Susan P. Watters

Susan Watters


Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana
Incumbent
Assumed office December 18, 2013
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Richard Cebull
Personal details
Born	Susan Pamela Dunn 1958 (age 57–58) Billings, Montana, U.S.
Alma mater	Montana State University, Billings University of Montana, Missoula

Susan Pamela Watters (born 1958) is a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Montana. She is the first female judge to serve in the District of Montana.^[1]

Biography

Watters was born Susan Pamela Klein in 1958, in Billings, Montana.^[2] She received a B.A. degree in 1980 from Eastern Montana College. She receive a J.D. in 1988 from the University of Montana School of Law. From 1988 to 1988, she served as a law clerk to two different judges on the Thirteenth Judicial District Court of Montana. From 1989 to 1995, she served as a Deputy County Attorney in Yellowstone County, Montana. From 1995 to 1996 she was a sole practitioner focusing on criminal defense. From 1996 to 1998, she practiced both civil and criminal litigation at the law firm of Hendrickson, Everson, Noennig & Woodward, P.C. in Billings, Montana. From 1998 to 2013, she served as a judge of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court of Montana.^[3]

Federal judicial service

On May 23, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Watters to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana, to the seat vacated by Judge Richard F. Cebull, who took senior status on March 18, 2013. Her nomination was reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 19, 2013. Cloture was invoked on her nomination on December 12, 2013 by a vote of 58-39. She was later confirmed that same day to the United States District Court for the District of Montana by a vote of 77-19. She received her judicial commission on December 18, 2013.^[4]

References

External links

Susan P. Watters at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Richard Cebull	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana 2013–present	Incumbent

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