Jodi W. Dishman
Jodi W. Dishman | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | |
| Assumed office December 20, 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Vicki Miles-LaGrange |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jodi Marie Warmbrod 1979 (age 44–45) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Spouse | Brent Dishman |
| Education | Southern Methodist University (BBA) University of Oklahoma (JD) |
Jodi Marie Warmbrod Dishman (born 1979) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Education
[edit]Dishman earned her Bachelor of Business Administration, cum laude, from Southern Methodist University and her Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where she served as editor-in-chief of the Oklahoma Law Review.[1]
Legal career
[edit]Upon graduation from law school, Dishman served as a law clerk to Judges Edward C. Prado and Carolyn Dineen King of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She spent five years as an attorney in the San Antonio office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. From 2012 to 2019, she was a shareholder at McAfee & Taft in Oklahoma City, where her practice focused on complex civil litigation in federal and state courts and where she served as President of the Oklahoma City Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.[1]
Federal judicial service
[edit]On August 14, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Dishman to serve as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.[2] On September 9, 2019, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Dishman to the seat vacated by Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange, who assumed senior status on November 5, 2018.[3] On September 25, 2019, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[4] On October 31, 2019, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 17–5 vote.[5] On December 18, 2019, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 76–17 vote.[6] On December 19, 2019, her nomination was confirmed by a 75–17 vote.[7] She received her judicial commission on December 20, 2019.[8]
Personal life
[edit]She is married to Brent Dishman, whom Governor Kevin Stitt appointed as District Judge on the Oklahoma County District Court on October 11, 2021.[9][10] They have two sons.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees, United States Attorney Nominees, and United States Marshal Nominees" White House, August 14, 2019
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Casteel, Chris (August 15, 2019). "Trump taps Oklahoma City attorney for federal judgeship". The Oklahoman. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- ^ "Seventeen Nominations and Two Withdrawals Sent to the Senate", White House, September 9, 2019
- ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for September 25, 2019
- ^ Results of Executive Business Meeting – October 31, 2019, Senate Judiciary Committee
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jodi W. Dishman to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma)". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Jodi W. Dishman, of Oklahoma, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Oklahoma)". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ^ Jodi W. Dishman at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ "Governor Stitt Appoints Brent Dishman to serve as Oklahoma County Judge". October 11, 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "Oklahoma County - OSCN". April 18, 2022.
- ^ "College of the Ozarks to celebrate graduates with events beginning May 12, 2019". College of the Ozarks. May 6, 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
External links
[edit]- Jodi W. Dishman at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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