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| James Ryan | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Ronald Reagan |
| Active: | 10/17/1985 - 1/1/2000 |
| Senior: | 1/1/2000 - Present |
| Preceded by: | George Edwards |
| Succeeded by: | Raymond Kethledge |
| Past post: | Michigan Supreme Court |
| Past term: | 1975-1985 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1942 |
| Home State: | Detroit, MI |
| Bachelors: | U. of Detroit '92 |
| Law School: | U. of Detroit Law '56 (B.L.) |
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James Leo Ryan (b. 1932) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He joined the court in 1985 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. Ryan is serving on senior status.
Early life and education
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Ryan graduated from Detroit Mercy Law with his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1956 and later earned a Bachelor's degree from University of Detroit Mercy in 1992. [1]
Professional career
Ryan was a Captain Judge Advocate in the United States Navy Reserves Judge Advocate General Corps from 1957 to 1992, serving on active duty as a Lieutenant Law Specialist from 1957 to 1960. Ryan was a private practice attorney in the State of Michigan from 1960 to 1966 and also served as a justice of the peace for Redford, Michigan from 1963 to 1966. Ryan was a Circuit Court Judge for the Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan from 1966 to 1975 before being elected by the People of Michigan to serve as a State Supreme Court Justice for the Michigan Supreme Court until 1985. From 1980 to 1992, Ryan also served as a Military Court Justice. Ryan has taught as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law since 1974 and at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan from 1979 to 1985.[1]
Judicial career
Ryan was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on September 9, 1985 to a seat vacated by George Edwards, Jr.. Ryan was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 16, 1985 and received commission on October 17, 1985. Ryan assumed senior status on January 1, 2000.[1]
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: George Edwards |
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1985–present |
Succeeded by: Raymond Kethledge |
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| 1981 |
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| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
