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Benita Yalonda Pearson
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Active service.
Confirmed 56 to 39Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- December 3, 2009
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- January 20, 2010
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 11, 2010
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 56 to 39
- Confirmed
- December 21, 2010
- Commissioned
- December 27, 2010
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1963, 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, Cleveland, Ohio, 1995-1996, 1998-2000
- Law clerk, Hon. John Manos, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1996-1998
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Ohio, 2000-2008
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