Susan Owens Hickey

Susan Owens Hickey (born September 26, 1955) is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.

Susan Owens Hickey
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
Incumbent
Assumed office February 14, 2019
Preceded by	Paul K. Holmes III
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2011
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Harry F. Barnes
Judge for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Arkansas
In office 2010–2011
Personal details
Born	Susan Bronwyn Owens[1] September 26, 1955 Dallas, Texas
Education	University of Arkansas (B.A.) University of Arkansas School of Law (J.D.)

Early life and education

Born in Dallas, Hickey earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977 from the University of Arkansas and a Juris Doctor in 1980 from the University of Arkansas School of Law.[2][3]

Professional career

Before pursuing a legal career, she served as a Bank teller for the United Federal Savings Bank in Springdale, Arkansas in 1978.[1]

Her legal career began in 1981 when she served as an attorney for a single trial while employed at Brown, Compton, and Prewett Ltd in El Dorado, Arkansas.[1]

From 1981 until 1984, Hickey worked as a staff attorney at Murphy Oil Corporation.[2] She then served as a career judicial law clerk to Judge Harry F. Barnes of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas until 2010.[2] In 2010, Hickey became a Circuit Judge in Arkansas on the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit.[2][3]

Federal judicial service

On April 6, 2011, President Obama nominated Hickey to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas to fill the vacancy created when Barnes took senior status in 2008.[4] The United States Senate confirmed Hickey in an 83–8 vote on October 13, 2011.[5] She received her commission on October 19.[3] She became Chief Judge on February 14, 2019, succeeding Paul K. Holmes III.[3]

References

1. Committee Questionnaire
2. The White House: Office of the Press Secretary (April 6, 2011). "President Obama Nominates Two to the United States District Court". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
3. "Hickey, Susan Owens – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
4. The White House: Office of the Press Secretary (April 6, 2011). "Nominations Sent to the Senate, 4/6/2011". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
5. http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/112thCongress.cfm

External links

• Susan Owens Hickey at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Susan Hickey at Ballotpedia