Robert E. Wier

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Robert E. Wier
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Assumed office
June 12, 2018
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byAmul Thapar
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
In office
September 1, 2006 – June 12, 2018
Succeeded byMatthew A. Stinnett
Personal details
Born1967 (age 53–54)
Harlan, Kentucky, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Kentucky (BA, JD)

Robert Earl Wier (born 1967)[1] is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Biography[]

Wier received his Bachelor of Arts with high distinction and departmental honors, from the University of Kentucky, and his Juris Doctor, with high distinction, from the University of Kentucky College of Law, where he was valedictorian, and served as editor-in-chief of the Kentucky Law Journal.

Wier started his legal career serving as a law clerk to Judge Eugene Edward Siler Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Prior to his judicial service, he worked in private practice as a member of the law firm Ransdell & Wier PLLC and, before that, as an associate with the Lexington, Kentucky, law firm Stoll, Keenon & Park.[2]

Federal judicial service[]

Magistrate judge tenure[]

Wier served as a Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky before becoming a district judge, a position to which he was first appointed on September 1, 2006, and reappointed in 2014.[2] Wier's service as a magistrate terminated when he received his district court commission.

District Court service[]

On August 3, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Wier to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, to the seat vacated by Judge Amul Thapar, who was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on May 25, 2017.[3] A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee took place on November 15, 2017.[4] On December 7, 2017, his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.[5] On June 4, 2018, the Senate voted 90–1 to invoke cloture on his nomination.[6] On June 5, 2018, Wier's nomination was confirmed by a vote of 95–0.[7] He received his judicial commission on June 12, 2018.

References[]

  1. ^ "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Robert Earl Wier" (PDF).
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "President Donald J. Trump Announces Sixth Wave of Judicial Candidates and Fifth Wave of U.S. Attorney Candidates". whitehouse.gov – via National Archives.
  3. ^ "Eighteen Nominations Sent to the Senate Today". whitehouse.gov – via National Archives.
  4. ^ "Nominations – United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov.
  5. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 7, 2017, Senate Judiciary Committee" (PDF).
  6. ^ U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 115th Congress – 2nd Session United States Senate Vote Summary: Vote Number 112, United States Senate, June 4, 2018
  7. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Robert Earl Wier, of Kentucky, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky)". United States Senate. June 5, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Amul Thapar 		Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
2018–present 		Incumbent


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