WASHINGTON,
DC – Today, President Obama nominated Judge Paul Lewis Abrams, Judge
Suzanne Mitchell, Scott L. Palk and Ronald G. Russell to serve on the
United States District
Courts.
“I am pleased to nominate these distinguished individuals to serve on the United States District Court bench,” said President Obama. “I am confident they
will serve the American people with integrity and a steadfast commitment to justice.”
Judge Paul Lewis Abrams: Nominee for the United States District Court for the Central District of California - Judge
Paul Lewis Abrams has served as a United States Magistrate Judge for
the United States District Court for the Central District of California
since 2002, where he also
serves as a judicial officer in the court’s Conviction and Sentence
Alternatives Program. Prior to his appointment as a Magistrate Judge,
Judge Abrams served as a Deputy Federal Public Defender in the Los
Angeles Federal Public Defender’s Office from 1987
to 2001, where he served as a Supervising Deputy Federal Public
Defender from 1992 to 2001. From 1985 to 1987, he served as the
Director of Bet Tzedek Legal Services’ Valley Rights Project. He
started his legal career as an associate at Jeffer, Mangels &
Butler (now Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP), where he worked
from 1983 to 1985. Judge Abrams received his J.D. from the University
of California at Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law in 1983 and his A.B.
with high honors from the University of California
at Berkeley in 1979.
Judge Suzanne Mitchell: Nominee for the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma - Judge
Suzanne Mitchell has served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the
United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma since
2013. Prior to her
appointment as a Magistrate Judge, she served as an Assistant United
States Attorney in the Appellate Division of the United States
Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Oklahoma from 2010 to
2013. From 1999 to 2010, she served as a senior law clerk
to the Honorable Robert H. Henry of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Tenth Circuit, for whom she also clerked from 1996 to 1997. In
between her clerkships, Judge Mitchell worked at the Oklahoma City law
firm of McAfee & Taft from 1997 to 1999.
Judge Mitchell received her J.D. with high honors from George
Washington University Law School in 1996 and her B.S.F.S. from
Georgetown University in 1990.
Scott L. Palk: Nominee for the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma - Scott L. Palk has served as the Assistant Dean for Students and Assistant General Counsel at
the University of Oklahoma College of Law since 2011. In
addition to overseeing admissions and providing legal counsel, Palk
serves as a consultant to the University’s Threat Assessment Review
Committee, advising in areas of criminal threat assessment
and legal access. From 2002 to 2011, he served as an Assistant United
States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney’s
Office for the Western District of Oklahoma, where he held a number of
managerial roles beginning in 2004,
including Deputy Criminal Chief and Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council
Coordinator. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Palk served
as an Assistant District Attorney for Cleveland County in Norman,
Oklahoma from 1992 to 2002, where he served as the
First Assistant District Attorney from 1999 to 2002. Palk received his
J.D. from
the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1992 and his B.S. from Oklahoma State University in 1989.
Ronald G. Russell: Nominee for the United States District Court for the District of Utah - Ronald
G. Russell is a shareholder in the Salty Lake City law firm of Parr
Brown Gee & Loveless, where he specializes in commercial litigation
and real estate law. He joined
the law firm as an associate in 1983 and was elevated to partner in
1988. Russell has spent the entirety of his legal career at Parr Brown,
with the exception of a
one-year period in 1984 when he served as a law clerk to the
Honorable David K. Winder of the United States District Court for the
District of Utah. Russell has also served for twelve years as a
part-time elected official in local government,
including one four-year term as a council member on the Centerville
City Council from 1998 to 2001, as well as two consecutive terms as
Mayor of Centerville from 2006 to 2013. Russell received his J.D.,
Order of the Coif, from the University of Utah S.J.
Quinney College of Law in 1983 and his B.A. cum laude from Weber State College in 1980.
Source: The White House, Office of the Press Secretary
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