WASHINGTON,
DC – Today, President Obama nominated Terrence J. Campbell to serve on
the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
“Terrence J. Campbell has
had a distinguished legal career and I am honored to ask him to serve as a judge on the federal bench,” said
President Obama.
“I am confident he will serve the American people with distinction from the District Court bench.”
Terrence
J. Campbell is a member in the law firm of Barber Emerson, L.C. in
Lawrence, Kansas, where he practices both civil and criminal
litigation.
He joined the firm as an associate in 1999 and was elevated to
membership in 2005. From 2005 to 2008, Campbell also served part-time
as a Traffic Judge Pro Tem for the District Court of Douglas County,
Kansas. In 2001, Campbell served part-time as an Adjunct
Professor at the University of Kansas School of Law teaching
contracts. Campbell began his legal career as a law clerk to the
Honorable John W. Lungstrum of the United States District Court for the
District of Kansas from 1997 to 1999. Campbell received
his J.D., Order of the Coif, from the University of Kansas School of
Law in 1997 and his B.A.
magna cum laude from Concordia College
in Moorhead, Minnesota in 1992.
Today, President Obama also nominated Jennifer Klemetsrud Puhl to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
“Throughout
her career, Jennifer Klemetsrud Puhl has shown unwavering integrity and
an outstanding commitment to public service,” said
President Obama. “I am proud to nominate her to serve on the United States Court of Appeals.”
Jennifer
Klemetsrud Puhl is an Assistant United States Attorney in the District
of North Dakota, where she currently serves as the Criminal Supervisor
in the Fargo Office
and is also a member of the appellate team. In addition to having
extensive trial experience, Puhl regularly advises on appellate briefs
and arguments for the office and has argued a number of cases before the
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth
Circuit.
Puhl
was born and raised in Devils Lake, North Dakota. She remained in
North Dakota for college and law school and received her B.A.
magna cum laude in 1997 from the University of North Dakota and her J.D.
cum laude in 2000 from the University of North Dakota School of
Law. After graduating from law school, Puhl served as a law clerk to
the Honorable Mary Muehlen Maring of the North Dakota Supreme Court from
2000 to 2001. From 2001 to 2002, she worked as
an associate in the law firm of Kennedy & Graven, Chartered in its
Minneapolis, Minnesota office. In 2002, Puhl returned to North Dakota
to join the criminal division of the United States Attorney’s Office for
the District of North Dakota, where she prosecutes
a wide variety of criminal matters. Due to her broad expertise, Puhl
has been named to a number of leadership roles, including Computer
Hacking and Intellectual Property Coordinator, National Security Cyber
Specialist, Human Trafficking Coordinator, and Project
Safe Childhood Coordinator.
In
addition, Puhl routinely speaks in the community regarding her work,
including educating children on the dangers associated with social
networking.
Source: The White House, Office of the Press Secretary
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