Duane Benton | |
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | |
Assumed office July 2, 2004 | |
Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Theodore McMillian |
Chief Justice of Missouri | |
In office July 1,1997 –June 30,1999 | |
Preceded by | John C. Holstein |
Succeeded by | William Ray Price Jr. |
Judge of the Missouri Supreme Court | |
In office August 16,1991 –July 2,2004 | |
Appointed by | John Ashcroft |
Preceded by | William Howard Billings |
Succeeded by | Mary Rhodes Russell |
Personal details | |
Born | William Duane Benton September 8,1950 Springfield,Missouri |
Residence(s) | Kansas City,Missouri |
Education | Northwestern University (BA) Yale University (JD) Memphis State University (MBA) University of Virginia (LLM) |
William Duane Benton (born September 8,1950),known professionally as Duane Benton,is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Benton graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1972,and received a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1975,where he was Managing Editor of the Yale Law Journal [1] and graduated alongside Justice Samuel Alito. Benton also has a Master of Business Administration from Memphis State University and a Master of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law. Subsequently,Benton was selected as a Danforth Fellow at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government,where he completed the Senior Executive's Program. [2]
Prior to joining the federal bench,Benton served on the Supreme Court of Missouri from 1991 to 2004,where he was Chief Justice from 1997 to 1999. Benton was director of the Missouri Department of Revenue in the administration of then-Governor John Ashcroft from 1989 to 1991,and served as an administrative aide to a United States Congressman Wendell Bailey from 1981 to 1982. From 1983 to 1989,Benton practiced law in Jefferson City,Missouri. Benton served as a captain in the U.S. Navy/Naval Reserve from 1972 to 2002,and as judge advocate in the U.S. Navy from 1975 to 1979. Benton has taught at the University of Missouri School of Law,and at Westminster College in Fulton,Missouri.
Benton was nominated by President George W. Bush on February 12,2004,to a seat vacated by Theodore McMillian and confirmed just over four months later by the United States Senate by a voice vote on June 24,2004. [3] He received his commission on July 2,2004. [4]
In 2018,Judge Benton found that Missouri's requirement of a state license to braid hair did not violate the Constitution. [5]
Benton currently resides in Kansas City,Missouri,with his wife Sandra and has two children.
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