Stephanie Kulp Seymour

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Stephanie Seymour
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
In office January 1, 1994 – December 31, 2000
Preceded by	Monroe McKay
Succeeded by	Deanell Tacha
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
In office November 2, 1979 – October 16, 2005
Appointed by	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	Jerome Holmes
Personal details
Born	(1940-10-16) October 16, 1940 Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	Smith College Harvard University

Stephanie Kulp Seymour (born October 16, 1940 in Battle Creek, Michigan) is a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Early life and education

Seymour received a B.A. from Smith College in 1962, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude, and her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1965.^[1]^[2] At Harvard Law School, she was one of 23 women in a class of 550.^[2]

Career

Prior to joining the federal bench, Seymour was in private practice for fifteen years in Boston, Houston, and Tulsa.^[1]

Judicial service

Seymour was nominated to the Tenth Circuit by President Jimmy Carter on August 28, 1979, to a new seat created by Congress.^[1] She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 31, 1979.^[1] Seymour served as Chief Judge of the Tenth Circuit from 1994-2000.^[1] Seymour was the first woman judge on the Tenth Circuit and also the first woman Chief Judge of the circuit.^[2] Judge Seymour assumed senior status on October 16, 2005.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Stephanie Kulp Seymour at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Smith College Rally Day: Honors, Hats and a Secret Revealed, Smith College News Release (September 10, 2009).

Legal offices
New seat	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit 1979–2005	Succeeded by Jerome Holmes
Preceded by Monroe McKay	Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit 1994–2000	Succeeded by Deanell Tacha

Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame

1980–1989

1982	Hannah Diggs Atkins Kate Barnard June Brooks Gloria Stewart Farley Aloysius Larch-Miller Susan Ryan Peters Christine Salmon Edyth Thomas Wallace

1983	Zelia N. Breaux Kate Frank Leona Mitchell Jean Pitts Juanita Stout Alma Wilson

1984	Angie Debo Jeane Duane Kirkpatrick Jewell Russell Mann Zella J. Patterson

1985	Mae Boren Axton June Tompkins Benson Pam Olson Betty Durham Price Bertha Frank Teague

1986	Sara Ruth Cohen Vinita Cravens Rubye Hibler Hall Elizabeth Ann McCurdy Holmes Grace Elizabeth Hudlin Wilma P. Mankiller Edna Mae Phelps Evelyn La Rue Pittman

1990–1999

1993	Marie Cox Anita Faye Hill Moscelyne Larkin Jasinski Jacqulyn C. Longacre Shannon Lucid Clara Luper Opaline Deveraux Wadkins Pat Woodrum

1995	Nancy Goodman Feldman Barbara J. Gardner Ruthe Blalock Jones Mona Salyer Lambird Gloria Grace Langdon Bernice Compton Mitchell Donna Nigh

1996	Betty Boyd Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher Lela Foreman Sandy Ingraham Lorena Males Bernice Shedrick Valree Fletcher Wynn

1997	Isabel Keith Baker Jessie Thatcher Bost Norman Eagleton Kay Goebel Ruth Gilliland Kistler Hardaman Beverly Horse Mazola McKerson Penny Baldwin Williams

2000–2009

2001	Jari Askins Shirley Bellmon Dorothy Moses DeWitty Sandy Garrett Lynn Jones Yvonne Kauger Jill Zink Tarbel Dana Tiger

2003	Esther Houser Vicki Miles-LaGrange Linda Morrissey Lynn Schusterman Donna Shirley

2005	Wanda L. Bass Nancy L. Coats Mary Fallin Amelia Elizabeth "Bessie" Simison McColgin Jeanine Rhea Stephanie Kulp Seymour

2007	Sherri Coale Ginny Creveling Joe Anna Hibler Maxine Horner Kay Martin Terry Neese Claudia Tarrington Carolyn Taylor Della Warrior

2009	Rita Aragon Suzanne Edmondson Edna Hennessee Kim Henry Marabeau Looney M. Susan Savage Carolyn Whitener

2010–2019

2011	Laura Boyd Chloe Brown Joy Culbreath Marcia Mitchell Ardina Moore Cynthia Ross Kathy Taylor Helen Harrod Thompson

2013	Ida Blackburn Elaine Dodd Lou Kerr Terri Watkins Nancy Miller Linda Haneborg

Persondata
Name	Seymour, Stephanie Kulp
Alternative names
Short description	American judge
Date of birth	October 16, 1940
Place of birth	Battle Creek, Michigan
Date of death
Place of death

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