Background
Gaughan, Patricia Anne was born on October 21, 1953 in Cleveland. Daughter of John James and Alma Marie Gaughan.
Gaughan, Patricia Anne was born on October 21, 1953 in Cleveland. Daughter of John James and Alma Marie Gaughan.
Bachelor, St. Mary's College, 1975; Juris Doctor, U. Notre Dame, 1978.
Assistant county prosecuting, Cuyahoga County Prospective Office, Cleveland, 1978-1983, 84-87;
assistant United State Attorneys, United States Attorney' General’ s Office, Cleveland, 1983-1984;
associate, Reid, Johnson, Downes, Andrachik & Webster, Cleveland, 1984-1987;
judge Common Pleas Court, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, 1987-1996;
Executive Committee, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, 1993-1996;
judge, United States District Court (northern district) Ohio, Eastern division, since 1996. Adjunct Professor trial advocacy Cleveland Marshall College of Law, 1983-1987. Mem.rules advising committee Supreme Court of the Ohio, Columbus, 1991-1997.
Member paralegal studies advisory board Notre Dame College, Cleveland, since 1991.
Board of directors National Conference Metropolitan Court Justices, since 1993, Newburgh House of Hope, Cleveland, 1994-1996, Conflict Resolution Center, Cleveland, 1995-1998. Member children'strust fund board Cuyahoga County Commissioners, Cleveland, 1984-1992. Member Ohio State Bar Association, Ohio Judicial Conference Association, Cleveland Bar Association (trustee 1994-1997), Cuyahoga County Bar Association, Cuyahoga Women's Political Caucus, Common Pleas Court Judges Association, Citizens League, Harold H. Burton Inn of Court (master of the bench), Kappa Gamma Pi.
Married Roger Andrew Andrachik, April 24, 1987. Children: Brett Gaughan, Kathryn Gaughan.