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# Rachel Sarah Bloomekatz

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: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-25

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- American judge serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit since July 20, 2023
- In summary: Rachel Sarah Bloomekatz is a Harvard-educated attorney with extensive experience in federal and state courts, public service, and private practice, now serving as a federal appellate judge on the Sixth Circuit since 2023
- Adjunct professor, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, 2015, 2020, 2022
- Associate at Jones Day (2013–2015) and principal at Gupta Wessler PLLC (2016–2019)
- Law clerk, Hon. Stephen G. Breyer, Supreme Court of the United States, 2011-2012
- Law clerk to Justice Stephen G. Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court (2011–2012)
- Assistant attorney general, Government Bureau, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2010-2011
- Law clerk, Hon. Margaret H. Marshall, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 2009-2010
- Law clerk to Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (2009–2010)
- Law clerk to Judge Guido Calabresi, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2008–2009)
- As a Sixth Circuit judge, Bloomekatz hears appeals in federal cases across Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, and parts of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin

### Education

- University of California, Los Angeles School of Law — J.D. (2008)
- (magna cum laude), Harvard University — B.A. (2004)

### Additional information

- Commissioned: July 20, 2023
- Confirmed by Senate: July 18, 2023, by a 50–48 vote
- Nominated by: President Joe Biden on January 3, 2023 (initially May 25, 2022)
- Solo practitioner at Bloomekatz Law LLC in Columbus, Ohio (2019–2023)
- Private practice, Columbus, Ohio, 2013-2015, 2019-2023
- Visiting professor, Universidad Católica del Uruguay, 2019
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2016-2019
- Sherrod Brown’s 2012 reelection campaign
- Born 1982 in Southfield, Michigan.
- Date of birth: 1982-12-03
- Legal director, Campaign to Reelect Sen.
- Predecessor: R. Guy Cole Jr.
- She has described the role as her “dream job” because it allows her to engage in meaningful public service while doing what she loves — reading briefs and writing opinions.
- Birth place: Southfield

## 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/13760736)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13760736)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13760736)
- [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure)
- [Judge Rachel Sarah Bloomekatz](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13760736)
- [Wikidata: Rachel Bloomekatz](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112130313)

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