Kenneth Francis Ripple (born May 19, 1943) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 61/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 2,370/year
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1985–2008
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
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- JAG CorpsU.S. Naval Reserve · 1972–present
Professor of law · 1977–present- Private practice, Washington, D.C.1977–1985
- Advisory Committee on Federal Appellate RulesReporter · 1978–1985
- Chief Justice of the United States Warren BurgerSpecial assistant · 1973–1977
Legal officer · 1972–1973
U.S. Navy1968–1972- office of the general counsel, IBMAttorney · 1968
Appointments
1985–2008 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Education
LL.M. · 1972
J.D. · 1968- Fordham UniversityA.B. · 1965