Sandra Beckwith

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Sandra Beckwith
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Assumed office
January 1, 2009
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
In office
October 4, 2004 – January 1, 2009
Preceded byJames L. Graham
Succeeded bySusan J. Dlott
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
In office
February 10, 1992 – January 1, 2009
Appointed byGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded bySeat established by 104 Stat. 5089
Succeeded byTimothy Black
Personal details
Born
Sandra Lea Shank

(1943-12-04) December 4, 1943 (age 80)
Norfolk, Virginia
EducationUniversity of Cincinnati (BA)
University of Cincinnati College of Law (JD)

Sandra Lea Shank Beckwith, also known as Sandra L. Ammann, (born December 4, 1943) is a Senior United States District Judge, the first woman to sit on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Education and career

Born in

Cincinnati law firm of Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP
.

Federal judicial service

Beckwith was nominated by President George H. W. Bush on July 26, 1991, to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, to a new seat authorized by 104 Stat. 5089. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 6, 1992, and received commission on February 10, 1992. She served as Chief Judge, from October 4, 2004, to January 1, 2009. She assumed senior status on January 1, 2009.[1]

Other service

She has served on commissions on lawyers'

death penalty appeals, and computerization of the courts. Since 1996, she has been a board member of the Cincinnati chapter of the American Red Cross
.

References

  1. ^ a b c Sandra Shank Beckwith at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.. Retrieved November 23, 2013

External links

Legal offices
Preceded by
Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
1992–2009
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
2004–2009
Succeeded by