Susan Owens Hickey

Susan Hickey
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2011
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Harry Barnes
Personal details
Born	1955 (age 60–61) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Susan Owens Hickey (born 1955) is a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.

Early life and education

Born in Dallas, Hickey earned a bachelor's degree in 1977 from the University of Arkansas and a law degree in 1980 from the University of Arkansas School of Law.^[1]

Professional career

From 1981 until 1984, Hickey worked as a staff attorney at Murphy Oil Corporation.^[1] She then served as a career judicial law clerk to Judge Harry F. Barnes of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas until 2010.^[1] In 2010, Hickey became a Circuit Judge in Arkansas on the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit.^[1]

Federal judicial service

On April 6, 2011, President Obama nominated Hickey to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas to fill the vacancy created when Barnes took senior status in 2008.^[2]

The United States Senate confirmed Hickey in an 83–8 vote on October 13, 2011.^[3] She received her commission on October 19.

References

1. The White House: Office of the Press Secretary (April 6, 2011). "President Obama Nominates Two to the United States District Court". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
2. The White House: Office of the Press Secretary (April 6, 2011). "Nominations Sent to the Senate, 4/6/2011". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
3. http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/112thCongress.cfm

External links

• Susan Owens Hickey at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.