The Obama Nominations: Terrence J. Campbell & Jennifer Klemetsrud Puhl

 

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