Sandra Beckwith

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Sandra Beckwith
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Incumbent
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 by	James L. Graham
Succeeded by	Susan J. Dlott
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
In office February 10, 1992 – January 1, 2009
Appointed by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089
Succeeded by	Timothy Black
Personal details
Born	Sandra Lea Shank (1943-12-04) December 4, 1943 (age 81) Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Education	University of Cincinnati (BA, 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.

Beckwith was born in

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]

She has served on commissions on lawyers'

• Sandra Beckwith at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Official biography on the Southern District's site with photograph