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| Nanette Laughrey | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Position: | Seat #5T |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 8/1/1996 - 8/27/2011 |
| Senior: | 8/27/2011 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Joseph Stevens |
| Succeeded by: | Brian C. Wimes |
| Past post: | Western District of Missouri |
| Past term: | 8/1/1996 - Present |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1946 |
| Home State: | Cheyenne, WY |
| Bachelors: | University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1967 |
| Law School: | University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, J.D., 1975 |
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Nanette Kay Laughrey is an Article III Federal Judge serving on senior status for the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. She joined both Courts in 1996 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. She assumed senior status on August 27, 2011.
Early life and education
Born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Laughrey graduated from the University of California-Los Angeles with her Bachelor's degree in 1967 and received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1975. [1]
Professional career
Laughrey was an Assistant State Attorney General of Missouri from 1975 to 1979, before serving as a Municipal Court Judge for the City of Columbia, Missouri from until 1983. Laughrey was also a private practice attorney in Columbia, Missouri from 1980 to 1983. Laughrey taught as a faculty member of the University of Missouri Columbia Law School from 1983 to 1996; first as an Associate Professor until 1987 and then as a Professor of Law until 1996. Laughrey was the Deputy State Attorney General for the State of Missouri from 1992 to 1993.[1]
Judicial career
Eastern & Western District Courts of Missouri
On the recommendation of Congressman and House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt, Laughrey was nominated to serve on both the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri by President Bill Clinton on October 20, 1995 to a seat vacated by Joseph Stevens, Jr.. Laughrey was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 24, 1996 on a Senate vote and received commission on August 1, 1996.[2] She assumed senior status on August 27, 2011. Laughrey was succeeded in this position by Brian C. Wimes.
Notable cases
See also
- News: Judge Laughrey sides with ACLU in LGBT ruling, March 14, 2012
External links
References
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Joseph Stevens |
Eastern District of Missouri 1996–2011 Seat #5T |
Succeeded by: Brian C. Wimes |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Fernando Gaitan • Rodney Sippel • David Kays • Gary Fenner • Brian C. Wimes • Mary Elizabeth Phillips | ||
| Senior judges |
Nanette Laughrey • Ortrie Smith • Dean Whipple • Scott Wright • Howard Sachs • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Sarah Hays • Robert Larsen • John Maughmer • James England • Matt Whitworth • David P. Rush • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr. • Robert William Wells • John Gibson • Arnold Krekel • John Finis Philips • Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh • Albert Reeves • Merrill Otis • John Collet • Richard Dorr • William Collinson • Richard Duncan • Joseph Stevens • Harris Wangelin • Brook Bartlett • William Becker • Russell Clark • Floyd Gibson • Albert Ridge • Charles Whittaker • Elmo Hunter • John Oliver • Ross Roberts • Randle Smith • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Dean Whipple • Scott Wright • Howard Sachs • Albert Reeves • Richard Duncan • Joseph Stevens • Brook Bartlett • William Becker • Russell Clark • Floyd Gibson • Albert Ridge • Elmo Hunter • John Oliver • Randle Smith • | ||
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 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 | ||
