Nanette Kay Laughrey

Nanette Kay Laughrey
Judge on both the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri and United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Incumbent
Assumed office 1996
Nominated by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Joseph E. Stevens, Jr.
Personal details
Born	1946 Cheyenne, Wyoming

Nanette Kay Laughrey (born 1946) is a senior United States federal judge.

Early life and education

Laughrey was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She received a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1967, and a J.D. from the University of Missouri (Columbia) Law School in 1975

Legal career

Following law school graduation, Laughrey was an Assistant state attorney general of Missouri from until 1979, when she served as a municipal judge for Columbia, Missouri until 1983. She became an associate professor of University of Missouri (Columbia) Law School in 1983, and was made a full professor there in 1987. At the same time, she was deputy state attorney general of Missouri from 1992 to 1993.

Federal Judicial Career

On October 20, 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated Laughrey to the United States District Courts for both the Western and Eastern District of Missouri, to a seat on each court vacated by Joseph E. Stevens, Jr.. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 24, 1996, and received her commission on August 1, 1996.

Laughrey is best known as the presiding judge in the Miracle Cars case. She has a reputation as a stern judge who exercises complete control over her courtroom. She assumed senior status on August 28, 2011.

Sources

• Nanette Kay Laughrey at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Persondata
Name	Laughrey, Nanette Kay
Alternative names
Short description	United States federal judge
Date of birth	1946
Place of birth	Cheyenne, Wyoming
Date of death
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