Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton was recently named chair of the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure.

Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton was recently named chair of the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure.

A federal judge from Ohio was recently named to a top national judicial leadership post.

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. named United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton as the new Judicial Conference committee chair of the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure. The Judicial Conference operates through a network of committees, which review issues within their established jurisdictions and make policy recommendations to the conference.

Judge Sutton succeeds Judge Mark R. Kravitz. He joins four other new Judicial Conference committee chairs, effective October 1.  The other chairs include Judge Lawrence L. Piersol as chair of the Committee on Audits and Administrative Office Accountability; Judge Catherine C. Blake as chair of the Committee on Defender Services; Judge Joel A. Pisano as chair of the Committee on the Administration of the Magistrate Judges System; and Judge Steven M. Colloton as chair of the Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules.

Judge Sutton received his law degree from the Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law in 1990. President George W. Bush nominated Judge Sutton for the Sixth Circuit court in 2001, and he was confirmed in 2003. Prior to his appointment, Judge Sutton served as a law clerk for Judge Thomas Meskill of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell; and Justice Antonin Scalia. Sutton also was a partner with Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue in Columbus, Ohio.