Ronald A. White

Ronald Allen White
Ronald Allen White
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; February 10, 2017
Preceded by	James H. Payne
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 2, 2003
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Frank Howell Seay
Personal details
Born	Ronald Allen White; January 27, 1961 (age 63); Sapulpa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Education	University of Oklahoma (BA, JD)

Ronald Allen White (born January 27, 1961) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

Education and career

White was born in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1983 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1986. He was in private practice in Tulsa, Oklahoma, from 1986 to 2003.^[1]

Federal judicial service

On May 15, 2003, White was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma vacated by Judge Frank Howell Seay. White was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 30, 2003, and received his commission on October 2, 2003. He became chief judge in 2017.^[1]

Notable case

On September 30, 2014, White ruled that the Affordable Care Act subsidies should not be made available in states that did not choose to set up their own health care exchanges.^[2] His opinion was noteworthy, as he became the first federal judge to rule on the issue after two different appeals courts issued conflicting rulings. He interacts with both rulings in his own opinion.

References

^ ^a ^b Ronald A. White at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
^ "Order in Oklahoma v Burwell" (PDF).

Sources

Ronald A. White at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Frank Howell Seay	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma 2003–present	Incumbent
Preceded by James H. Payne	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma 2017–present	Incumbent