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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Ind. Courts - More on: Tanya Walton Pratt set for Senate vote
The Senate roll call is occurring right now.
[12:13 PM] Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Tanya Walton Pratt has just been confirmed unanimously (95-0) by the U.S. Senate to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana.
[More] WTHR.com has posted this story on Judge Pratt. Some quotes:
Washington - A vote in the US Senate is going down in Indiana history Tuesday.Tanya Walton Pratt has been confirmed as US District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana. She becomes the first African-American federal judge in Indiana history, and the fourth woman to serve as federal district court judge for the state. [ILB: She joins Jane Magnus-Stinson, who was confirmed last week and sworn in yesterday, and Judge Sarah Evans Barker in the South District of Indiana. Judge Theresa L. Springmann serves in the Northern District.] * * *
Judge Pratt has served as a judge in the probate division of Marion Superior Court. She previously served as a judge in that court's criminal division from 1997 to 2008, where she handled major felonies and presided over 20 to 35 jury trials annually. She has been honored as "Outstanding Judge of the Year" by the Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
Prior to her time on the bench, Judge Pratt worked as an attorney in private practice and as a deputy public defender in Marion Superior Court. Judge Pratt is a graduate of Spelman College and Howard University School of Law.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 15, 2010 11:52 AM
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