Pamela A. Barker

Pamela A. Barker
Judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas
Assumed office
September 19, 2011
Appointed by John Kasich
Preceded by Steven Terry
Personal details
Born Pamela Ann Addison
1957 (age 60–61)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Education Kenyon College (BA)
Ohio State University College of Law (JD)

Pamela Addison Barker (born 1957) is an American lawyer and jurist. Currently serving as a Judge in the General Division of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, she is a nominee to become a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Early life and education

Barker was born in 1957 in Cleveland, Ohio.[1] She earned her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Kenyon College, where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and her Juris Doctor from the Ohio State University College of Law.[2]

Prior to ascending to the bench, Barker spent twenty-nine years representing individuals, small businesses, and corporations, with a particular emphasis on insurance litigation. Eleven years prior to her election to the Court of Common Pleas, she served as a Mayor's Court Magistrate and Juvenile Diversion Magistrate for the City of Brecksville, Ohio.[2]

Appointment to Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

She was appointed to the court by Governor John Kasich and assumed office on September 19, 2011.[3] Barker was elected to the court in November 2012.

Nomination to federal district court

On September 29, 2017, Ohio Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman recommended Barker for a federal judgeship.[4] On April 10, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Barker to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. On April 12, 2018, her nomination was sent to the Senate. She has been nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Donald C. Nugent, who assumed senior status on January 1, 2017.[5] Her nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On October 10, 2018 a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[6]

Personal life

Her parents are William D. Addison and Peggy Ann Addison. She is married to Jeffery L. Barker, with whom she has two sons.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Education and Personal Background". judgepamelabarker.com. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "President Donald J. Trump Announces Twelfth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Twelfth Wave of United States Attorneys, and Sixth Wave of United States Marshals" White House, April 10, 2018 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ↑ "Governor Appoints Barker to Cuyahoga Common Pleas Court" (Press release). Supreme Court of Ohio and the Ohio Judicial System. September 1, 2011.
  4. ↑ Heisig, Eric (September 29, 2017). "Cuyahoga County Judge Pamela Barker recommended for federal bench in Cleveland". Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Twenty-Nine Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", The White House, April 12, 2018
  6. ↑ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for October 10, 2018
Legal offices
Preceded by
Steven Terry		 Judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas
2011–present		 Incumbent



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