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Roseann A. Ketchmark
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Assumed office
September 14, 2015
Appointed by Barack Obama
Preceded by Gary A. Fenner
Personal details
Born
Roseann Ambrosia Smith

(1963-10-31) October 31, 1963 (age 60)
Lindsay, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political party Democratic Party
Education University of Oklahoma ( BSN)
University of Kansas ( JD)

Roseann Ambrosia Ketchmark (née Smith; born October 31, 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 in Nursing degree, 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] [3]

Federal judicial service

On November 20, 2014, President Barack 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 vacated by Judge Gary A. Fenner, who at the time was going to assume senior status on a date to be determined. He eventually assumed senior status after Ketchmark was confirmed on September 8, 2015. [4] 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. [5] She received a hearing on her nomination on March 11, 2015. [6] On April 23, 2015 her nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote. [7] On September 8, 2015 the United States Senate confirmed her by a 96–0 vote. [8] She received her judicial commission on September 14, 2015. [3] [9]

References

  1. ^ "President Obama Nominates Three to Serve on the United States District Courts". whitehouse.gov. 20 November 2014 – via National Archives.
  2. ^ "Missouri Judgeship Application".
  3. ^ a b Roseann A. Ketchmark at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  4. ^ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. 20 November 2014 – via National Archives.
  5. ^ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. 7 January 2015 – via National Archives.
  6. ^ "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov.
  7. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – April 23, 2015" (PDF).
  8. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Roseann A. Ketchmark, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District)". www.senate.gov.
  9. ^ "United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark".

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
2015–present
Incumbent
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roseann A. Ketchmark
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Assumed office
September 14, 2015
Appointed by Barack Obama
Preceded by Gary A. Fenner
Personal details
Born
Roseann Ambrosia Smith

(1963-10-31) October 31, 1963 (age 60)
Lindsay, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political party Democratic Party
Education University of Oklahoma ( BSN)
University of Kansas ( JD)

Roseann Ambrosia Ketchmark (née Smith; born October 31, 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 in Nursing degree, 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] [3]

Federal judicial service

On November 20, 2014, President Barack 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 vacated by Judge Gary A. Fenner, who at the time was going to assume senior status on a date to be determined. He eventually assumed senior status after Ketchmark was confirmed on September 8, 2015. [4] 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. [5] She received a hearing on her nomination on March 11, 2015. [6] On April 23, 2015 her nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote. [7] On September 8, 2015 the United States Senate confirmed her by a 96–0 vote. [8] She received her judicial commission on September 14, 2015. [3] [9]

References

  1. ^ "President Obama Nominates Three to Serve on the United States District Courts". whitehouse.gov. 20 November 2014 – via National Archives.
  2. ^ "Missouri Judgeship Application".
  3. ^ a b Roseann A. Ketchmark at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  4. ^ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. 20 November 2014 – via National Archives.
  5. ^ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. 7 January 2015 – via National Archives.
  6. ^ "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov.
  7. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – April 23, 2015" (PDF).
  8. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Roseann A. Ketchmark, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District)". www.senate.gov.
  9. ^ "United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark".

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