Patricia Anne Gaughan

Patricia Anne Gaughan
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Assumed office
December 26, 1995
Appointed by Bill Clinton
Preceded by Ann Aldrich
Personal details
Born 1953 (age 6263)
Lakewood, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater

Patricia Anne Gaughan (born 1953) is a United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Born in Lakewood, Ohio, Gaughan received a B.A. from Saint Mary's College in 1975 and a J.D. from Notre Dame Law School in 1978. She was an assistant prosecuting attorney of the Criminal Trial Division, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, Ohio from 1978 to 1983 and from 1984 to 1987. She was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the Economic Crime Division, Northern District of Ohio from 1983 to 1984. She was an adjunct professor at Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University from 1983 to 1987, and was in private practice in Cleveland from 1984 to 1987. She was a judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas from 1987 to 1995.

On September 29, 1995, Gaughan was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio vacated by Ann Aldrich. Gaughan was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 22, 1995, and received her commission on December 26, 1995.

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Ann Aldrich
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
1995–present
Incumbent
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