Kathryn Vratil

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Kathryn Vratil
United States District Court for the District of Kansas
Tenure
2014 - Present
Years in position
11
Prior offices:
United States District Court for the District of Kansas
Years in office: 1992 - 2014
Education
Bachelor's
University of Kansas, 1971
Law
University of Kansas Law, 1975
Personal
Birthplace
Manhattan, KS
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Kathryn Hoefer Vratil is afederal judge onsenior status for theUnited States District Court for the District of Kansas. She joined the court in 1992 after being nominated by PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush. Vratil also served as theChief Judge of the court from 2008 until takingsenior status onApril 22, 2014.[1]

Education

Born in Manhattan, Kansas, Vratil graduated from the University of Kansas with her bachelor's degree in 1971 and herJ.D. degree in 1975.[1]

Professional career

Judicial career

District of Kansas

On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Bob Dole, Vratil was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the District of Kansas by PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush on July 28, 1992, to a seat vacated by JudgeEarl O'Connor. Vratil was confirmed by the U.S.Senate on October 8, 1992, and received commission onOctober 9, 1992.[2] Vratil became the chief judge of the court in 2008.[1] Vratil assumedsenior status on April 22, 2014, after 21 years on the bench.[3]

Congressional oath of office

On January 24, 2013, Vratil administered the oath of office to RepresentativeKevin Yoder at the beginning of his new term.[4]

See also

External links

Officeholder

United States District Court for the District of Kansas

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    • Footnotes

    Political offices
    Preceded by:
    Earl O'Connor    		District of Kansas
    1992–2014
    Seat #2T    		Succeeded by:
    Holly Lou Teeter


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    v • e
    Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Kansas
    Active judges

    Chief Judge: Eric MelgrenChief Judge: John Broomes  •  Holly Lou Teeter  •  Toby Crouse

    Senior judges

    Kathryn Vratil  •  Monti Belot  •  John Lungstrum  •  Julie Robinson  •  Daniel D. Crabtree  •  

    Magistrate judgesJames O'Hara (Kansas)  •  Kenneth Gale  •  Teresa J. James  •  Gwynne Birzer  •  Angel Mitchell  •  
    Former Article III judges

    Wesley Brown  •  Sam Crow  •  John Marten  •  Carlos Murguia  •  Mark W. Delahay  •  Archibald Williams  •  Cassius Gaius Foster  •  William Cather Hook  •  John Calvin Pollock  •  George Thomas McDermott  •  Richard Joseph Hopkins  •  Guy Helvering  •  Delmas Hill  •  Patrick Kelly (Kansas)  •  Arthur Mellott  •  Earl O'Connor  •  Dale Saffels  •  Arthur Stanley  •  Henry Templar  •  Frank Theis  •  George VanBebber  •  

    Former Chief judges

    Wesley Brown  •  John Lungstrum  •  Julie Robinson  •  Delmas Hill  •  Patrick Kelly (Kansas)  •  Arthur Mellott  •  Earl O'Connor  •  Arthur Stanley  •  Frank Theis  •  George VanBebber  •  


    George H.W. Bush
    v • e
    Federal judges nominated byGeorge H.W. Bush
    1989

    Barksdale •Bonner •Buckwalter •Cyr •Fernandez •Garbis •Harmon •Lee •Lindberg •Lodge •Nelson •Nottingham •Plager •Rosen •Rymer •Smith •Spatt •Thomas •VanBebber •J. Walker •V. Walker •Wiener •Wright

    1990

    Alito •Amon •Birch •Boudin •Cleland •Clevenger •Dubina •Hamilton •Henderson •Hood •Hornby •Jones •Kent •Levi •Loken •Lourie •Martin •McBryde •McClure •McKenna •McLaughlin •McNamee •Moreno •Mullen •Nelson •Nickerson •Niemeyer •Norton •Parker •Pickering •Rader •Rainey •Randolph •Shanstrom •Shedd •Shubb •Singleton •Skretny •Souter •Sparr •Stahl •Stamp •Suhrheinrich •Taylor •Vollmer •Ware •Wilson

    1991

    Albritton •Andersen •Armstrong •Arnold •Bartle •Bassler •Batchelder •Beckwith •Belot •Benson •Blackburn •Bramlette •Brody •Brody •Burrell •Carnes •Caulfield •Cauthron •Clement •Collier •Conway •Cooper •Dalzell •DeMent •DeMoss •Doherty •Echols •Edmunds •Faber •Freeh •Gaitan •Garza •Graham •Haik •Hamilton •Hansen •Hendren •Herlong •Highsmith •Hogan •Huff •Hurley •Irenas •Johnson •Joyner •Kelly •Kleinfeld •Legg •Leonard •Lewis •Longstaff •Lungstrum •Luttig •Matia •McCalla •McDade •McKeague •McKelvie •Means •Merryday •Moore •Morgan •Nielsen •Nimmons •Osteen Sr. •Padova •Payne •Reinhard •Robinson •Robreno •Roll •Roth •Schlesinger •Scullin •Siler •Solis •Sotomayor •Sparks •Stohr •Thomas •Traxler •Trimble •Ungaro •Van Sickle •Wanger •Werlein •Whyte •

    Yohn
    1992

    Baird •Barbadoro •Black •Boudin •Carnes •Covello •DiClerico •Gilbert •Gonzalez •Gorton •Hansen •Heyburn •Jackson •Jacobs •Keeley •Kendall •Kopf •Kyle •Lewis •McAuliffe •McLaughlin •Melloy •Preska •Quist •Randa •Rosenthal •Rovner •Schall •Sedwick •Simandle •Stahl •Vratil •Williams