Susan Owens Hickey
| Susan Owens Hickey | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas | |
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Assumed office October 19, 2011 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Harry F. Barnes |
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| Born | 1955 (age 61–62) Dallas, Texas |
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University of Arkansas B.A. University of Arkansas School of Law J.D. |
Susan Owens Hickey (born 1955) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
Born in Dallas, Hickey earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977 from the University of Arkansas and a Juris Doctor in 1980 from the University of Arkansas School of Law.
From 1981 until 1984, Hickey worked as a staff attorney at Murphy Oil Corporation. She then served as a career judicial law clerk to Judge Harry F. Barnes of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas until 2010. In 2010, Hickey became a Circuit Judge in Arkansas on the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit.
On April 6, 2011, President Obama nominated Hickey to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas to fill the vacancy created when Barnes took senior status in 2008. The United States Senate confirmed Hickey in an 83–8 vote on October 13, 2011. She received her commission on October 19.
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