D. Price Marshall Jr.

Denzil Price Marshall Jr.
Judge of United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
Incumbent
Assumed office May 6, 2010
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	William Roy Wilson Jr.
Judge of Arkansas Court of Appeals
In office 2007–2010
Succeeded by	Raymond Abramson
Personal details
Born	July 20, 1963 (1963-07-20) (age 48) Memphis, Tennessee
Alma mater	Arkansas State University (B.A.) London School of Economics (M.Sc.) Harvard Law School (J.D.)

Denzil Price Marshall Jr. (born July 20, 1963) is a United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

Early life and education

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Marshall earned a bachelor's degree in 1985 from Arkansas State University and a master's degree in 1987 from the London School of Economics.^[1]

In 1989, Marshall earned a law degree from the Harvard Law School.^[1]

Professional career

From 1989 until 1991, Marshall served as a law clerk for Judge Richard S. Arnold on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.^[1] From 1991 until 1995, Marshall served as an associate with Barrett & Deacon in Jonesboro, Arkansas. From 1995 until 2006, Marshall was a principal at the law firm.^[1]

In 2006, Marshall became an associate judge on the Arkansas Court of Appeals.^[1] Marshall also teaches as a member of adjunct faculty at Arkansas State University.^[1]

Nomination to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

After Barack Obama was elected president, Marshall interviewed with Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln about a vacant federal district court slot on December 29, 2008. On March 12, 2009, Lincoln and Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor told Marshall that he and others would be recommended to the White House for consideration. On December 3, 2009, Obama formally nominated Marshall to the seat, to replace Judge William Roy Wilson Jr., who had taken senior status in October 2008.^[2]

The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary reported Marshall's nomination to the full Senate on February 11, 2010.^[3] The United States Senate confirmed Marshall by voice vote on May 5, 2010.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} President Obama Nominates Nancy Freudenthal, Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. and Judge Benita Pearson to Serve on the District Court Bench, whitehouse.gov (December 4, 2009).
2. ^ Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate, 12/3/09, whitehouse.gov (December 4, 2009).
3. ^ http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/111thCongressJudicialNominations/Materials111thCongress.cfm

External links

• D. Price Marshall Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Name	Marshall, D. Price
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Date of birth	July 20, 1963
Place of birth	Memphis, Tennessee
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