Linda Vivienne Parker

Linda Vivienne Parker (born February 17, 1958) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Linda Vivienne Parker
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Incumbent
Assumed office March 17, 2014
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Robert Hardy Cleland
Personal details
Born	February 17, 1958 Detroit, Michigan
Education	University of Michigan (B.A.) George Washington University Law School (J.D.)

Biography

Parker received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1980 from the University of Michigan. She received a Juris Doctor in 1983 from George Washington University Law School. From 1983 to 1985, she served as a law clerk to the District of Columbia Superior Court. She worked as a staff attorney at the United States Environmental Protection Agency from 1985 to 1989. From 1989 to 1994, she worked at the Detroit law firm of Dickinson Wright, becoming a partner in 1992. From 1994 to 2000, she served as an Executive Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Michigan. She served as Director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights from 2003 to 2008. Beginning in 2009, she served as a Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan.[1][2]

Federal judicial service

On July 25, 2013, President Obama nominated Parker to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, to the seat vacated by Judge Robert Hardy Cleland, who took senior status on March 1, 2013.[1] On January 16, 2014, her nomination was reported out of committee.[3] A cloture vote was held on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, on the Parker nomination; cloture was invoked by a vote of 56–42. On Wednesday, March 12, 2014, the full United States Senate voted 60–37 for final confirmation.[4] She received her judicial commission on March 17, 2014.[2] Her primary chambers are in Detroit.[5]

References

1. "President Obama Nominates Six to Serve on the United States District Court". 25 July 2013.
2. "Parker, Linda Vivienne – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
3. "Executive Business Meeting". United States Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
4. "U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress – 2nd Session". Vote Summary: Vote Number 71. United States Senate. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
5. "Judge Linda V. Parker". United States District Court – Eastern Michigan District. U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Retrieved 29 March 2018.

External links

• Linda Vivienne Parker at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Linda V. Parker at Ballotpedia