Kenneth D. Bell

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Kenneth D. Bell
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Assumed office
June 12, 2019
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byRichard Lesley Voorhees
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Duard Bell[1]

(1958-07-22) July 22, 1958 (age 65)[2]
Bedford, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationWake Forest University (BA, JD)

Kenneth Davis Bell Sr. (born July 22, 1958) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.

Early life

Bell earned his

1990, he unsuccessfully ran for North Carolina's 5th congressional district as a Republican
.

Legal career

In the

Hunton & Williams and Mayer Brown. From 2003 to 2019 he was a partner at McGuireWoods.[4]

Federal judicial service

On April 10, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Bell to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. On April 12, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. He was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Richard Lesley Voorhees, who assumed senior status on August 31, 2017.[5] On August 22, 2018, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[6] On October 11, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 vote.[7]

On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under

Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. On January 23, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Bell for a federal judgeship.[8] His nomination was sent to the Senate later that day.[9] On February 7, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[10] On May 21, 2019, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 56–42 vote.[11] On May 22, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a 55–43 vote.[12] He received his judicial commission on June 12, 2019.[13]

References

  1. ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Kenneth Davis Bell
  2. ^ Lightning Out of Lebanon: Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil
  3. National Archives. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain
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  4. ^ a b "Kenneth D. Bell bio". McGuireWoods. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  5. ^ "Twenty-Nine Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", The White House, April 12, 2018
  6. ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for August 22, 2018
  7. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – October 11, 2018" (PDF). Senate Judiciary Committee.
  8. ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Judicial Nominees", White House, January 23, 2019
  9. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, January 23, 2019
  10. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 7, 2019" (PDF). Senate Judiciary Committee.
  11. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kenneth D. Bell to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina)". United States Senate. May 21, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  12. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Kenneth D. Bell, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina)". United States Senate. May 22, 2019.
  13. ^ Kenneth D. Bell at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
2019–present 		Incumbent
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