President Obama Nominates Ohio Judge Kate O’Malley for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
| By Dave Harding, ProgressOhio - Mar 10, 2010 7:10:25 PM ET |
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Raymond Lohier, Jr. to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Judge Kate O’Malley to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Lohier currently serves as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; O’Malley currently serves as a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio.
“Raymond Lohier and Kate O’Malley will both bring an unwavering commitment to fairness and judicial integrity to the federal bench,” President Obama said. “Their impressive legal careers are a testament to the kind of thoughtful and diligent judges they will be on the Second and Federal Circuits. I am honored to nominate them both today.”
“Raymond Lohier and Kate O’Malley will both bring an unwavering commitment to fairness and judicial integrity to the federal bench,” President Obama said. “Their impressive legal careers are a testament to the kind of thoughtful and diligent judges they will be on the Second and Federal Circuits. I am honored to nominate them both today.”
Judge Kate O’Malley: Nominee for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Judge Kathleen McDonald O’Malley has served as a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio since 1994. Judge O’Malley also regularly teaches patent litigation at Case Western Reserve University School of Law as Distinguished Visiting Jurist.
Prior to her appointment to the District Court, Judge O’Malley was First Assistant Attorney General and Chief of Staff to then-Ohio Attorney General Lee Fisher. In that role, she supervised all litigation for the State of Ohio and counseled senior government officers on legal questions. Until 1991, she was in private practice in Cleveland at Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP and at Jones Day. After law school, she clerked for the Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
On the District Court, Judge O’Malley has handled numerous intellectual property cases, including while sitting by designation with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has called on Judge O’Malley to preside over several complex nationwide matters.
Judge O’Malley graduated from Kenyon College in 1979 (Phi Beta Kappa) and Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1982 (Order of the Coif).
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