Susan O. Hickey | |
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas | |
Assumed office February 14, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Paul K. Holmes III |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas | |
Assumed office October 19,2011 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Harry F. Barnes |
Judge for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Arkansas | |
In office 2010–2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Susan Bronwyn Owens [1] 1955 (age 69–70) Dallas,Texas,U.S. |
Education | University of Arkansas (BA,JD) |
Susan Bronwyn Owens Hickey (born 1955) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
Born in Dallas,Hickey earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977 from the University of Arkansas and a Juris Doctor in 1980 from the University of Arkansas School of Law. [2] [3]
Before pursuing a legal career,she served as a Bank teller for the United Federal Savings Bank in Springdale,Arkansas in 1978. [1]
Her legal career began in 1981 when she served as an attorney for a single trial while employed at Brown,Compton,and Prewett Ltd in El Dorado,Arkansas. [1]
From 1981 until 1984,Hickey worked as a staff attorney at Murphy Oil Corporation. [2] She then served as a career law clerk to Judge Harry F. Barnes of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas until 2010. [2] In 2010,Hickey became an Arkansas Circuit Courts Judge on the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. [2] [3]
On April 6,2011,President Barack Obama nominated Hickey to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas to fill the vacancy created when Harry F. Barnes assumed senior status in 2008. [4] On October 13,2011,the United States Senate confirmed Hickey by an 83–8 vote. [5] She received her commission on October 19,2011. [3] She became chief judge on February 14,2019,succeeding Paul K. Holmes III. [3]