TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Apr 19, 2022

The White House has reportedly been vetting two female lawyers for a vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, Bloomberg Law reports. Public interest lawyer and former state counsel for the Biden-Harris campaign in Ohio, Rachel Bloomekatz, and Alexandra Schimmer, Denison University vice president and general counsel and former Ohio solicitor general, are both being considered for the opening. If nominated, Bloomekatz or Schimmer would replace Judge R. Guy Cole Jr. on the court. Cole was nominated by Bill Clinton and has served on the 6th Circuit since 1995.