Nanette Kay Laughrey
Nanette Kay Laughrey | |
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Joseph E. Stevens Jr. | |
Succeeded by | Brian C. Wimes |
Personal details | |
Born | Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S. | February 11, 1946
Education | UCLA (BA) University of Missouri School of Law (JD) |
Nanette Kay Laughrey (born February 11, 1946)[1] is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
Early life and education
Laughrey was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1967, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri School of Law in 1975.[2]
Career
Following law school graduation, Laughrey was an assistant state attorney general of Missouri until 1979, when she served as a municipal judge for Columbia, Missouri until 1983. She became an associate professor of University of Missouri (Columbia) Law School in 1983, and was made a full professor there in 1987. At the same time, she was deputy state attorney general of Missouri from 1992 to 1993.[2]
Federal judicial service
On October 20, 1995, President
Notable cases
Laughrey is best known as the presiding judge in the
References
- ^ Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, on Confirmations of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, February 28; March 27; May 2; June 25; July 31; September 24, 1996. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1997. p. 339.
- ^ a b c Nanette Kay Laughrey at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ISBN 0786714433.
- ^ "Eighth Circuit: Citizens do not have a right to film public officials in public". KRCG 13. 2017.
Sources
- Nanette Kay Laughrey at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.