• Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

  Judge

  1986 – present · 40 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

Career

• Deputy secretary of energy

  1983 – 1986 · 3 yrs

• Special assistant to the president

  Executive Office of the President

  1981 – 1983 · 2 yrs

• Deputy campaign director, Nunn for Governor campaign

  1979 – present · 47 yrs

• Private practice

  Washington, D.C.

  1979 – 1981 · 2 yrs

• Deputy minority counsel

  U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  1977 – 1979 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1975 – present · 51 yrs

• Assistant to the chairman

  Federal Power Commission

  1975 – 1977 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1973 – present · 53 yrs

• Attorney

  U.S. Department of Commerce

  1973 – present · 53 yrs

• Assistant to the solicitor general

  U.S. Department of Justice

  1973 – 1975 · 2 yrs

• Legislative counsel/assistant to minority leader

  Kentucky State House of Representatives

  1972 – present · 54 yrs

• Attorney

  Kentucky Republican Campaign

  1972 – present · 54 yrs

• Legal counsel/administrative assistant

  1970 – 1971 · 1 yr

• Deputy commissioner, Kentucky Department for Economic Security

  1969 – 1970 · 1 yr

• Instructor

  University of Chicago Law School

  1968 – 1969 · 1 yr

Education