Patricia Anne Gaughan

Patricia Anne Gaughan


Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Incumbent
Assumed office June 1, 2017
Preceded by	Solomon Oliver Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Incumbent
Assumed office December 26, 1995
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Ann Aldrich

Personal details
Born	1953 (age 63–64) Lakewood, Ohio
Education	Saint Mary's College (B.A.) Notre Dame Law School (J.D.)

Patricia Anne Gaughan (born 1953) is the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Education and career

Born in Lakewood, Ohio, Gaughan received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Mary's College in 1975 and a Juris Doctor from Notre Dame Law School in 1978. She was an assistant prosecuting attorney of the Criminal Trial Division, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, Ohio from 1978 to 1983 and from 1984 to 1987. She was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Economic Crime Division, Northern District of Ohio from 1983 to 1984. She was an adjunct professor at Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University from 1983 to 1987, and was in private practice in Cleveland from 1984 to 1987. She was a judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas from 1987 to 1995.

On September 29, 1995, Gaughan was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio vacated by Ann Aldrich. Gaughan was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 22, 1995, and received her commission on December 26, 1995. She became Chief Judge on June 1, 2017.

Legal offices
Preceded by Ann Aldrich	Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio 1995–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Solomon Oliver Jr.	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio 2017–present	Incumbent

Current active district judges of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
E. Kentucky	Caldwell Reeves Bunning Van Tatenhove 2 seats vacant
W. Kentucky	McKinley Stivers Hale 2 seats vacant
E. Michigan	Hood Borman Roberts Lawson Cox Ludington Murphy Goldsmith Drain Berg Leitman Levy Michelson Parker 1 seat vacant
W. Michigan	Jonker Maloney Neff 1 seat vacant
N. Ohio	Gaughan Oliver Gwin Polster Adams Boyko Zouhary Lioi Pearson Helmick 1 seat vacant
S. Ohio	Sargus Dlott Marbley Watson Barrett Black 2 seats vacant
E. Tennessee	Varlan Greer Mattice Reeves McDonough
M. Tennessee	Crenshaw Trauger 2 seats vacant
W. Tennessee	Anderson Fowlkes Lipman 2 seats vacant

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