Kenneth Ryskamp

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Years in office: 2000 - 2017

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Years in office: 1986 - 2000

Education

Bachelor's

Calvin College, 1955

Law

University of Miami School of Law, 1956

Personal

Birthplace

Grand Rapids, MI

Kenneth L. Ryskamp was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He joined the court in 1986 after being nominated by PresidentRonald Reagan. He elected to takesenior status beginning on January 1, 2000, and served as a senior judge until his death on November 16, 2017.^[1][2]

Early life and education

A native ofGrand Rapids, Michigan, Ryskamp graduated from Calvin College with his bachelor's degree in 1955 and from the University of Miami School of Law with hisJ.D. in 1956.^[1]

Professional career

• 1986-2017:United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

• 2000-2017: Senior judge
• 1986-2000: Judge

• 1959-1986: Private practice,Miami, Fla.
• 1957-1959: Law clerk, Hon. Mallory Horton, Florida Third District Court of Appeal^[1]

Judicial career

Southern District of Florida

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Kenneth L. Ryskamp
Court:United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Progress
Confirmed 42 days after nomination.
ANominated: March 12, 1986
AABA Rating:
Questionnaire:
AHearing: April 9, 1986
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: April 17, 1986
AConfirmed: April 23, 1986
AVote: Voice vote

Ryskamp was nominated by PresidentRonald Reagan on March 12, 1986, to a seat on theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida vacated byJoseph Eaton. Hearings on Ryskamp's nomination were held before theSenate Judiciary Committee on April 9, 1986, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) on April 17, 1986. Ryskamp was confirmed on a voice vote of theU.S. Senate on April 23, 1986, and he received his commission the next day. Ryskamp elected to takesenior status beginning on January 1, 2000, and he served as senior judge until his death on November 16, 2017. Ryskamp was succeeded in this position by JudgePaul Huck.^[1][3]

Eleventh Circuit nomination

Ryskamp was nominated by PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush to a seat on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit vacated byPaul Roney. Hearings on Ryskamp's nomination were held before theSenate Judiciary Committee on March 19-20, 1991, but the committee voted not to report Ryskamp's nomination to the full Senate for final confirmation.^[4][5]

See also

• United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

External links

• Judge Ryskamp's biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Active judges	Chief Judge: Cecilia Altonaga  •  Jose E. Martinez (Florida)  •  Kevin M. Moore (Florida)  •  Donald Middlebrooks  •  William Dimitrouleas  •  Robin L. Rosenberg  •  Beth Bloom  •  Darrin P. Gayles  •  Kathleen M. Williams  •  Anuraag Singhal  •  Rodolfo Ruiz  •  Rodney Smith (Florida)  •  Edward Artau  •  Roy Altman  •  Aileen Cannon  •  Jacqueline Becerra  •  Melissa Damian  •  David Leibowitz (Florida)
Senior judges	Federico Moreno  •  James L. King  •  Jose Gonzalez (Florida)  •  Donald Graham  •  Daniel Hurley  •  Paul Huck  •  Patricia Seitz  •  William Zloch  •  Joan Lenard  •  Kenneth Marra  •  James Cohn  •  Robert N. Scola, Jr.  •
Magistrate judges	John O'Sullivan (Florida)  •  Edwin Torres  •  Chris McAliley  •  William C. Turnoff  •  Lurana S. Snow  •  Jonathan Goodman  •  Alicia Otazo-Reyes  •  William Matthewman  •  Alicia O. Valle  •  Patrick M. Hunt  •  Bruce Reinhart  •  Lauren Fleischer Louis  •  Jared Strauss  •  Shaniek Maynard  •  Lisette M. Reid  •
Former Article III judges	George C. Young  •  William Hoeveler  •  Kenneth Ryskamp  •  Alan Gold  •  Adalberto Jordan  •  Ursula Ungaro  •  James Paine (Florida)  •  Stanley Marcus  •  William Marvin  •  Thomas Jefferson Boynton (Florida)  •  Peter Fay  •  David Dyer  •  James William Locke  •  John McKinney (Florida)  •  John Moses Cheney  •  Rhydon Mays Call  •  Alexander Akerman  •  Lake Jones  •  Halsted Lockwood Ritter  •  Louie Willard Strum  •  John Warthen Holland  •  Joseph Lieb  •  William McRae  •  Curtis Waller  •  George Whitehurst  •  Sidney Aronovitz  •  Carl Atkins  •  Ted Cabot  •  Emett Choate  •  Edward Davis (Florida)  •  Dozier DeVane  •  Joseph Eaton  •  Wilkie Ferguson  •  Charles Fulton  •  James Kehoe  •  William Mehrtens  •  Lenore Nesbitt  •  Norman Roettger  •  Thomas Scott (Florida district court judge)  •  Eugene Spellman  •  Robin Rosenbaum  •  John Bryan Simpson  •  William Julius Barker  •  Alcee Hastings  •
Former Chief judges	Federico Moreno  •  James L. King  •  Kevin M. Moore (Florida)  •  William Zloch  •  David Dyer  •  Louie Willard Strum  •  John Warthen Holland  •  George Whitehurst  •  Carl Atkins  •  Edward Davis (Florida)  •  Joseph Eaton  •  Charles Fulton  •  Norman Roettger  •  John Bryan Simpson  •  William Julius Barker  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byRonald Reagan
1981	Bartlett •Beam •Becker •Bork •Cacheris •Cardamone •Chapman •Coughenour •Cox •Crow •Cyr •Doumar •Eschbach •Forrester •Garwood •Gibson •Glasser •Hall •Hamilton •Head •Jones •Kiser •Krenzler •Lee •Magnuson •McLaughlin •Miner •Moore •Nowlin •O'Connor •Pierce •Posner •Potter •Russell •Ryan •Shabaz •Sprizzo •Stevens •Waters •Wilhoit •Wilkins •Winter
1982	Acker •Acosta •Altimari •Bell •Bissell •Black •Bullock •Caldwell •Coffey •Contie •Coyle •Dowd •Fagg •Fong •Fox •Gadbois •Gibson •Ginsburg •Hart •Higginbotham •Hogan •Irving •Jackson •Jolly •Kanne •Kovachevich •Krupansky •Lynch •Mansmann •McNamara •Mencer •Mentz •Mihm •Moody •Nordberg •Paul •Pieras •Plunkett •Porfilio •Potter •Pratt •Rafeedie •Restani •Roberts •Scalia •Selya •Telesca •Wellford
1983	Baldock •Barbour •Barry •Bowman •Carman •Carter •Curran •Davis •Dorsey •Feldman •Fish •Flaum •Gibbons •Hallanan •Harris •Hinojosa •Hull •Hupp •Katz •Keenan •Kelly •Kram •Laffitte •Limbaugh, Sr. •Limbaugh, Sr. •Milburn •Nesbitt •Nevas •O'Neill •Rymer •Sharp •Starr •Vinson •Vukasin •Wexler • Woods
1984	Barker •Beezer •Biggers •Billings •Bissell •Boyle •Brewster •Browning •DiCarlo •Duhe •Garcia •George •Hall •Hargrove •Higgins •Hill •Holland •Ideman •Jarvis •Keller •Leavy •Lee •Legge •Leisure •Little •Livaudais •Longobardi •McKibben •Milburn •Newman •Norgle •Prado •Rea •Rosenblatt •Rovner •Scirica •Smith, Jr. •Sneeden •Stotler •Suhrheinrich •Torruella •Wiggins •Wilkinson
1985	Alley •Altimari •Anderson •Aquilino •Archer •Arnold •Baldock •Batchelder •Battey •Broomfield •Brown •Brown •Brunetti •Buckley •Cobb •Conmy •Cowen •Davidson •Dimmick •Duff •Easterbrook •Edgar •Farnan •Fernandez •Fitzpatrick •Fuste •Greene •Gunn •Guy •Hall •Hilton •Holderman •Hughes •Johnson •Jones •Korman •Kozinski •La Plata •Leinenweber •Letts •Lovell •Ludwig •Maloney •Mansmann •Marcus •McDonald •Meredith •Miller •Mills •Miner •Motz •Nelson •Noonan •Porfilio •Revercomb •Rhoades •Ripple •Rodriguez •Rosenbaum •Roth •Ryan •Sam •Scott •Sentelle •Silberman •Sporkin •Stanton •Stapleton •Strand •Strom •Tacha •Tevrizian •Thompson •Todd •Tsoucalas •Walker •Walter •Weber •Williams •Wilson •Wingate •Wolf •Wollman •Young •Zloch
1986	Anderson •Boggs •Bryan •Cedarbaum •Cholakis •Conway •Davies •Dearie •Dubina •Duggan •Edmondson •Fawsett •Fitzwater •Gex •Graham •Hackett •Hansen •Henderson •Hittner •Howard •Jensen •Kay •Kleinfeld •Kosik •Lagueux •Lechner •Magill •Mahoney •Manion •McAvoy •McQuade •Norris •O'Scannlain •Rehnquist •Ryskamp •Scalia •Selya •Simpson •Smalkin •Spencer •Stiehl •Wilkins •Williams •Woodlock •Zatkoff
1987	Alesia •Beam •Bell •Conboy •Cowen •Cummings •Daronco •Doty •Dwyer •Ebel •Ellis •Gadola •Gawthrop •Greenberg •Harrington •Howard •Hoyt •Hutchinson •Kanne •Kelly •Larimer •Leavy •Lew •Marsh •Mayer •McKinney •Michel •Mukasey •Musgrave •Niemeyer •Parker •Phillips •Politan •Pro •Raggi •Reasoner •Reed •Scirica •Sentelle • Smith •Smith •Stadtmueller •Standish •Tinder •Torres •Trott •Turner •Van Antwerpen •Voorhees •Webb •Whipple •Wolin •Wolle •Wood •Zagel
1988	Arcara •Babcock •Brorby •Butler •Cambridge •Camp •Conlon •Cox •Dubois •Duhe •Ezra •Forester •Friedman •Garza •Hutton •Jordan •Kennedy •Lake •Lamberth •Lifland •Lozano •Marovich •Nygaard •Patterson •Schell •Smith •Smith •Tilley •Waldman •Zilly