Chad A. Readler

Chad A. Readler
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division
Acting
In office
December 11, 2017 – September 4, 2018
President Donald Trump
Preceded by Himself
Succeeded by Jody Hunt
In office
January 30, 2017 – November 16, 2017
President Donald Trump
Preceded by Benjamin C. Mizer (Acting)
Succeeded by Himself
Personal details
Born Chad Andrew Readler
1972 (age 45–46)
Pontiac, Michigan, U.S.
Education University of Michigan (BA, JD)

Chad Andrew Readler (born 1972)[1] is an American lawyer and Principal Deputy and former Acting Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Civil Division, as well as a nominee to be a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Biography

Readler earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, where he served on the editorial board of the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform. After graduating from law school, he served as a law clerk for Judge Alan Eugene Norris of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Thereafter, he worked in the Columbus, Ohio, office of Jones Day, including spending ten years as a partner in the Issues and Appeals Group.[2]

Readler represented the tobacco company R. J. Reynolds as a lawyer.[3]

While at Jones Day, Readler successfully argued before the Supreme Court of the United States in McQuiggin v. Perkins on behalf of a pro bono client claiming actual innocence. His other pro bono representations include representing capital defendants before the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the Supreme Court of Ohio, representing defendants sentenced to life in prison before the Sixth Circuit, and challenging dismissals of claims filed by pro se litigants.[2]

Readler currently serves as the Principal Deputy United States Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Civil Division, a position he has held since January 30, 2017. Readler previously served as Acting United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division from January 2017 to September 2018. In that role, Readler led and supervised the Department’s largest litigating division and actively briefed and argued several cases on behalf of the United States in federal courts across the country.[2]

Nomination to court of appeals

On June 7, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Readler to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.[2] On June 18, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Readler to the seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit being vacated by Judge Deborah L. Cook, who will assume senior status on an undetermined date.[4] His nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. In June 2018, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown said he did not plan to return a blue slip for Readler's nomination, while U.S. Senator Rob Portman said he planned to support Readler's nomination.[5] On October 10, 2018 a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[6]

Memberships

He is a member of the Federalist Society.[7]

References

  1. ↑ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Chad Andrew Readler
  2. 1 2 3 4 "President Donald J. Trump Announces Fifteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Fourteenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees, and Ninth Wave of United States Marshal Nominees". whitehouse.gov. June 7, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ↑ "FDA delays enforcement of stricter standards for e-cigarette, cigar industry". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  4. ↑ "Seventeen Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate Today", White House, June 18, 2018
  5. ↑ Heisig, Eric (June 7, 2018). "Sen. Sherrod Brown says he will not support Trump's nominees for Ohio-based appeals court". Cleveland.com. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  6. ↑ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for October 10, 2018
  7. ↑ "Chad A. Readler". fedsoc.org. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Benjamin C. Mizer
Acting		 United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division
Acting
2017–2018		 Succeeded by
Jody Hunt
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