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# Alice Moore Batchelder

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- State: National federal courts
- Role: U.S. Circuit Judge
- Service status: senior
- Last verified: 2026-07-25

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1991-present
- Chief Judge, Sixth Circuit – Served from August 14, 2009, to August 15, 2014
- Judge, District Court, N.D. Ohio, 1985-1992
- U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Ohio – Nominated by President Ronald Reagan on February 28, 1985; confirmed April 3, 1985; served until January 4, 1992
- U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Northern District of Ohio – Appointed in 1983; served until April 4, 1985
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Current Role: Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, with chambers in Medina, Ohio
- Considered by President George W. Bush for a U.S. Supreme Court nomination, which ultimately went to Justice Samuel Alito

### Education

- University of Virginia School of Law — LL.M. (1988)
- University of Akron School of Law — J.D. (1971)
- Ohio Wesleyan University — B.A. (1964)

### Additional information

- Senior Status – Assumed March 7, 2019, continuing to work nearly full time.
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2009-2014
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit – Nominated by President George H. W. Bush on June 12, 1991; confirmed November 27, 1991; commissioned December 2, 1991.
- Private practice, Medina, OH, 1971-1983
- Private practice, Medina, Ohio, 1971-1983
- Before entering federal service, Batchelder taught English and practiced law privately in Medina, Ohio, from 1971 to 1983.
- Date of birth: 1944-01-01
- Married to William G. Batchelder, a former Ohio state court judge and former Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives.
- Birth place: Wilmington, DE

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### appellate oral argument

Scope: courtwide

In federal courts of appeals, oral argument is allowed unless a three-judge panel unanimously finds one of Rule 34's specified grounds for dispensing with it; the clerk provides the date, time, place, and time allocation.

Evidence excerpt: Oral argument must be allowed in every case unless a panel of three judges who have examined the briefs and record unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessary

[Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1377546)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1377546)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1377546)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/200/alice-moore-batchelder/)
- [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/200/alice-moore-batchelder/)
- [Judge Alice Moore Batchelder](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1377546)
- [Wikidata: Alice M. Batchelder](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4725971)

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