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Susan Webber Wright
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Senior status since August 22, 2013.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- September 21, 1989
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- November 7, 1989
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), November 16, 1989
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- January 23, 1990
- Commissioned
- January 24, 1990
- Senior status
- Since August 22, 2013
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1948, 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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Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Appointed by George H.W. Bush; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended December 1, 1990: Reassignment.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. J. Smith Henley, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1975-1976
- Faculty, University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, 1976-1990; assistant professor and assistant dean, 1976-1978; associate professor, 1980-1983; professor, 1983-1990
- Research assistant, Arkansas constitutional convention, 1979
- Visiting assistant professor, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Law, 1980
- Visiting associate professor, Ohio State University College of Law, 1981
- Visiting associate professor, Louisiana State University Law Center, 1982-1983
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