Roseann A. Ketchmark
| Roseann Ketchmark | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri | |
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Assumed office September 14, 2015 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Gary Fenner |
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| Born |
Roseann Ambrosia Smith 1963 (age 52–53) Lindsay, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
University of Oklahoma University of Kansas, Lawrence |
Roseann Ambrosia Ketchmark (born 1963) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri and a former Assistant United States Attorney.
Biography
Ketchmark received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, in 1986, from the University of Oklahoma. She received a Juris Doctor in 1990 from the University of Kansas School of Law. She began her career as an Assistant Prosecutor in Jackson County, Missouri, from 1990 to 1995. From 1995 to 2001, she was First Assistant Prosecutor in Platte County. From 2001 to 2015, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Western District of Missouri. She served as First Assistant United States Attorney from 2001 to 2006 and again from 2009 to 2010. She served as Executive Assistant United States Attorney from 2006 to 2007 and again in 2010. She served in the Fraud and Corruption Unit.[1][2]
Federal judicial service
On November 20, 2014, President Obama nominated Ketchmark to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, to the seat being vacated by Judge Gary A. Fenner, who at the time was taking senior status on a date to be determined. He eventually assumed senior status once Ketchmark was confirmed on September 8, 2015.[3]
On December 16, 2014 her nomination was returned to the President due to the sine die adjournment of the 113th Congress. On January 7, 2015, President Obama renominated her to the same position.[4] She received a hearing on her nomination on March 11, 2015.[5] On April 23, 2015 her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.[6] On September 8, 2015 the U.S. Senate voted in favor of final confirmation by a vote of 96-0.[7] She received her judicial commission on September 14, 2015.[8]
References
- ↑ "President Obama Nominates Three to Serve on the United States District Courts" White House, November 20, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Judgeship Application
- ↑ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate" White House, November 20, 2014
- ↑ Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate" White House, January 7, 2015
- ↑ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for March 11, 2015
- ↑ Results of Executive Business Meeting – April 23, 2015
- ↑ Vote Summary: Vote Number 263, United States Senate, September 8, 2015
- ↑ United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark
External links
- Roseann A. Ketchmark at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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| Preceded by Gary Fenner |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri 2015–present |
Incumbent |