Stephanie Thacker
| Stephanie Dawn Thacker | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | |
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Assumed office April 17, 2012 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | M. Blane Michael |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Stephanie Dawn Young August 22, 1965 Huntington, West Virginia |
| Education |
Marshall University B.A. West Virginia University College of Law J.D. |
Stephanie Dawn Thacker (born August 22, 1965) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Born Stephanie Dawn Young in Huntington, West Virginia, she was raised in Hamlin, West Virginia. Thacker earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marshall University in 1987 and her Juris Doctor from West Virginia University College of Law in 1990.
After graduating from law school, Thacker spent two years working in the Pittsburgh office of the law firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart (now K&L Gates). She then worked briefly for the West Virginia Office of the Attorney General before joining the law firm King, Betts & Allen. In 1994, Thacker took a job in the United States Attorney's office for the Southern District of West Virginia, serving as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division and handling a wide range of criminal prosecutions.
In 1999, Thacker moved to Washington, D.C. to work as a trial attorney in the United States Department of Justice's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section. She worked there for seven years, serving as Deputy Chief of Litigation for two years and then as Principal Deputy Chief of Litigation for five years. She also was part of the team that prosecuted the first case the United States ever brought involving the Violence Against Women Act. In 2006, Thacker joined the Charleston, West Virginia, law firm Guthrie & Thomas as a partner.
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