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Kathryn Hoefer Vratil
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. Senior status since April 22, 2014.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- July 28, 1992
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 24, 1992
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 7, 1992
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- October 8, 1992
- Commissioned
- October 9, 1992
- Senior status
- Since April 22, 2014
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1949, 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
- Law clerk, Hon. Earl E. O'Connor, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, 1975-1978
- Private practice, Kansas City, Kansas, 1978-1992
- Judge, Prairie Village [Kansas] Municipal Court, 1990-1992
- Member, U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, 2004-2013
- Board member, Federal Judicial Center, 2011-2015
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