Le Lézard
Classified in: Covid-19 virus
Subject: Award

Judge R. Guy Cole Jr. to Receive the 2021 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Sixth Circuit


Judge R. Guy Cole Jr. has been selected to receive the prestigious 2021 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Sixth Circuit. A judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, he served as the court's chief judge?and the court's first-ever African American chief judge?from 2014 until April this year. Nominated by President Bill Clinton, Cole joined the court of appeals in 1995.

"As the chief judge of our circuit, Judge Cole has conducted himself with the highest degree of character and integrity," write Judge Richard Allen Griffin and his fellow judges on the sixth circuit, who nominated Cole for the award. "In this regard, Guy Cole has led by example, to the betterment of our court and circuit." According to Griffin and his colleagues, Cole's accomplishments as chief judge include leading the circuit through the COVID-19 crisis, creating an employee appreciation program, improving the court's efficiency and professionalism, eliminating the court's backlog, and reviving the court's collegiality.

Before joining the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Cole had experience in both public service and the private sector. On the public service side, he served as a U.S. bankruptcy judge for the Southern District of Ohio from 1987 to 1993 and was a trial attorney for the commercial litigation branch of the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, earlier in his career. In the private sector, he was in practice at the Columbus, Ohio, law firm Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, eventually becoming the firm's first African American partner. Since 2010, Cole has also been an adjunct professor of law at The Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law.

Cole received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Tufts Alumni Association in 2016. He has also helped lead several community organizations focused on health, education, and young people. In addition to serving as vice chair of The Ohio State University's James Cancer Hospital Board, he has held leadership positions at the Columbus Children's Hospital, March of Dimes, YMCA, Columbus Area International Program, and I Know I Can, an initiative that helps public school students in Columbus attain college educations.

Cole received his undergraduate degree from Tufts University in 1972 and his law degree from Yale Law School in 1975.

The American Inns of Court, headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, inspires the legal community to advance the rule of law by achieving the highest level of professionalism through example, education, and mentoring. The organization's membership includes nearly 30,000 federal, state, and local judges; lawyers; law professors; and law students in nearly 370 chapters nationwide. More information is available at www.innsofcourt.org.


These press releases may also interest you

at 00:25
Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd ("Junshi Biosciences," HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, announced its financial...

28 mar 2024
The "Global Clinical In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Laboratory Services Market: Strategy & Trends with Volume & Price Forecasts by Chemistry, Hematology, Microbiology, Pathology, Covid-19, and Molecular Dx by Country. Updated with Impact of COVID-19"...

28 mar 2024
Discovery Silver Corp. ("Discovery" or the "Company") today announced financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023 ("Q4 2023" and "2023", respectively). The Company also provided a summary of key events since the...

28 mar 2024
The "Molecular Diagnostics at the Point of Care. By Application, Technology, Place, Product and by Country. With Executive Guides and Customization 2023 - 2027 " report has been added to  ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Infectious disease Dx is...

28 mar 2024
The "Whole Genome and Exome Sequencing Markets by Application, Organism and Product with Executive and Consultant Guides. Includes Direct to Consumer Analysis. 2023 to 2027" report has been added to  ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Will all...

28 mar 2024
Boat Rocker Media Inc. ("Boat Rocker" or the "Company") , an independent, integrated global entertainment company, today reported its financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2023 ("fourth quarter" or "Q4") and for the year ended...



News published on and distributed by: