Stanley Allen Bastian

Stanley Allen Bastian (born 1958) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

Biography

Bastian received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1980 from the University of Oregon. He received a Juris Doctorate in 1983 from the University of Washington School of Law. He served as an associate at the law firm of Bergman & Bauer from 1983 to 1984. He served as a law clerk to Judge Ward Williams of the Washington State Court of Appeals from 1984 to 1985. He served as an Assistant City Attorney in Seattle, Washington, from 1985 to 1988. In 1988, he joined the law firm of Jeffers, Danielson, Sonn & Aylward, P.S. in Wenatchee, Washington, where he primarily handled civil employment cases. He was the managing partner of the law firm.^[1]

Federal judicial service

On September 19, 2013, President Obama nominated Bastian to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, to the seat vacated by Judge Edward F. Shea, who took senior status on June 7, 2012.^[2] On January 16, 2014 his nomination was reported out of committee.^[3]

On April 11, 2014 Senate Majority Leader Reid filed a motion to invoke cloture on the nomination. On April 29, 2014 a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination was agreed to by a vote of 55-41.^[4] On April 30, 2014 the nomination was confirmed by a final vote of 95-0.^[5] He received his judicial commission on May 1, 2014.^[6]

References

External links

• Stanley Allen Bastian at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.