Sandra Lea Shank Beckwith, known as Sandra L Ammann, was born on December 4,1943 and is a senior United States District Judge, the first woman to sit on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
10 Facts About Sandra Beckwith
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Sandra Beckwith was married to James Beckwith from 1965 to their divorce in 1978.
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Sandra Beckwith received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1965 and her Juris Doctor in 1968, both from the University of Cincinnati.
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Sandra Beckwith was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1969, the Indiana bar in 1976, the Florida bar in 1979, and the Supreme Court of the United States bar in 1977.
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Sandra Beckwith practiced law in Harrison, Ohio from 1969 to 1977 and again from 1979 to 1981 with her father.
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Sandra Beckwith was a judge on the Hamilton County Municipal Court from 1977 to 1979 and again from 1981 to 1986.
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Sandra Beckwith was a judge of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas's domestic relations division from 1987 to 1989 when she was appointed to the Hamilton County Commission.
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Sandra Beckwith was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 6,1992, and received commission on February 10,1992.
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Sandra Beckwith served as Chief Judge, from October 4,2004, to January 1,2009.
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Sandra Beckwith has served on commissions on lawyers' professional responsibility, prison overcrowding, death penalty appeals, and computerization of the courts.