Shelly Dick

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Shelly Deckert Dick
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
Assumed office
July 18, 2018
Preceded byBrian A. Jackson
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
Assumed office
May 10, 2013
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byRalph E. Tyson
Personal details
Born
Rachelle Lynne Deckert

1960 (age 63–64)
University of Texas (BBA)
Louisiana State University (JD
)

Rachelle "Shelly" Lynne Deckert Dick (born 1960) is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. She is the first female judge to serve in the Middle District.[1]

Biography

Dick was born Rachelle Lynne Deckert in 1960 in

partner at the law firm of Forrester, Dick & Clark. During her private career, she litigated a wide variety of cases in both state and federal courts. From 2008 to 2013, she also served as an Ad Hoc Hearing Officer appointed by the Louisiana Workforce Commission to hear worker's compensation cases and other administrative matters.[2][3][4]

Federal judicial service

On April 25, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Dick to serve as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, to the seat vacated by Judge Ralph E. Tyson.[2] Senator David Vitter initially refused to return his blue slip, effectively blocking her nomination.[5] On November 28, 2012, Senator Vitter announced that he would return his "blue slip", permitting confirmation proceedings to proceed on Dick's nomination.[6] She received a hearing on December 12, 2012. On January 2, 2013, her nomination was returned to the President, due to the sine die adjournment of the Senate. On January 3, 2013, she was renominated to the same office. Her nomination was reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 28, 2013, by voice vote.[7] Her nomination was confirmed by voice vote on May 9, 2013. She received her commission on May 10, 2013. She became chief judge on July 18, 2018.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Making History: President Obama’s Female Judicial Nominees, Alliance for Justice (June 11, 2013).
  2. ^
    National Archives
    .
  3. ^ "Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire" (PDF).
  4. ^ a b Shelly Dick at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  5. ^ "| Home | the Advocate — Baton Rouge, Louisiana". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  6. ^ ""Vitter Removes Block on Judicial Nominee", The Advocate, November 28, 2012". Archived from the original on May 13, 2013.
  7. National Archives
    .

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
2013–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
2018–present
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