

Legal offices
New seat Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
1985–1991 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1991–2019 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
2009–2014 		Succeeded by
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