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Gary A. Fenner
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Senior status since September 8, 2015.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- December 13, 1995
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 28, 1996
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 13, 1996
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- July 10, 1996
- Commissioned
- July 25, 1996
- Senior status
- Since September 8, 2015
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1947, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Platte City, Missouri, 1973
- Assistant city attorney, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1973-1977
- Business law instructor, Webster College, 1976-1977
- Private practice, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1977-1979
- Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1979-1987
- Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, 1988-1996; chief judge, 1994-1996
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