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Wimes, Brian Curtis
Born 1966 in Kansas City, MO
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Nominated by Barack Obama on September 22, 2011, to a seat vacated by Nanette Kay Laughrey. Confirmed by the Senate on April 23, 2012, and received commission on April 30, 2012.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Nominated by Barack Obama on September 22, 2011, to a seat vacated by Nanette Kay Laughrey. Confirmed by the Senate on April 23, 2012, and received commission on April 30, 2012.
Education:
Longview Community College (now Metropolitan Community College), A.A., 1987
University of Kansas, B.G.S., 1990
Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, J.D., 1994
Professional Career:
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Nominated by Barack Obama on September 22, 2011, to a seat vacated by Nanette Kay Laughrey. Confirmed by the Senate on April 23, 2012, and received commission on April 30, 2012.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Nominated by Barack Obama on September 22, 2011, to a seat vacated by Nanette Kay Laughrey. Confirmed by the Senate on April 23, 2012, and received commission on April 30, 2012.
Education:
Longview Community College (now Metropolitan Community College), A.A., 1987
University of Kansas, B.G.S., 1990
Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, J.D., 1994
Professional Career:
Attorney advisor, Litigation Branch, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 1994-1995
Assistant prosecutor, Jackson County, Missouri, 1995-2001
Drug court commissioner, Circuit Court of Missouri, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, 2001-2007
Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, 2007-2012
The act of December 24, 1942, 56 Stat. 1083, authorized one judgeship to serve the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri.