Mark A. Goldsmith

Mark Goldsmith


Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Incumbent
Assumed office June 22, 2010
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	John O'Meara
Personal details
Born	August 1952 (age 64) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Harvard University

Mark Allan Goldsmith (born August 1952) is a United States district judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Early life and education

Born in Detroit, Goldsmith earned a bachelor's degree in 1974 from the University of Michigan and a law degree in 1977 from Harvard Law School.^[1]

Professional career

From 1979 until 1980, Goldsmith served as a litigation associate for the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York City.^[1] From 1980 until 1987, Goldsmith served as a sole legal practitioner in Birmingham, Michigan. From 1987 until 1988, he served as an associate for the Detroit law firm Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, and then from 1988 until 2004, Goldsmith served as a partner for the same firm.^[1]

In 2004, Goldsmith became a circuit court judge in Oakland County, Michigan.^[1]

Federal judicial service

In March 2009, Goldsmith submitted an application to Michigan's judicial advisory committee, which was established by Michigan Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow. He was interviewed by the committee in May 2009. In June 2009, the committee informed Goldsmith that it intended to recommend his nomination to President Obama for nomination to the federal district court. On February 4, 2010, Obama officially nominated Goldsmith for the seat, which would fill the vacancy created by the decision by Judge John Corbett O'Meara to take senior status. On March 18, 2010, the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary reported Goldsmith's nomination to the full Senate.

The Senate confirmed Goldsmith on June 21, 2010 in an 89-0 vote. He received his commission on June 22, 2010.

References

1 2 3 4 President Obama Nominates Four to Serve on the United States District Court Bench, whitehouse.gov (February 4, 2010).

External links

Mark A. Goldsmith at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by John O'Meara	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan 2010–present	Incumbent

Current active district judges of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

E. Kentucky	Caldwell Reeves Bunning Van Tatenhove Thapar 1 seat vacant

W. Kentucky	McKinley Stivers Hale 2 seats vacant

E. Michigan	Hood Borman Roberts Lawson Cox Ludington Murphy Goldsmith Drain Berg Leitman Levy Michelson Parker 1 seat vacant

W. Michigan	Jonker Bell Maloney Neff

N. Ohio	Oliver Nugent Gaughan Gwin Polster Adams Boyko Zouhary Lioi Pearson Helmick

S. Ohio	Sargus Dlott Marbley Rose Watson Barrett Black 1 seat vacant

E. Tennessee	Varlan Greer Mattice Reeves McDonough

M. Tennessee	Sharp Trauger Crenshaw 1 seat vacant

W. Tennessee	Breen Anderson Fowlkes Lipman 1 seat vacant

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