President Barack Obama designated U.S. Attorney Beth Phillips on Tuesday to turn into a federal judge in the Western District of Missouri.
The proclamation came with the recommendations of three other lawyers for judgeships in New York and Louisiana.
“During their careers these persons have shown a devotion to justice,” Obama said in a written declaration. “I am proud to recommend them to aid the American people from the district court bench.”
Phillips dropped Tuesday to remark on her nomination. She must be established by the U.S. Senate before being avowed in. Phillips is wedded to Jackson County Circuit Judge W. Brent Powell.
Obama had formerly chosen Phillips in 2009 to be the first female U.S. attorney in western Missouri. Earlier to that, Phillips had functioned as an assistant U.S. attorney in computer crimes and child mistreatment.
A career trial attorney, Phillips worked in private practice from 2001 to 2008 and assisted as a subordinate Jackson County prosecutor before that.
A native of Milan, Mo., she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Chicago and her law degree from the University of Missouri in 1996.
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