Kristine Gerhard Baker
Encyclopedia
Kristine Gerhard Baker, born March 30, 1971 (age 40), is an Arkansas attorney and currently a nominee for District Judge
on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
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. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree, Summa cum Laude, in 1993 from Saint Louis University
. She received her Juris Doctorate, Magna cum Laude, in 1996 from the University of Arkansas School of Law
. She served as a law clerk for District Judge Susan Webber Wright of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas from 1996 to 1998. She then served at the law firm of William & Anderson from 1998 to 2000. She joined the law firm of Quattlebaum, Groom, Tull & Burrow, located in Little Rock, Arkansas
in 2000 and became a partner in 2002. Her legal specialties are commercial, employment and first amendment litigation.
who took senior status on October 1, 2008.
United States federal judge
In the United States, the title of federal judge usually means a judge appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate in accordance with Article II of the United States Constitution....
on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas is the United States District Court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Arkansas, Chicot, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Craighead, Conway, Crittenden, Cross, Dallas, Dehsa, Drew, Faulkner, Fulton, Grant,...
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Biography
Kristine Gerhard Baker was born March 30, 1971, in Colorado Springs, ColoradoColorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree, Summa cum Laude, in 1993 from Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University is a private, co-educational Jesuit university located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1818 by the Most Reverend Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg SLU is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River. It is one of 28 member institutions of the...
. She received her Juris Doctorate, Magna cum Laude, in 1996 from the University of Arkansas School of Law
University of Arkansas School of Law
The University of Arkansas School of Law is the law school of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas, a state university. It has around 445 students enrolled in its Juris Doctor and Master of Law programs and is home to the federally-funded National Agricultural Law Center and the...
. She served as a law clerk for District Judge Susan Webber Wright of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas from 1996 to 1998. She then served at the law firm of William & Anderson from 1998 to 2000. She joined the law firm of Quattlebaum, Groom, Tull & Burrow, located in Little Rock, Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
in 2000 and became a partner in 2002. Her legal specialties are commercial, employment and first amendment litigation.
District Court nomination
On November 2, 2011, President Obama nominated Kristine Gerhard Baker to be a District Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.. She will replace District Judge James Maxwell MoodyJames Maxwell Moody
James Maxwell Moody is a United States federal judge.Moody was born in El Dorado, Arkansas. He received a B.S.I.M. from the University of Arkansas in 1962. He received a J.D. from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1964. He was in private practice in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1964 and from...
who took senior status on October 1, 2008.