Ronald Murray Gould (born October 17, 1946) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 1999.
Gould was born in St.
Louis, Missouri.
He received a B.S.
from University of Pennsylvania in 1968.
He received a J.D.
from University of Michigan in 1973.
He was a law clerk, Hon.
Wade H.
McCree, Jr., U.S.
Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit from 1973 to 1974.
He was a Law clerk, Justice Potter Stewart, Supreme Court of the United States from 1974 to 1975.
He was an Adjunct professor, University of Washington Law School from 1986 to 1989.
He was in private practice of law in Seattle, WA from 1975 to 1999.
Gould was a federal judge to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Gould was nominated by President William J.
Clinton on January 26, 1999, to a seat vacated by Robert R.
Beezer.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 17, 1999, and received commission on November 22, 1999.