Linda Vivienne Parker
| Linda Parker | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | |
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Assumed office March 17, 2014 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Robert Cleland |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1958 (age 57–58) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor George Washington University |
Linda Vivienne Parker (born 1958) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Biography
Parker received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1980 from the University of Michigan. She received a Juris Doctor in 1983 from George Washington University Law School. From 1983 to 1985, she served as a law clerk to the District of Columbia Superior Court. She worked as a staff attorney at the United States Environmental Protection Agency from 1985 to 1989. From 1989 to 1994, she worked at the Detroit law firm of Dickinson Wright, becoming a partner in 1992. From 1994 to 2000, she served as an Executive Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Michigan. She served as Director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights from 2003 to 2008. Since 2009, she has served as a Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan.[1]
Federal judicial service
On July 25, 2013, President Obama nominated Parker to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, to the seat vacated by Judge Robert Hardy Cleland, who took senior status on March 1, 2013.[2] On January 16, 2014 her nomination was reported out of committee.[3]
A cloture vote was held on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 on the Parker nomination; cloture was invoked by a vote of 56-42. On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 the full U.S. Senate voted 60-37 for final confirmation.[4] She received her judicial commission on March 17, 2014.[5]
References
- ↑ Nomination announcement from whitehouse.gov
- ↑ Nomination announcement from whitehouse.gov
- ↑ "Executive Business Meeting". United States Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ↑ "U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress - 2nd Session". Vote Summary: Vote Number 71. United States Senate. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ↑ "Parker, Linda Vivienne". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
External links
- Linda Vivienne Parker at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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| Preceded by Robert Cleland |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan 2014–present |
Incumbent |