[citation needed] The firm originally specialized in medical malpractice defense.
[citation needed] Currently, Suhrheinrich is a Distinguished Jurist & Professor at the Western Michigan University Cooley Law School teaching various legal courses.
[2] Suhrheinrich was nominated by President George H. W. Bush on April 18, 1990, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated by Judge Albert J. Engel Jr.
He assumed senior status on August 15, 2001, and was succeeded by Judge David McKeague.
[2] He made national news on December 22, 2005, when he authored ACLU v. Mercer County,[3] in which an appeals panel of the Sixth Circuit unanimously upheld the continued display of the Ten Commandments in a Kentucky courthouse.