Jennifer Coffman
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Jennifer Coffman
Prior offices
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Education
Personal
Jennifer B. Coffman was an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky and the Eastern District of Kentucky. Coffman served as the Chief Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 2007 to 2012. She joined both of the courts in 1993 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. Coffman also served on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from May 19, 2011 until January 8, 2013.[1][2]
Early life and education
Born in Union City, Tennessee, Coffman attended the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY and graduated with her bachelor's degree in 1969, her Master's degree in Library Science 1971, and her J.D. degree in 1978.[3][2]
Professional career
Coffman served her entire pre-judicial legal career in private practice in Lexington, KY from 1977 to 1993. Coffman served as an Adjunct instructor for the University of Kentucky College of Law from 1979 to 1981.[3]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Eastern & Western District Courts of Kentucky
On the recommendation of Senator Wendell Ford, Coffman was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky by President Bill Clinton on August 6, 1993 to a seat vacated by Eugene Siler as Siler was appointed to the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Coffman was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 30, 1993 and received commission on October 1, 1993.[4] On January 8, 2013, Jennifer Coffman retired from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky after serving on the court for 19 years.[5]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Coffman also concurrently serves on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. She was appointed on May 19, 2011, and her term would have ended on May 18, 2018, but she retired from federal service in January 2013.[6][2]
Notable firsts
Judge Coffman was the first female federal judge in Kentucky at the time of her appointment in 1993.[2] Coffman also became the first female federal chief judge at the time of her ascension to that position in 2007.[2]
See also
- News: Federal District Court judge Jennifer Coffman to retire, March 10, 2012
External links
- Judge Coffman's Bio from the Eastern District (dead link)
- Judge Coffman's Bio from the Western District
- Kentucky.com, "U.S. District Judge Jennifer Coffman to retire from the bench," March 7, 2012
- Judge Jennifer Coffman's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ Current Judges of the FISC
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Kentucky.com, "U.S. District Judge Jennifer Coffman to retire from the bench," March 7, 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Judge Jennifer Coffman's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
- ↑ The Library of Congress, Jennifer B. Coffman USDC, EDKY & WDKY confirmation: PN534-103
- ↑ U.S. Courts Current Vacancies
- ↑ Current Judges of the FISC
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Eugene Siler |
Western District of Kentucky 2007–2013 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Claria Horn Boom |
| Preceded by: Eugene Siler |
Eastern District of Kentucky 2007–2013 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Claria Horn Boom |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Greg N. Stivers • David J. Hale • Claria Horn Boom • Rebecca Grady Jennings • Benjamin Beaton | |
| Senior judges | ||
| Magistrate judges | H. Brent Brennenstuhl • Lanny King • Colin Lindsay • Regina Edwards • | |
| Former Article III judges |
John Heyburn • Edward Johnstone • Walter Evans • Charles Dawson • Charles Harwood Moorman • Elwood Hamilton • Mac Swinford • Shackelford Miller • Eugene Siler • Charles Allen (Kentucky) • Thomas Ballantine • Clifton Bratcher • Henry Brooks • James Gordon • Ronald Meredith • Roy Shelbourne • Justin Walker (U.S. Court of Appeals) • | |
| Former Chief judges |
John Heyburn • Charles Simpson • Thomas Russell • Edward Johnstone • Charles Allen (Kentucky) • Thomas Ballantine • Clifton Bratcher • Henry Brooks • James Gordon • Ronald Meredith • Roy Shelbourne • |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Sara LioiChief Judge: Timothy DeGiusti • George Singal • Joan Ericksen • Kenneth Karas • Anthony Trenga • Louis Guirola • John Tharp, Jr. • Amit Priyavadan Mehta | |
| Former judges |
James Zagel • Jennifer Coffman • Thomas Russell • Dennis Saylor • Raymond Dearie • Robert Kugler • Mary McLaughlin • Claire Eagan • Anne Conway • Clyde Roger Vinson • William Stafford • Liam O'Grady • James Jones (Virginia) • Malcolm Howard • Martin Feldman • Michael Mosman • Thomas Hogan • Rosemary Collyer • Reggie Walton • John Bates • Susan Webber Wright • James E. Boasberg • Rudolph Contreras • | |
| Former chief judges |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | |
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | |
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | |
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | |
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | |
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | |
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | |
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore |
