CLEVELAND, Ohio -- President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated a University of Akron associate law school professor to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Ryan Holte was nominated to serve a 15-year term on the Washington, D.C.-based court, which hears claims for money filed against the federal government. The Senate must confirm his nomination.
Holte did not immediately respond to a voicemail left on his cellphone.
He joined the University of Akron's law school this year, after four years at Southern Illinois University's law school. He is currently an associate law professor, as well as the director of the Akron university's law school's Center for Intellectual Property Law and Technology.
He previously worked as a trial attorney at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. He also worked at the Jones Day firm, which has represented Trump in legal matters.
Holte previously owned a car dealership in the San Francisco Bay area that specialized in biodiesel vehicles and worked as an engineer for Agilent Technologies, a spinoff of Hewlett-Packard, according to his University of Akron page.
He earned his law degree from the University of California, Davis.
The White House announced Holte's nomination on Thursday afternoon, along with eight other nominees to serve as judges on district and appeals courts across the country.