Alice M. Moore Batchelder (born August 15, 1944) is an American attorney and jurist. She is currently a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She served as chief judge from 2009 until 2014. She also was considered by President George W. Bush as a potential nominee for a United States Supreme Court seat that ultimately went to Justice Samuel Alito. Her husband William G. Batchelder was a former state Court of Appeals judge and a state legislator, who had served more than 30 years in the Ohio House of Representatives and served as Speaker of the House from 2011 until 2014.
Alice Moore Batchelder
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Born 1944 in Wilmington, DE
FJC ID: 116
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 18/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 528/year
Ohio Northern District Court · 1985–1992Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1991–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2009–2014
- Private practice, Medina, Ohio1971–1983
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitChief Judge1991–2019 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
1985–1992 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.M. · 1988- University of Akron School of LawJ.D. · 1971
- Ohio Wesleyan UniversityB.A. · 1964