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Scott Lawrence Palk
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. Active service.
Confirmed 79 to 16Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- May 8, 2017
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 15, 2017
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 79 to 16
- Confirmed
- October 26, 2017
- Commissioned
- October 31, 2017
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1967, 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
- Assistant district attorney, Cleveland, Garvin, and McClain Counties, Oklahoma, 1992-2002; Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force coordinator, 1992-1995; first assistant district attorney, 1998-2002
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Oklahoma, 2002-2011; deputy chief, Criminal Division, 2004-2011
- Assistant dean for students and assistant general counsel, University of Oklahoma College of Law, 2011-2017
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