Jeffrey Sutton

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Jeffrey S. Sutton (born October 31, 1960 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

1 Education and legal training
2 Early career
3 Professional career
4 Federal judicial service
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Education and legal training

Sutton received his B.A. from Williams College in 1983 and his law degree from Ohio State University College of Law in 1990. He then clerked for Judge Thomas Meskill of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1990-1991 and then on the United States Supreme Court for Justices Antonin Scalia and Lewis Powell from 1991-1992.

[edit] Early career

After graduating from college and prior to law school, Sutton taught high school history and was the varsity soccer coach at The Columbus Academy, a private school in Gahanna, Ohio.

[edit] Professional career

Sutton was in private practice in Columbus from 1992 to 1995 and 1998 to 2003. Sutton was state solicitor for the state of Ohio from 1995 to 1998. He has also served as an adjunct professor of law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law since 1994.

[edit] Federal judicial service

Sutton was first nominated by President George W. Bush on May 9, 2001 to a seat on the Sixth Circuit vacated by David A. Nelson. That nomination, made during the 107th Congress, never received a floor vote in the U.S. Senate. Sutton was not confirmed until almost two years later, on April 29, 2003, when the U.S. Senate of the 108th Congress voted 52-41 in favor of his confirmation to the Sixth Circuit. He received his commission on May 5, 2003.