Benita Y. Pearson | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | |
Assumed office December 27, 2010 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Peter C. Economus |
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | |
In office August 2008 –December 27,2010 | |
Personal details | |
Born | February 1963 (age 61) Cleveland,Ohio,U.S. |
Education | Georgetown University (BS) Cleveland State University (JD) |
Benita Yalonda Pearson (born February 1963) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and formerly a United States magistrate judge on the same court.
Born and raised in Cleveland, [1] Pearson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Georgetown University in 1985 and then earned a Juris Doctor from the Cleveland State University College of Law in 1995. [2] [3]
From 1985 to 1992,Pearson worked for BP,first as a corporate accountant from 1985 to 1987 and then as a supervisor of retail marketing accounting from 1987 to 1990 and then in retail sales from 1990 to 1992. From 1992 to 1994,Pearson worked as a law clerk for a Cleveland law firm,and from 1995 to 1996,Pearson served as a litigation associate for a Cleveland law firm. From 1996 to 1998,Pearson served as a law clerk for Judge John Michael Manos of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. [2] From 1998 until 2000,Pearson served as a general litigation associate for Jones Day Reavis &Pogue in Cleveland. [2] From 2000 to 2008,Pearson served as an assistant United States attorney in Cleveland. [2]
In August 2008,Pearson became a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. [2] [3]
In July 2009,Pearson was recommended to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio by both Ohio Senators,Democrat Sherrod Brown and Republican George Voinovich. [1] On December 3,2009,President Barack Obama formally nominated Pearson to serve on the Northern District of Ohio. [2] Pearson was chosen to fill the seat vacated by Judge Peter C. Economus,who assumed senior status on July 3,2009. [1] The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary reported Pearson's nomination to the Senate on February 11,2010. On December 21,2010,her nomination was confirmed by the Senate by a 56–39 vote,with George Voinovich of Ohio casting the lone Republican affirmative vote. [4] [5] She received her commission on December 27,2010. [3] She became the first African-American woman to hold a federal judgeship in Ohio. [5] [6]
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