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.
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[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 Second Circuit Court of Appeals from 1990 to 1991 and then for Associate Justices Antonin Scalia and Lewis Powell from 1991 to 1992.
[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 Ohio State University College of Law since 1994.
[edit] Federal Judicial Service
Sutton was nominated to a seat on the Sixth Circuit vacated by David A. Nelson by President George W. Bush on January 7, 2003. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 29, 2003 by a vote of 52-41 and received his commission on May 5, 2003.
