Kathy Jane Branstetter Stranch (born September 17, 1953) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 25/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 327/year
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2010–
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
- Private practice, Nashville, Tennessee1978–2010
Appointments
2010–2025 · Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1978- Vanderbilt UniversityB.A. · 1975