Ronald M. Gould
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Ronald Murray Gould (born in 1946 in St. Louis, MO) is a federal appeals judge who has served on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals since 1999.
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[edit] Education and legal training
Gould received his B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania and his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1973. He then clerked for Judge Wade H. McCree of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1973 to 1974 and Associate Justice Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1974 to 1975.
[edit] Professional career
Gould was in private practice in Seattle, WA from 1975 to 1999 and served as an adjunct professor at the University of Washington Law School from 1986 to 1989.
[edit] Federal judicial service
Gould was nominated by President Bill Clinton for a seat vacated by Robert R. Beezer on the Ninth Circuit on January 26, 1999. He was confirmed by the Senate on November 17 and received his commission on November 22.
