Ronald Murray Gould (born in 1946) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 1999.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 29/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 468/year
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1999–
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
- Private practice, Seattle, Washington1975–1999
Adjunct professor · 1986–1989
Law clerk , Hon. Potter Stewart · 1974–1975
Law clerk , Hon. Wade H. McCree · 1973–1974
Appointments
1999–present · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1973- University of PennsylvaniaB.S. · 1968