Nancy D. Freudenthal
Nancy D. Freudenthal | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming | |
Assumed office June 1, 2022 | |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming | |
In office July 24, 2011 – May 31, 2018 | |
Preceded by | William F. Downes |
Succeeded by | Scott W. Skavdahl |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming | |
In office May 6, 2010 – June 1, 2022 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr. |
Succeeded by | Kelly H. Rankin |
First Lady of Wyoming | |
In role January 6, 2003 – January 3, 2011 | |
Governor | Dave Freudenthal |
Preceded by | Sharyn Geringer |
Succeeded by | Carol Mead |
Personal details | |
Born | Nancy Dell Roan February 5, 1954 Cody, Wyoming, U.S. |
Spouse | Dave Freudenthal |
Education | University of Wyoming (BA, JD) |
Nancy Dell Freudenthal (née Roan, February 5, 1954) is a
Early life and education
Born on February 5, 1954, in Cody, Wyoming,[2] Freudenthal earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976 from the University of Wyoming and a Juris Doctor in 1980 from the University of Wyoming College of Law.[3][4]
Career
From 1980 until 1989, Freudenthal worked in the office of the Wyoming governor as an attorney for intergovernmental affairs.[3] From 1985 to 1986, she was an adjunct professor at the University of Wyoming College of Law.[4] From 1989 to 1991, she served on the Wyoming Tax Commission, and from 1989 until 1995, she was on the board of the Wyoming Board of Equalization.[3] Freudenthal has spent much of her legal career working on energy and environmental issues.[5] In 1995, she took a job as an associate at the Cheyenne, Wyoming law firm of Davis & Cannon. In 1998, she became a partner and held that post until her nomination as a federal judge.[3][4]
Federal judicial service
According to the questionnaire that Freudenthal submitted to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, after the election of Barack Obama, Freudenthal's husband, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal, asked her if she would be interested in serving as a federal district judge for Wyoming. Her husband subsequently—without telling her—submitted three possible nominees to the Obama administration for it to consider nominating: his wife, another attorney, Ford Bussart, and a state district court judge, Norman E. Young.[6] "I thought about that long and hard, and the question really came down to (was) should she be penalized for having married me," Dave Freudenthal told a local newspaper. "And the conclusion I came down to is that all three of them are qualified, and fortunately, it's up to the president and not me."[6][4]
In August 2009, the
References
- ^ "Making History: President Obama's Female Judicial Nominees" (PDF). Alliance for Justice. June 11, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- ^ "Attorney Nancy D Freudenthal – Lawyer in Sheridan WY". www.lawyercentral.com.
- ^ National Archives.
- ^ a b c d e Nancy D. Freudenthal at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ a b "Smooth sailing in Senate for Nancy Freudenthal". Billings Gazette. Associated Press. January 20, 2010.
- ^ a b c Neary, Ben (May 14, 2009). "Gov nominates wife for federal court". Casper Star-Tribune.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Nancy D. Freudenthal, of Wyoming, to be U.S. District Judge)". United States Senate. May 5, 2010.
External links
- Nancy D. Freudenthal at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Nancy D. Freudenthal at Ballotpedia