Jennifer Coffman

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1 Early Life and Education
2 Legal Career
3 Federal Judicial Career
- 3.1 Eastern & Western District Courts of Kentucky
4 External Links
5 References

Jennifer B. Coffman is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Coffman is also currently serving as the Chief Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky. She joined both of the courts in 1993 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.

Early Life and Education

Born in Union City, Tennessee, Coffman attended the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY and graduated with her Bachelor's Degree in 1969, her Master's Degree in 1971, and her Juris Doctor Degree in 1978. ^[1]

Legal Career

Coffman served her entire pre-judicial legal career in private practice in Lexington, KY from 1977 to 1993. Coffman served as an Adjunct instructor for the University of Kentucky College of Law from 1979 to 1981.^[1]

Federal Judicial Career

Eastern & Western District Courts of Kentucky

On the recommendation of Senator Wendell Ford, Coffman was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky by President Bill Clinton on August 6, 1993 to a seat vacated by Eugene Siler as Siler was appointed to the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Coffman was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 30, 1993 and received commission on October 1, 1993.^[2]

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	v • d • e Federal judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Active judges	Coffman • Bunning • Caldwell • Reeves • Thapar • Van Tatenhove
Senior judges	Bertelsman • Forester • Hood • Unthank • Wilhoit
Magistrate judges	Wehrman • Todd • Atkins • Wier
Former judges	Cochran • Ford • Hermansdorfer • Moynahan • Reed • Siler • Swinford

	v • d • e Federal judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Active judges	Coffman • Heyburn • McKinley • Russell • Simpson
Senior judges	Johnstone
Magistrate judges	Goebel • King • Moyer • Whalin
Former judges	Allen • Ballantine • Bratcher • Brooks • Dawson • Evans • Gordon • Hamilton • Meredith • Miller • Moorman • Shelbourne • Siler • Swinford

	v • d • e Federal judges nominated by Bill Clinton
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1994	Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams
1995	Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood
1996	Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata
1997	Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash
1998	Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young
1999	Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson
2000	Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore