Raymond M. Kethledge is a circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth
Circuit, to which he was appointed on July 8, 2008. He received his B.A. in history
from the University of Michigan in 1989 and his J.D. from Michigan Law School in
1993. He clerked for Justice Anthony Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge
Ralph B. Guy Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He also worked
in the U.S. Senate and later, with two partners, founded a boutique litigation firm,
now known as Bush Seyferth & Paige PLLC, in Troy, Michigan. His practice there
included a broad mix of trial-court, appellate, and class-action litigation. Judge
Kethledge is also the co-author of a book on leadership, entitled Lead Yourself First:
Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude, which was published by Bloomsbury. He is a
lecturer at Michigan and Harvard Law Schools.
Judge Raymond Kethledge
