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Ortrie D. Smith
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Senior status since April 30, 2011.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- June 30, 1995
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- August 3, 1995
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), August 4, 1995
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- August 11, 1995
- Commissioned
- August 14, 1995
- Senior status
- Since April 30, 2011
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1946, 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, Nevada, Missouri, 1971-1995
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