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Susan Wright's Biography

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600 West Capitol Avenue, Room A522
Little Rock, AR 72201

Full Name:

Susan Webber Wright

Gender:

Female

Birth Date:

1948

Birth Place:

Texarkana, AR

JD, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Law, 1975

MPA, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, 1973

BA, Randolph College, 1970

No political experience information on file.

Senior Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, 2013-present

Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2009-2016

Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, 1990-1998, 2005-2013

Chief Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, 1998-2005

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, January 24, 1990

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Arkansas, January 23, 1990

Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Arkansas, 1990

Professor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, 1983-1990

Nominated by President George H.W. Bush, Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, September 21, 1989

Nominated by President George H.W. Bush, Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Arkansas, September 21, 1989

Visiting Associate Professor, Louisiana State University Law Center, 1982-1983

Associate Professor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, 1980-1983

Visiting Associate Professor, The Ohio State University, College of Law, 1981

Visiting Associate Professor, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Law, 1980

Research Assistant, Arkansas Constitutional Convention, 1979

Assistant Professor/Assistant Dean, University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, 1976-1978

Law Clerk, Honorable J. Smith Henley, United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1975-1976

Member, American Bar Association

Member, American Judicature Society

Member, American Law Institute

Member, Arkansas Association of Women Lawyers

Member, Arkansas Bar Association

Member, Federal Judges Association

Member, Pulaski County Bar Association

Member, William Overton Inn of the Court

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