Michael Ryan Barrett

Michael Ryan Barrett
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Incumbent
Assumed office May 5, 2006
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Walter Herbert Rice
Personal details
Born	(1951-01-14) January 14, 1951 Cincinnati, Ohio
Alma mater	University of Cincinnati (B.A.) University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D.)

Michael Ryan Barrett (born January 14, 1951) is a United States federal judge in Ohio.^[1] Barrett practiced law for nearly 30 years before he was nominated by President George W. Bush and approved by the Senate to the federal courts system in 2006.

Education

Barrett was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on January 14, 1951. He graduated from St. Xavier High School in 1969. He then attended Wabash College in Wabash, Indiana, from 1969 to 1970, prior to enrolling at the University of Cincinnati. Barrett received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history there in 1974 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1977.^[1] He was admitted to the Bar in Ohio the same year.

Legal and political work

Barrett served as a state Administrative Hearing Officer from 1977 until 1978, when he joined the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney and Chief Assistant.^[1] In 1984, he joined the firm Grayden, Head & Ritchey. He began as an associate and became partner at Grayden Head. In 1995, Barrett joined his brother Francis Barrett's firm, Barrett&Weber, and became a shareholder. He practiced at Barrett&Weber until his judicial nomination in December 2005 to a seat vacated by Walter Herbert Rice.

Barrett served as Chairman of the Hamilton County Republican Party from 2001 to 2005 and was instrumental in President Bush's Ohio victory in the 2004 presidential election.

Judicial work

Barrett was confirmed as a federal judge for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio on May 1, 2006 and received his commission on May 5, 2006.^[1]

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