Sixth Circuit judge visits FBA student chapter at UDM

The University of Detroit Mercy School of Law’s Federal Bar Association Student Chapter host Judge Raymond M. Kethledge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Wednesday. In 2008, Kethledge was confirmed to the Sixth Circuit Court, which hears appeals from the federal district courts of Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee. Kethledge is a highly accomplished and well-respected attorney who has litigated in state and federal trial and appellate courts across the country. He has a distinguished record as a practicing attorney at both the trial and appellate levels and as a public servant. His complete biography is attached to this press release.

Kethledge was introduced as the group’s speaker by Judge Michael J. Riordan, a 1990 graduate of the University of Detroit School of Law. Riordan was appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder to the Michigan Court of Appeals in 2012 and was elected to a six-year term that started Jan.1. Previously, Riordan worked as an assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan; as an assistant general counsel for the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network; and as a senior attorney in the Enforcement Division of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Kethledge has a distinguished record as a practicing attorney, at both the trial and appellate levels and as a public servant. Beginning in 2003, Kethledge worked as a partner in the law firm of Bush Seyferth Kethledge and Paige PLLC, representing clients ranging from DaimlerChrysler Corporation and Genworth Financial to an individual criminal defendant. Kethledge has appeared frequently in court, briefing and arguing appeals and motions in class actions and other complex litigation. Prior to returning to Michigan in 1998 to join Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, Kethledge served with distinction as a law clerk to Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the United States Supreme Court and Judge Ralph Guy of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Kethledge also served as Counsel to then-Senator Spencer Abraham, handling matters related to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Kethledge graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif, in 1993. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in history in 1989.

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