Richard Fred Suhrheinrich

Richard Suhrheinrich

Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In office July 10, 1990 – August 15, 2001
Appointed by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Albert Engel
Succeeded by	David McKeague
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
In office October 4, 1984 – July 10, 1990
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	James Harvey
Succeeded by	Nancy Edmunds
Personal details
Born	1936 (age 80–81) Lincoln City, Indiana, U.S.
Education	Wayne State University (BS) Michigan State University (JD) University of Virginia (LLM)

Richard Fred Suhrheinrich (born 1936) is a Senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit serving in Lansing, Michigan.

Born in Lincoln City, Indiana, Suhrheinrich earned his Bachelor of Science in 1960 from Wayne State University, his Juris Doctor with honors in 1963 from the Detroit College of Law and his LL.M. in 1990 from the University of Virginia School of Law. Suhrheinrich was an assistant prosecutor for Macomb County, Michigan in 1967 and was an associate professor of law at the Detroit College of Law from 1975 to 1985. Suhrheinrich co-founded, with Richard Kitch, the law firm Kitch & Suhrheinrich. The firm originally specialized in medical malpractice defense. Now the Kitch firm, the firm has since grown into a full-service law firm with seven offices throughout Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois. Currently, Judge Suhrheinrich is a Distinguished Jurist & Professor at the Western Michigan University Law School teaching various legal courses.