O’Malley Retirement Leaves Fed. Cir. With No Ex-Trial Judges (2)

Judge Kathleen M. O’Malley of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will retire March 11, according to the U.S. Courts website’s list of future judicial vacancies.

The vacancy will give President Joe Biden an opportunity to appoint a second judge to the court, which had no openings during the Trump administration. His first appointee, Tiffany P. Cunningham, was confirmed by the Senate July 19. Biden as a candidate promised to consider diversity in judicial appointments.

O’Malley joined the court in 2010. She came from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and she is ...